Hyperlink to version history

Plugin and Widget API Questions
1

I want to create a link to access the version history. I have a TextNode with a hyperlink that has this information in it:

textNode.hyperlink = {
    type: "URL",
    value: "https://figma.com/file/{ID}/{NAME}?version-id={VERSION_ID}&node-id={NODE_ID}",
  };

This works when clicking “open here instead” in the browser, but when opening the app, the link doesn’t work. The history doesn’t open at all.

Any help?

2

Version history links have been broken in the app/browser sometimes for as long as they existed. This is not an API issue, this is a general Figma / desktop app issue.

3

Thanks Gleb, you are right. But I think the problem is in the hyperlink target.

“The HyperlinkTarget is automatically converted to the "NODE" type.”

The “URL” prop (with the history link) gets changed to “NODE” instead.

4

Maybe as a workaround you can link through my Figma link shortener?

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5

I noticed that when you open the link in the browser, in the urls adds the parameter “t=”, like: t=5Qzxo9swkoMgIhLa-0

Do you have any idea what that is?

Thanks for your help! :heart:

6

This is a recent addition, I don’t know what it is, seems like some tracking stuff.