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Sam_Walsh1
Sam_Walsh1
September 14, 2022

Switch to read-only mode

  • September 14, 2022
  • 69 replies
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I get nervous having edit-access to a Figma file sometimes, especially as an engineer. I don’t want to accidentally make a change to something in the file.

It would be great if there was a way to switch myself to a read-only mode (temporarily) to avoid accidentally breaking/changing something.

For now, I’ve just been creating a new branch. If I change something on the branch, then I don’t need to worry.

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    Zain_Ul-Hassan
    Zain_Ul-Hassan
    August 5, 2024

    Really need this feature

    bryanltobing
    bryanltobing
    August 26, 2024

    is this still not available?

    aaron_kenny
    aaron_kenny
    September 6, 2024

    +1, need this urgently!

      Sebastian_Holzki
      Sebastian_Holzki
      New Participant
      September 23, 2024

      I’d add one more thought to this: In big teams/projects where branching is heavily used, I think being able to optionally disable editing on MAIN would be really beneficial. With several contributors working in a big library there often are merge issues because some (maybe even unintentioanl) changes were done on Main.
      In a big project setup the main should feel more robust and changes must be committed via branches - in code you also would avoid editing the master in a project with >1 contributors.

      demaxl
      demaxl
      September 28, 2024

      Still waiting for this feature!!

      Vladyslav_Nazarenko
      Vladyslav_Nazarenko
      October 10, 2024

      Woow, guys, really sad there’s no option for browsing the frames in readonly mode :(( It’s so easy to mess something up and even do not notice it.

      Sayed_Mahmood_Sayedi
      Sayed_Mahmood_Sayedi
      November 6, 2024

      +1, this is a crucial feature for me!

      lubomir_gernath
      lubomir_gernath
      December 4, 2024

      +1 this feature is really needed

        Victor_Eweh
        Victor_Eweh
        December 9, 2024

        Please I really need this feature. I keep accidentally moving stuff on the project, and keep having to press undo every time. Please it’s very important that you add this feature.

        Victor_Eweh
        Victor_Eweh
        December 9, 2024

        How can one do that?

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