Suggest a Feature

It seems there’s a newish “feature” in the layers panel that collapses layers and has a ‘see all layers’ label. the problem with this is that when i deep select a layer (i.e. ctrl/cmd + click), it does not automatically go to that layer in the panel. instead it remains hidden under that collapsed state. super annoying! please fix this that so that it automatically exposes the layer in the panel when selected. also, there should be an option to turn this feature off, as it’s rather opinionated and not in a good way.

I often use the Figma Android and iOS apps to quickly share what the designs are with investors and friends. However, sometimes the internet connection where I am at isn’t the best and all I see is a white screen. Could we download the prototypes so we can still present them without a good internet connection? The screen I see when I don’t have a good enough internet connection:

It would be amazing if Figma created a tool that can create pagination similar to InDesign or Keynote! Or any general tools to enhance presentation creations in Figma; the multi-edit tool is definitely heading in this direction! I’ve been making presentation decks in Figma for the past 3 years and relied on plugins so far. It works but not all the time which can really hinder a project that requires 200 pages needing page numbers 😦

When I do (shift+ i) to search for a component, I find that the first results sometimes are less relevant. For example if I’m looking for our “text input” component, the first results that come up are icons like “text bold”, “Text markdown” which I never use. However I’ve used “Text input” thousands of times. It would be nice for the search results to consider the frequency a particular person uses something within the order of results. I’d want this “text input” to appear first to be clear.

“I increase font weight all the time. I wonder if there’s a keyboard shortcut for it.” CMD + / (quick-search appears) Type “Keyboard Shorcuts”, and press enter. (Shortcuts panel appears.) Type “font weight”. (Shortcuts > Text tab gets selected. “Font weight” is highlighted.) Memorize the shortcut. Click your text and use the shortcut (Shortcuts panel’s still open to help you remember.) The Problem: You have no idea whether a keyboard shortcut exists. You might not know the right terminology (“font boldness”). You have no clue which tab it might fall under. Solution: Search gets you there so much quicker, then back into your work.

Now that auto layout improvements and Variants have landed, my pages have more and more nested components. One common friction point I run into is the following: Pull a component out the library Set up overrides on a nested component, e.g. a button’s label or icon Decide I don’t want that button to go there, or I want to use a different component Set up the same overrides on a different button. What I’d like to have is some kind of “paste overrides” functionality, or maybe a “replace with component from clipboard.” Basically, I’d like to be able to: Copy my button instance with all its overrides Select another button or maybe some random nested component instance Hit Paste and watch the button and its overrides replace the selected layer It would really just be a shortcut for selecting a nested instance, using the swap menu to choose

You could use this to achieve a delay before showing a tooltip for example. I am finding the workarounds to not having this feature buggy and not successful in achieving such a simple use case like the delay on showing a tooltip. Please consider, thank you and please upvote if reading this and you agree!

It would be awesome if there was a way to delete any duplicate elements that are directly overlayed on each other.

Problem: When dealing with lots of instances in our files it can be very time consuming to select the correct layer that contains the instance we want to modify. Current workflows: Command + Click on a child layer of an instance, then Shift + Enter until the parent instance is selected Repeatedly double clicking the canvas until the instance is selected Clicking on a child of an instance, and then the “select instance” button in the Design Panel or navigating the Layers Panel Command + Right Click and choose layer from popup menu All the above options require multiple steps and don’t feel efficient (aka supafast!). Suggested Solution: “Instance Select Mode” When this mode is active, the cursor would strongly favor Component Instances when hovering over layers. The smallest instance that exists at the mouse location would be selected when click

The new properties feature is great. However giving it a name past some character length feels crowded and the ellipses do not help. I can scale the UI as documented in here but that does not help us laptop users. So I wish I could resize the panel to better see the name of the property, similar to how I resize the left (layers) panel.

I’m talking about this change: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039234193-Review-and-accept-library-updates Please bring back library update notifications. Tiny little low contrast blue in a corner of a big screen as a sign of libarary updates guarantees that nobody notices to apply updates uness they were the one to make the changes and need them applied immdiately. Library updates were a buggy mess already and this only makes things worse.

