Skip to main content
megaroeny
Active Member
August 19, 2021

Finding Missing Library components/styles

  • August 19, 2021
  • 91 replies
  • 25524 views

First off, I’m loving the new Swap Library feature!

Problem

Today, it actually helped me discover some “rogue” styles and components that were leftover from an old library! Now I can try to locate those and finally get rid of them in our current library!

But wait - what if I don’t actually know where these are in the file? Or even further, what if I can’t get Figma to find a match?

Suggestions:

  1. The one thing I wish this feature could do is to help me actually locate those rogue styles or components. I tried using the Instance Finder plugin but it still didn’t help because I have to actually locate them on the canvas/file first. ☹
  2. What if the dialog let us force a new style or component match, instead of us running into a dead-end with the None found message. Currently, it tries to match using the name. But that might not always work (like in this case.)

Any ideas are appreciated. Otherwise, wanted to pass this suggestion on to the Figma team. Thanks!

91 replies

Vosidiy_M
New Participant
March 14, 2025

I  also had problem with dealing ghost styles. This plugin actually helped.
DS Housekeeper
It shows all styles used within the file, But scanning file takes a bit longer. 
https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1271767687958689260/ds-housekeeper

finalui.com