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Fernanda_Ruiz
Sep 1, 2021 6:20 PM UTC

Shortcut to publish library and automatically update files

My team and I are currently having the inconvenience of having to publish our library every single time we make even a small change (like a font size increase, color change, etc.) and then switching to the working file and manually updating the library. Due to the nature of the project we do this quite frequently and having to publish – switch file – update every single time to see the changes in our designs turns out very time consuming if you add it up.

It would be amazing if Figma could integrate a shortcut for automatically updating a library and automatically updating the files it is being used on (like a cmmd+S shortcut!), of course not everybody might want to have this so it would also be nice to be able to turn this shortcut on and off.

99 replies

James_McGee
Jan 21, 2022 6:07 AM UTC

Yes!! This is driving me crazy having to make a small change in my design system file, publish, swap to design file, update, and all over again if it’s not right.

Dario_Stefanutto
New Participant
Jan 21, 2022 10:20 AM UTC

I would love to have the option to autopublish components and styles. It would save me so much time and energies.
I’m the only designer in the company so I don’t need to approve other people’s components.

Dario_Stefanutto
New Participant
Jan 21, 2022 10:22 AM UTC

Even a plugin would be enough!

Alfonso_Ponce_de_Leon
Jan 27, 2022 5:00 PM UTC

Need this too!

Livia1
Feb 1, 2022 1:31 AM UTC

Please figma, this would add massive value. It should be an option that can turned on and off.

joshmillgate
Feb 6, 2022 2:33 PM UTC

Please add this feature to Figma!

Thomas_Switzerland
Feb 16, 2022 3:47 PM UTC

If you update the assets and you want to deploy them. So you should be able to do it with keyboard shortcuts. If you press the key ctrl+r you should get a preview with enter you can confirm it. If you want to publish it directly without preview, then press the keys ctrl+shift+r.

If you receive an update, you can confirm it with enter.

Thomas_Switzerland
Feb 16, 2022 8:11 PM UTC

I’ m for ctrl+r because it is already in the browser like this

Marisol_Lopez
Feb 21, 2022 8:24 PM UTC

It could also give you the otion to choose the files you want to publish too and batch it.

Olha_Kirdiaieva
Mar 24, 2022 8:11 PM UTC

Started working on a project with a component library in another file. I am already tired of endlessly publishing the small changes that I implement and want to be synchronized quickly. It would save me so much time if there was an option to simplify this process 🙏