Multi-selection doesn't work anymore ever since the "Multi-Edit" update was released

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I refreshed my tabs and restarted the app entirely yesterday and I’m still not getting a fix for this.

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Hey @JPress, sorry to hear that!

Is this happening in the browser as well? What OS are you using? Can you try clearing your desktop app’s cache to see if that helps?

Here’s how to clear the desktop app cache on a Mac:

  1. Quit the Figma desktop app
  2. Open Terminal.app and enter the following command: rm -rf “$HOME/Library/Application Support/Figma/”{Desktop,DesktopProfile}
  3. Try opening the desktop app again

Here’s how to clear the desktop app cache on Windows:

  1. Close the Figma desktop app
  2. Open the Start menu, and paste in this, followed by enter: %APPDATA%\Figma
  3. In the window that opens, delete the Desktop and DesktopProfile folders if they exist
  4. Launch the desktop app again
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@dvaliao I’m on OS Sonoma 14.4. I’m on a time crunch right now, but will check to see if the issue is happening in the browser, and will try clearing the cache when I have time a bit later. Will follow up with you here. Thank you!!

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Did as said in Mac. Feature still not working.

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Sorry to hear that, @Somnath_Nabajja!

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 they can take a closer look.

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Strange behavior
The feature is working if your elements are in frames (first level) but not in groups.
If you select the element that is in a group you’ll see the message

No matching layers to select on page

and the button “Select matching layers” on top just disappear

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PS:
If you select an element that’s in a frame/group that is in another frame/group this just also doesn’t work properly.

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this is still not working I cant do select similar object

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Hey there, sorry to hear this!

I just tested this capability, and it’s still working as expected. Are you trying to select matching objects in the same frame or across more than one frame or group?

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I tried different ways and only work within the same component -variants group I had to create combine as variants first to be able to select similar style, was that always the case?

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Hey All, sorry for the continue trouble and confusion!

To help clarify, it’s not possible to multi-select matching layers within the same frame. But this is on our radar for improvement and you can vote for that capability here:

The previous fix mentioned above, was the ability to shift+click to multi-select matching objects across different frames/groups. If you’re still having issues with multi-selection, in this sense, please share a screen recording with us or file a bug report here: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

If filing a bug report, please use your Figma account email, include a link to the file, and share edit access with support-share@figma.com.

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Yep, I’m still hoping they bring it back…