“Link to selected frame” should be restored to the share dialog

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August 8, 2022
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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.

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Mark_Popich

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Actually it seems to link to the frame if I have it selected, there’s just nothing in the UI that tells me that’s what will happen. So it works, but seems like it won’t. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Russ_R

The beloved feature where a user can copy a link to a specific frame is gone. 😦

I’m only able to “Link to selection” whatever that means.

Why Figma?

Emeric_ELZIERE

Hello, it seems related to this discussion although I didn’t see any mention directly related to this issue, but does anyone have an idea why among my team we do not have the same sharing pop-up? One pop-up (luckily it is the one I have) has the “Link to selection” checkbox, whereas the second one (most of my teammates have this one) has a different layout and does not have any option such as “Link to selection”. See screenshot

Mark_Popich

New Member

I saw both versions for a while, with no apparent reason why there were both. Now I’m only seeing Layout 2.

David_James

I can confirm why people are seeing different UI with regarding ‘‘Link to selection’’

There are two (2) UI variables based on project setup.

Draft Project = ‘‘Link to selection’’ displays.
Teams Project = No ‘"Link to section’’ displayed.

Mauksch_Susanne

same here. 🫠 can’t share any specific frame anymore through the share function.

Emeric_ELZIERE

After a quick investigation within my company, I start to think it is related to being a team owner or not. Team owners have the functionality while admins and other roles don’t.

MoniqueD

I have the same issue. I cannot confirm the last finding, that it depends on whether you’re a team owner or not. I moved a file from a team where I’m an editor to a team where I’m the owner, and the interface is currently without the link to selected frame. Instead, I only see the options for publish to community or get embed code.

I’d really love this feature back, as it helps people navigate in complex projects with lots of frames.

Emeric_ELZIERE

Hello @MoniqueD, you can still use the feature with the following workaround: