Layers panel of the left sidebar should open at default

Hey @Joe_Garlick, thank you for confirming this! I’ve just forwarded your reply to the team internally. Please do report back, if you should still experience this issue!

Still doing it unfortunately. Just went to a file and faced the assets panel which I never use.

Hey @Joe_Garlick, thanks for getting back to us. I’ve just forwarded this internally to the teams. I’ll give you an update once I hear back from them.

Appreciate your patience in the meantime!

Hey @Joe_Garlick, the team needs more information.

Are you able to share the localstorage value for last-used-left-panel-tab immediately after you’re getting this unexpected behavior?

Also, can you let us know if this is happening in certain files or teams, and what % of the time it happens?

Apologies, I missed this. Can you please describe the steps to find this:

localstorage value for last-used-left-panel-tab

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The first thing Figma forces me and my whole team to do, when opening a design file (wether a published one for use as a library or a “simple” design file), is switching from the assets panel to the file panel to get to the right page in the file. It would be great, if the file panel would open per default or if there was a global setting for it so everybody could choose for themselves.

Hello, same here. Did you manage to fix this?

That’s a smart suggestion — having a global setting to show the Layers panel by default would save a ton of time, especially for people who constantly work with complex designs no found with that Party bus. It would prevent having to manually enable it every time, improving workflow consistency. For teams collaborating on large projects, this change could reduce confusion and streamline handoffs. Overall, it’s a small tweak that could make a big impact on productivity.