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Daniil2
Daniil2
June 9, 2021

Plugin for viewers

  • June 9, 2021
  • 79 replies
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Hello!
I ran into a problem that I could not find in your help. There is a Status Annotation plugin, it is very well for work’s control. I make a design for a client, and he’s could control the process with this plugin. But he’s a manager, not a designer. The client usually acts as a viewer, not an editor. This is done so that he cannot spoil anything in the design. But the viewers doesn’t have access to the plugin. Plugins can only be used by editors.

Could you make plugins available for viewers? It will be so usefull.

Thanks

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    Zimin_Byun
    Zimin_Byun
    November 3, 2021

    We need it too!!! It will good for plugins community too.

      lukas_at_patme
      lukas_at_patme
      November 10, 2021

      Yes that would be necessary for us too, developers should be able to download their own assets for android/ios etc. without needing me to do that for every asset

        Tina_YW
        Tina_YW
        November 25, 2021

        Totally agree! Developers are usually given viewer access and they want to use plugins for exporting assets. Please support plugins for viewers too!

          Jennifer_Livingston
          Jennifer_Livingston
          December 1, 2021

          Yes! Allowing plugins in view only mode would be really helpful for the developers I work with, especially for Android and iOS.

            Rafiq_Rahim
            Rafiq_Rahim
            January 5, 2022

            As a developer, I have view-only access. I need to use Text Search plugin for quick design lookup. Definitely bring this feature please!

              9136
              9136
              New Participant
              January 10, 2022

              +. Or add a context search feature.

                luiscamino
                luiscamino
                New Participant
                January 25, 2022

                +1. There are plenty of plugins that are technically “view/inspect/export” only. They should be free to use for viewers. As it stands, it is way more risky to give full Edit rights to everybody.

                  Miranda_Bailey
                  Miranda_Bailey
                  January 28, 2022

                  +1. Most developers are only given view access to figma files.

                    nua
                    nua
                    February 8, 2022

                    I can second that. 🤌
                    When I have view access to large files with styleguide components I’m often lost when I need to find a specific element again that I remember by its name or content, but not by its location.
                    I don’t understand why I can’t simply search in the file and why “search” is not a native part of the app. However, viewer Plugins would be really useful anyways.

                      Martin_Hill
                      Martin_Hill
                      New Participant
                      March 15, 2022

                      Just started using Figma inspect instead of Zeplin, now the devs are asking to use this plugin pixelay, but again viewers cant use plugins. I would love viewers to be able to use none destructive plugins.

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