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Find and replace text not working

Tal_Levin1

Hi there,

I’ve got a large document in which I need to find and replace a particular phrase. However, when I go to use to use the find and replace feature, it says the text has been replaced without updating the text.

I have to double-click on the text frame again or select and hit return for it to update.

Is this a bug, or am I missing something obvious? Better hitting return, it reads the text as though it’s been updated even though it shows the previous text.

See screenshots below:

  1. Finds text to be replaced

    1

  2. “Replaces” text (note: Figma is not seeing the initial text input)

    2

  3. Updated after double-clicking into the box or hitting return

    3

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15 replies

Jessica_Aceret

I’m having the same problem right now. I realized that the replace feature is only changing the name of the layer to match what you put into the “replace” field, but it doesn’t change the text in the UI itself. So that’s why it doesn’t show up again in your search results. Sounds like a bug to me.

T
Patrick-Plaggenborg
martingarnett01
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    Testing_Prototype
  • Patrick-Plaggenborg
    Patrick-Plaggenborg
  • martingarnett01
    martingarnett01
martingarnett01

Yep! Experiencing this issue too right now. Definitely a bug.

Rene_A_Morales

Same here. Thanks Adobe

chris_walker
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    chris_walker
Andrew_O_Hara_Aidoo

I have the same problem.

Tal_Levin1
  • Tal_Levin1
  • Author
  • 1 reply
  • February 13, 2023

Any updates on this? Is there a way to get a Figma team member to look at this?

Bittle_David_Dave_IPESD

Same issue. Please fix this.

T

Same here.

I need to update a prototype with 20 pages with a text that needs changing around 4 times repeated in a page - quite annoying to find out now that it’s not working and I need to manually go update all these texts.

I find this weird because just few days a go find and replace worked fine. Was this after the Figma update that this started bugging…?

Byron_Watson

Has anyone from Figma replied?

Byron_Watson

So I just double-clicked on the text itself and it appears all texts have updated. Not sure if it’s a fix or not.

bombadillo
  • bombadillo
  • 25 replies
  • February 15, 2023

Having the same problem! So frustrating, as I have over 40 instances of this issue and will have to go through double clicking them all. Could be worse, I suppose. @Figma, this is a bug!

bombadillo
  • bombadillo
  • 25 replies
  • February 15, 2023

I submitted a bug. Encourage you all to too so we can get Figma on this!

Maher
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  • Maher
    Maher
Maher
  • Maher
  • 3 replies
  • December 13, 2023

Same problem over here. I can find frame names on the same page, but as soon as I click on replace, it cannot find the current frames’s names.

The most basic feature of any design tool that does not work…

dvaliao
Figmate
  • dvaliao
  • Community Support
  • 4664 replies
  • December 13, 2023

Hey @Maher, sorry to heat you’re having issues with this!

We launched a big fix for this issue back on February 17th. Please reach out to the support team directly via this form for help: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Be sure to use your Figma account email, include a link to the file, and share it with support-share@figma.com, so we can take a closer look.

peter_fiek

Hey all, I’m having this issue again in March '24. Could it be a bug related to the multi-edit launch? Let me know, thanks–

dvaliao
Figmate
  • dvaliao
  • Community Support
  • 4664 replies
  • March 8, 2024

Hey @peter_fiek, sorry to hear you’re having issues with find and replace!

We launched a big fix for this issue back on February 17th, 2023, and we’re not aware of any new bugs associated with the multi-edit launch.

Please reach out to the support team directly via this form for help: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Be sure to use your Figma account email, include a link to the file, and share it with support-share@figma.com, so we can take a closer look.

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