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I’d like to request a feature in Figma where when I update a library or a component, it takes some time to load. During this loading period, I switch to another file to perform the update or keep working on next task. I wish to have a loader displayed at the top of previous file tab to indicate that an update is in progress. Once the update is complete and the loader disappears, I can proceed to update library in Figma. Otherwise I need to back and forth to both tabs to see whether the previous file published or not.

When linking a design to Jira using the plugin, the “mode=dev” portion of the URL is getting cleared, which results in all links opening in design mode by default. Given that the Jira x Figma plugin is largely for engineers to access designs, I would prefer that Figma links preserve the “mode” URL parameter so that my engineers don’t have to “turn on” dev mode every time they open a file.

Dear community, I tried to find an answer in existing topics but without success. Sorry if I just didn’t find the answer … My problem statement: I used to work in miro in that way, that I created boards with well structured frames and then I could export them to PDF with one page per frame. By that I could set up specs documents with lots of contents like in PPT or whatever have you. Now I wanted to switch to FigJam to have designs and specs in one project but I’m missing the option to create PDFs out of FigJam with one page per section. Who can help me out?

There is an issue with “Preferred values” in components part of library files. When copies of such a library are created, the components preferred values keep pointing to the source library file. For example, say we have a “Source Library” with an “Icon” component in it. We set the component with preferred values for icons in that same library. If we create a duplicate of that source library, rename it to say “Instance Library” - then the preferred values in the “Icon” component from that instance library will still point to the “Source Library”. There is no indication that the paths to the preferred values are absolute and this might cause a lot of confusion. Here for examples is the " Preferred values" documentationFigma Learn - Help Center I would say the paths to the “Preferred values” should be relative, when set to local components.

When closing files in the desktop app by using the ⌘+W hotkey, the behavior is rather erratic. Sometimes it closes the file and opens one that is adjacent in the app bar. Other times, it closes the file and returns you to the home screen when you have many documents open. Other times it closes the file and takes you to the last file that is open. I’d prefer it to consistently move to the next file to the right, like in a web browser.

The number of times I try to toggle a layer’s visibility and randomly scroll the sidebar is too damn high. Please add padding to the right side of the sidebar to fix this.

Often, we have many files open, and I get lost trying to get back to a particular one my co-worker is in. They then have to send me the link so I can join. It would be great if, like following someone’s mouse, I could jump to the last file they were active in.

With components having multiple states, some of which have very different text, it would be very helpful if clicking into a comment would show you what state/variant each component was in when the comment was made. Not sure if this would require a new “comment mode” where you would temporarily be shown all the components in their modified states/variants, but this would ease the communication and feedback loop. Let me know what you think - any problems with this? How difficult does this sound?

Lets Say I am brainstorming tasks to do for today and I add 10 ten tasks to my main Node (which currently reads “Any question or topic”). Lets I want to group those 10 tasks into 3 groups. I cannot do that. Currently the only way to do this is initially form groups ( which are unknown in the beginning). Rather than top down, Mind map should allow bottom up approach

Currently Ctrl+click on a locked layer selects the outermost layer, which doesn’t make much sense and makes it annoying to select layers that contain locked parts. Suggestions alternatives for Ctrl+click on locked layer behavior: The locked layer gets selected and the selection indicator is red with a little lock icon. The deepest unlocked layer above the locked layer gets selected.

Has the functionality for sharing links to selected frame been removed? I upgraded to Figma Desktop App version 116.2.4, and now I no longer see the option in the dialog that appears when I select a frame and hit the ‘Share’ button. I double checked, by creating a new document with a couple of empty frames in, and still no luck. Does anybody else suffer this issue? If it’s been removed, then it’s a massively frusrating regression – we frequently link to individual frames when working with developers and referencing design features.

I have never ever needed the Slice tool, and neither have you! It’s so quick and easy to share the link to a selection, take a screenshot, or ⇧A a pretty frame around your work and export it. So I really don’t see the point of keeping Slice inside Figma. How hasn’t it been axed yet? Are there that many Slice users out there? Given that S is such a prominent key, it’s very easy to hit by accident, (happens to me multiple times a day) and Slices are just weird to delete. Let’s declutter! Less is more, less is more, less is more. It takes great courage to say goodbye, but I think it’s time! <3

原先渐变色滑块的颜色编辑可以在一节页面中完成，改版后，现在渐变色的滑块需要在二级页面中才能选择，操作变得繁琐了，大大降低了工作效率，不知道figma的设计团队为什么要做这种负向优化

Is it possible to have a secondary confirmation popup when deleting a page with content to prevent accidental deletion?

