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Image placement bug opens the same folder instead of the most recent


Camilla

Image Placement opens the same library all the time. I have made 5 requests! Because after first was marked as SOLVED in fact it wasn’t! I opened another one with the same issue and again and again. I’ve contacted the support via email, via Bug Report Form and nothing happens. Is this kind of indifference is happening because I use free version? How am I supposed to pay money for this product if it’s impossible to use it?

Best answer by Gleb

  1. Rename the folder that Figma is targeting.

  2. If that doesn’t work, delete or temporarily moving the folder which is being opened. After you open this dialog again, Figma should get unstuck and you can move the original folder back.

  3. If it doesn’t get unstuck and targets another folder, then move that folder as well. On the second one it gets fixed 100%.

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Josh
  • Former Community Manager
  • 1019 replies
  • June 15, 2021

Hey @Camilla, could you share a little more information about the bug you’re experiencing?


Camilla
  • Author
  • 6 replies
  • June 15, 2021

Hello Josh, thank you for replying so quickly.

The issue is that Image Placement opens the same folder all the time no matter where I uploaded the last image from. Earlier it used to work like other programs (opened the last directory I pasted image from).

For example - C:\Users\Camilla\Downloads opens over and over again. I upload some image from Disk D and various folders, but Figma keeps opening Downloads folder. If I delete the Downloads folder it will open previous folder in the path - C:\Users\Camilla

So I have to pin folders I need in the explorer left menu (Windows OS) to have quick access to files I work with.

I saw a lot of requests regarding exactly this bug and the advice was “fill out the Bug Report Form” and thought it is quite common.


Josh
  • Former Community Manager
  • 1019 replies
  • June 15, 2021

Thanks for the additional info. Does this occur in the browser as well or only in the desktop app? I just did a test on my end and it seems to work as expected, but I’m also on a Mac.


Josh
  • Former Community Manager
  • 1019 replies
  • June 15, 2021

PS, editing your title to make it easier to search for. 🙂


Camilla
  • Author
  • 6 replies
  • June 15, 2021

Thank you, Josh. Browser version works correctly, it seems to be the desktop app issue only


Josh
  • Former Community Manager
  • 1019 replies
  • June 15, 2021

Got it, thanks this helps narrow it down. Have you tried reinstalling the desktop app. I’m curious to see if it fixes itself or persists?


Camilla
  • Author
  • 6 replies
  • June 15, 2021

Just reinstalled it, sadly it didn’t help


Josh
  • Former Community Manager
  • 1019 replies
  • June 15, 2021

Alright, I’ll make sure this gets logged. Can you provide your OS info and the version of the Desktop app you’re using?


Gleb
  • Power Member
  • 4706 replies
  • Answer
  • June 15, 2021
  1. Rename the folder that Figma is targeting.

  2. If that doesn’t work, delete or temporarily moving the folder which is being opened. After you open this dialog again, Figma should get unstuck and you can move the original folder back.

  3. If it doesn’t get unstuck and targets another folder, then move that folder as well. On the second one it gets fixed 100%.


Camilla
  • Author
  • 6 replies
  • June 16, 2021

Weird, but when I moved the folder Figma got unstuck, and when I moved it back the problem appeared again.

I guess I’ll have to move this folder far away so app will work correctly, but it’s not that crucial. Thank you, Gleb! 😉


Camilla
  • Author
  • 6 replies
  • June 16, 2021

Josh, in case it may help solve this, my OS is Windows 10, version 20H2. Where can I see Desktop app version? I think it’s the most recent one since I’ve reinstalled it today. Thank you for your help ☺


Gleb
  • Power Member
  • 4706 replies
  • June 16, 2021

If that’s a specific folder, you can create a new folder with the same name and move contents of this folder there, then delete this “broken” folder. That way you won’t have to move that folder far away. Let me know if that works, I’m curious.


Camilla
  • Author
  • 6 replies
  • June 16, 2021

I’m so curious too, because new folder with same name and same contents didn’t work.
Then I tried to rename it and - yes, it helped 🤯 Original folder name was simply “Evenstar”, I changed it to “Evenstar_01” so everything works but not that word anymore 🙂


Gleb
  • Power Member
  • 4706 replies
  • June 16, 2021

What a peculiar glitch… Thanks for letting me know! I’ll keep that in mind for the future.


vivekrevi

I had the same issue but SOLVED it with the help of another Redditor … 🤗

first, quit Figma and open the preference file as text which is located in C:\Users%User%\AppData\Roaming\Figma\DesktopProfile\v12\Preferences

and look for {“last_directory”:“your_stuck_path_will_be_here”} which is at the end …

and remove that path so it looks like this {“last_directory”:""} … save it …

open Figma and now you are good to go 👍

here is the Reddit link where we solved this issue … ☺


Lukasz_Jankowski

Does anyone know the solution for MacOS Figma desktop app users? Image placement dialog still opens my Downloads folder.


SingYu_Lam

I’ve encountered this problem on both Windows and MacOS. For Windows, the aforementioned Reddit post helped me fix the problem, but I don’t have any leads for how to find the Preferences folder on MacOS. Does anyone know where it’s located?


Vy1
  • 2 replies
  • May 12, 2022

I don’t know if you still need the MacOS Preferences folder, but here it is:

Library/Application Support/Figma/DesktopProfile/v17

and the preferences.txt file is in there.
The last bit “v17” can be different depending on the version of the application (i think)

This worked for me, so hope it can work for you to : )


Lukasz_Jankowski

Thanks for replying, but I don’t have Figma folder in my Library/Application Support folder. 😦
Still can’t resolve this issue. 😦


Vy1
  • 2 replies
  • May 17, 2022

The Library folder is hidden by default. You can try pasting this in the spotlight search (it works for me). I also attached an screenshot below.

~/Library/Application Support/Figma

Or you can go to the Library folder manually. I found a link that might help you with that

How-To Geek


Lukasz_Jankowski

Resolved. Thanks a lot!


Joe_Garlick
  • New Participant
  • 44 replies
  • June 10, 2022

I’ve also been getting this issue since the main Figma update around when Config was on.


Sydney1
  • 1 reply
  • June 14, 2022

Having the same issue!! Can’t seem to find a solution that works for me


Dominic
  • New Participant
  • 40 replies
  • November 2, 2022

Thanks @vivekrevi, solution worked!


This bug still exists in June, 2023.


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