Select matching layers seems to ignore hidden layers. I’d love an option (perhaps a checkbox in the settings) to be able to select matching layers whether they’re hidden or not.

Hello, in the same fashion you have the possibility to change multiple colour styles in a document (which is called “selection colors”). It would be great to have a list of the different text styles used inside a text box and be able to change, break or create text styles based on this list.

I don’t see value in being able to sort the property values order independent of the variant order. These lists are identical, why is their order not? I’m tired of manually syncing these two lists.

This is a common mobile interaction so it feels like a big miss to not include it. This has limited my ability to test some things in the app I’m designing which is a bummer.

Hey amazing Figma community! 👋 Are you tired of the repetitive tasks involved in user research and testing? Do you dream of a more efficient way to validate your designs? Well, I’ve got an exciting idea that could revolutionize the way we test Figma prototypes, but I need your support to make it a reality! Earlier this year, I came across Tencent’s groundbreaking AppAgent project. This project utilizes a Large Language Model (LLM) to understand and interact with Android apps autonomously. I was inspired and thought, “Why can’t we bring this same level of automation to Figma prototypes?” So, I rolled up my sleeves and got to work. Using the Chrome browser’s API, I developed a prototype that demonstrates the potential of automated testing within Figma. Check out this quick demo video to see it in action! However, here’s the catch: Figma currently doesn’t provide an

We have pretty big design files and several libraries with components and styles. When applying libraries updates, especially if the file is an older one and has a lot of updates queued up, Figma just freezes for a significant amount of time without giving any feedback. It would be much better if there at least was a status message, like “Applying updates, please wait.” Or, ideally, a progress indicator.

Greetings! Can I use Figma on Linux Mint? How do I install it correctly? Are there any special features?

Problem: In the file browser, the only context I have around the contents of the file is the file name. If a file contains multiple pages with multiple types of things, or a lot of different but related things, the filename is probably going to have to be generic in order to even describe the contents of the file. It would be useful to have a description field for individual files in the browser, to more accurately describe the contents of a file. Example: I have a file called “Data Table Improvements Sketching” wherein I have a page for row height exploration, a page for improved filtering pattern exploration, a page for improved pagination patterns, and so on…for many pages. Let’s say I’m also building a library as I work through things, so I can easily swap cell types, cell states, row heights, and so on. I don’t want to put all of these exploration pages into their own files, as I want to keep all of the work in the same place. A

Hi! I got the new notification design for library updates. For context, I’m managing a design system that’s consumed by several other designers. And it’s already difficult for me to get everyone to keep their files up to date, even when you had the “annoying” notification saying there was an update on the bottom right. Honestly this new design that hides it almost completely behind a dot on the top right of the UI is going to bring me a lot of headaches. I’m gonna have to bother the rest of the team announcing every time I push an update, because that notification is sooo subtle. Are there any plans to improve the updating experience to avoid that? Like forcing automatic updates on the design files, or SOMETHING. I’m dreading how out of date all the design files are gonna become. Thanks!

I use Miro for Mindmaps because it has very comprehensive and easy to understand shortcuts to quickly create Mindmaps. Tab to go 1 level deeper. and Enter to create a sibling element. Would love to see the same in FigJam also

With Google Jamboard ending, I want my FigJam to work like Jamboard and be able to present so that my students can see and interact.

Small thing ; but causes frustration nonetheless. Make the Figma search for Plugin / Widget / Component the same as the FigJam search. Every-time I start typing before considering whether its for Widget / Plugin and I have to fix the search. My mental model is to search for components under Assets so I’m never going here for it so it’s also frustrating that it is the default. FigJam has the experience right in my opinion; so Im not sure why this has deviated from it.

It would be super helpful to be able to see when a page was last edited in the pages panel. Also be able to see when a section was last edited.

It used to be possible to select frames outside of a section and align them with frames inside a section. That was super helpful for organizing screens to present without having to place them in the same section. Would love to have that back. Or hear suggestions for how to achieve this without placing things in the same section.