This banner is annoying, and I can’t seem to remove it. I don’t want/need dev mode, I just need to look at designs done by my team!

Hi, I’m trying to create a text block that has different fonts inside of it and it’s surprisingly difficult in Figma. The desired result is something like this: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/51/eb/10/51eb10ab5be583010b631e7207c135d9.jpg I use Option+Command+C to paste style and it works just as expected if I select a whole block of text or any other object. However, if I select just one letter or word in a text block and want to copy-paste a different style to them, there is no way to make it work. It just doesn’t copy the style unless the whole text block is selected. I have to choose the font and size manually which is time-consuming and strange. Is there a workaround or a different hotkey combination to apply a style to just one letter in a text block?

When I open the “sticker dock”, and select/drag a sticker to my FigJam canvas, I want the sticker dock to stay open, because I’m usually dragging/searching for multiple stickers to drag out in one sitting. Each time the dock closes after I’ve dragged one sticker, I have to open it every single time and search again for the same ones I was just looking at. I know there is a “dock to side” capability, but it’s huge in size and takes up a good portion of my canvas. I just want the option for it to stay open, and be small. Thanks!

Hi all, I came across this interesting features while playing with Ableton Live DAW. In Ableton you can create a set of Macros to control various parameters of the instrument you are playing. The cool thing is that you can save ‘‘snapshots’’ of the Macro settings, in order to access the desired settings without having to tweak the knobs all the time. I think this could be applied to Figma properties panel. Properties are a great feature to avoid building dozens of variants and make component very flexible. The only downside is that you have to tweak the properties every time you use that component to achieve the configuration you want. How cool would it be if you can save these configurations and you can select the desired one everytime you drag that component into your artboard? Example: This is a Top Nav Component that uses property. Every time I use it I need to tweak the properties ( Yes/No front icon, Yes/No back icon, Yes/No background, Icon or Action and so on…) If I could save

We use dev mode, but can’t see color code of color style. 😔That’s hard to use.

It would be really helpful to import pdfs as images without trying to read any of the text as this tends to mess up the formatting and so is no longer readable. I would use the feature for going through maths exam papers when I would want to demonstrate going through the paper. If you think this would be valuable please vote on this thread so that it gets the attention that I think it deserves. Many thanks James

Please let me know if such a feature exists. If not, it would be helpful if it were implemented for teams using libraries. Group A: Artist with limited or no editing of components Group B: Artist with governance over components I need any component created by Group B to be available in a library for Group A. However, Group A can not break, unlink, or edit the component in any way, this ensures Group A comes to Group B for edits to the components if needed. Please share if there is such a feature, plugin, or hack. I want to ensure our team communicates their needs appropriately while keeping our branding and components working correctly throughout all the projects created by our artists. If a rouge Group A artist unlinks and then creates their version of a component, when Group B rolls out an update for all components, the unliked component will not update, making it difficult for our team to keep track of all customized components by Group A. Thank you.

This should say “Go to main component in [library name] library.”

It would be better if we were able to set device for each and every flows we create since the device setting becomes common for the whole file we were unable to have separate devices set for mobile and desktop in same device

I would REALLY love some additional zoom options on the prototype view. I’m constantly going to different presentation rooms, some with TV’s, some projectors, and the resolution scaling of each (including my own monitors) means there just simply isn’t enough options to present effectively. For the most part this: really only offers me two different views, and for me that’s just not enough. For sure I want to add separate options for both Fill and Fit: Scale DOWN to Fit width Scale DOWN to Fit height Scale UP to Fill width ONLY Scale UP to Fill height ONLY But I’d never be opposed to a simple custom zoom, so we can try to actually match real pixel width on various screens with scaling.

Platform billing feedback, I find it disappointing that developers are force to let every client know that they work with that they need to own their own Figma account in order to work with them to have an available dev license. It would be great to have an individual license that allows developers like myself to work on multiple Figma projects from multiple brands and agencies. The licensing model feels very restrictive in its current state which is why I end up canceling my plan. I hope in the future this does change as I think you do have a wonderful platform, but your current model doesn’t make sense for developers who work on lots of different projects who don’t build the designs but execute them. I would love it if this message gets to the right teams in Figma.