Links are not leading to the screen, only the file

[Wolf_Or]

When sharing a link to a specific screen, the URL not open the screen, or the section, only the file.

It happened only with one file, with other files it’s working fine.
Any idea why it’s happening? I tried to see if there is any settings for the file but I couldn’t find anything.
Thanks!

[dvaliao]

Hey @Wolf_Or, thanks for reaching out and sorry to hear you’re having trouble with linking to a selection!

This may be related to a bug our team is currently investigating:

Fix launched: Figma incorrectly sharing to selection

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 d…

How are you generating your link to the selection?

[Wolf_Or]

Thanks @dvaliao .
Just to be more specific - I’m not using the shortcut ⌘L, I copied the URL using the the button “copy link” .
The link is not even opening the right section… and it happed in a specific file.
I can also see different cases for this issue you mentioned in the community- some are using the button and some are using the shortcut. Seems like the problem is within the action itself and not the shortcut… any solution for that?
I also find this issue that might help to understand what is the problem - Links do design are missing node-id

[dvaliao]

Hey @Wolf_Or, thanks for the additional context!

This is the exact bug we’re investigating. Links from the Share modal are not generating correctly to a selection. As a workaround, please generate your links to a selection using the shortcut instead.