There is a bug in the copy link to selection function.
When using the pop up menu and selecting “copy link to selection” it will copy the link to the exact thing that I’ve selected (yay!)
The “copy link to selection” function also has a shortcut key, ⌘L (yay!)
When using the ⌘L shortcut the link copied only points to the frame/section that the selected object is within, not the original selection. This means that the pop up menu option and the shortcut for that menu option will point to two different links (boo!)
Not sure how long this has been the case but when I copy a link using the “copy link” button it shares the file but does not centre to the selected screen any more.
Using a UK MacBookPro A2780
Both in the app and the browser
Sharing the browser link from the address bar still shares to selection.
I’m having the same issue in a chrome browser. When I share a link to a frame, it creates a link to the first page of the file instead. I select my frame, share, copy link, paste into a message
Take the general URL that is missing the Node-ID: https://www.figma.com/design/f4w4ByKRaSFF9F7J958emH/Appraisals-%7C-Inventory?m=auto&t=NxbgPvV45RcHaUip-1
Delete the text after the ? so you will have something like this: https://www.figma.com/design/f4w4ByKRaSFF9F7J958emH/Appraisals-%7C-Inventory?
Next use a plugin for finding the Node-ID for a selected frame/wrapper. I needed to use Debugger Plugin the Node Inspect plugin kept crashing my file.
Take that node-id: something like this 7331:56805
Now update the main URL with node-id=#####
Update to look something like this: https://www.figma.com/design/f4w4ByKRaSFF9F7J958emH/Appraisals-%7C-Inventory?node-id=7331:56805
Thanks for the great workaround, I can confirm this works fine for me.
Good solution so I can share links again but I still hope there is a proper fix for this. I have some more observations so I will share them in separate entry.
My team have been having issues with Figma’s share functionality not linking to the Frame that has been selected before hitting ‘Share’.
This is the workflow:
Frame is selected > Hit Share > Hit Copy Link (Observe 'Share to selection “[Frame name]” appears at the top of the dialog box) > Paste link elsewhere, e.g. Jira > Click link > Link opens the first Page of the Figma file rather than the Frame that was selected.
It appears to be working intermittently, but has been causing havoc in our Jira tickets as the person copying the link to the frame is presuming it will link to the frame they’ve selected. We’ve now got several Jira tickets containing user stories that all link to the first Page of the Figma file and not the frame being described in the user story.
I am also experiencing this issue. We place cover pages at the top of our layers, and it links to the cover page every time. This is only occurring when I share a frame or section in the editor. If I share the location in a prototype it will link correctly.
Does anyone else find sharing button not working with direct links to frames (when selected). I’ve only been able to generate a working direct link to a frame with right clicking and selecting copy link. The share button no longer works.
Thanks for the replay, Eric. Yes we do the same with the cover pages. It just links directly to the cover instead of the frame. I have found a temporary workaround if you share the frame via the right click menu. Right click frame > Copy/Paste as > Copy link to selection. This seems to produce consistent results.
We have encountered the same problem.
A more efficient workaround that works for us is to use CMD+L with the frame selected to generate the link. Unlike the link from the “Share”-menu, this contains the node ID und links to the frame.
