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Fernanda_Ruiz
September 1, 2021

Shortcut to publish library and automatically update files

  • September 1, 2021
  • 96 replies
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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.

96 replies

Chelms_Varthoumlien
April 5, 2022

This would be amazing as well. Particular use case would be for project covers. I would love to make the update on the design system and have all project covers updated without having to go into each project and update them individually.

Nic_C
New Participant
May 11, 2022

I was looking for a shortcut to this and I got in here but I see that there isn’t a shortcut yet 😪 so just voting for implementing this!
I hope this come out soon!

Alborz_Heydaryan1
June 8, 2022

This would be a fantastic addition to Figma.
When updating the library, in the window where you select the components there should be a checkbox:
☑️ Automatically update all files using this library

Benjamin14
July 15, 2022

I don’t even need updates to be automatic:

Simply adding keyboard shortcuts like Tab to browse the Libraries/Update popup tabs, and Enter to publish or update instead of having to click these buttons manually every time would already save a LOT of time (and frustration)

All you would have to do is press Alt+3, then Tab, then Enter.

deletedlc
August 16, 2022

Aug 2022 and we are still waiting for this… low key sad.

Somehow to me, having changes made to the already published libraries automatically pushed to any and all files that use that library is so much of a no-brainer that it’s expected to work the same way as Figma’s auto-save. If auto-save is a thing, why is auto-publish not?

roba
August 29, 2022

+1 (auto-save as an option)

Fernando_Seminario
October 18, 2022

We just ran into this use case for our design system. Having a auto update libraries feature for something like a Sticker sheet would be super helpful. We don’t need to check the updates before they go through they just need to happen weekly, monthly, whatever.

dustavsson
December 1, 2022

A keyboard shortcut would be good enough!

Right now you can hit CMD+P and search for “Publish changes to library” (which after one use will be pre-selected after hitting CMD+P) and then CMD+Enter to publish rather quickly. But updating library changes in a file still requires waiting for the notification to pop up and then a mouse click.

Frannn
New Participant
December 29, 2022

Definitely agree with the shortcut idea, right now I got used to doing:
Ctrl + Alt + O > tab, tab, Enter > Ctrl + Enter (publishes updates)
Then… frustratingly seeking toast message in other files an clicking on “Review”.

(Thanks to @dustavsson, just realized I could replace Ctrl + Alt + O > tab, tab, Enter with Ctrl + P, P, Enter)

Auto-update on a per user and/or per file basis would be nice, still.

Lillian
February 19, 2023

PLEASE!!! It is already highly annoying to go back and forth the design system file and the main design file. I don’t want to hit the publish and review button each time - super frustrating!!!