Allow multi-edit selection of matching layers within the same frame

I am also doing everything as you have on the video and also cannot get it working… Hope to see answer here.

OMG, I didn’t even know sections existed… shame on me 🙃
Thanks!!

@daken @Luigi_Chelli guys, I think it’s because you’re looking for matching layers inside the same frame. But the feature works so that you select matching layers that are sitting in separate frames. It works in sections as well, but also without a section. Hope this helps:

Oh, yeah @daken makes it happen when he ungroups the frames.

Well, i just got that i can find and choose same layers in different frames…but cant do this in one frame if there is a lot of same instances… are you crazy? why did you that this way? its cringe

At first you made instances, but dont give the opportunity to change X-Y values, if instance is nested in another instance, but be able to change color, text, etc.
Now you made multiediting but not for instances inside one frame, but do this only for different frames… why don’t you just finish what you started?

Made already changing values for instances and multiediting for them inside one frame… I need to use interactive variants for making interactions beetween states, i dont want to work with states with the way of many frames and many same interactions beetween same layers. And please, consider when you create a new update how it will work with the other functions you have implemented. Do you understand how long its take to work without variants?

I need to find instances of master in frame what i choose, not only for those frames that i didn’t highlight

Hey All, thanks for the feedback!

@Darko_Atanasov is correct. We’ve shared this topic with the multi-edit team, and they confirmed that we don’t plan to allow selection of matching layers within the same frame anytime soon.

You can still select matching layers that are sitting in separate frames or using sections.

Being able to select matching layers within the same frame is EXTREMELY useful for editing design systems. For example, if I want to edit hundreds of button styles simultaneously, I can’t do that because they’re all likely framed together. This is a huge oversight by the Figma team.

@dvaliao @Figma_Support We’re not asking you to allow multi-edit within the same frame. We’re asking to allow SELECT MATCHING LAYERS within the same frame.

Hey @Enemy & @rkpoch, thanks for the additional feedback!

I’ve updated my previous reply for clarity and passed your additional feedback to the team.

I hear you and wish that there was more I could do. But while the team expresses that this is valuable feedback that shows how much you love the new feature, I want to be completely honest and transparent about the multi-edit team’s current priorities.

I’ve updated this topic into a feature request. Feel free to vote up top so we can gauge overall interest in the community and vouch for its future prioritization.

What a disappointing and consequential decision. Selecting all matching layers within a frame was infinitely more useful in many workflows.

Do ya’ll have any workflow recommendations since I can’t select matching layers within the same frame for working on complex/large tables? It would be very helpful to be able to select all matching layers within a single frame and edit them simultaneously.

this is so stupid, every new feature they rolled out in the past 1.5 years is half-*ssed or has some caveats

Select Layers plugin

might this still be feasible using the multi-edit variant feature within a component set?

Hello @dvaliao - could you kindly post a use case for multi-edit / multi-select within a section? How are folks using sections such that this is an effective tool?

I suppose if you are mocking up a number of frames representing different states of the same page and want to select the same element on the page (like a “header” or a content block), this could be useful (but begs the question: why hasn’t the designer turned that element into a component and used instances).

If this is the use case, then I would argue that it’s just as common, if not more common, to have repeating same-named layers within a “page” (ie: frame) that are not yet component instances.

Until I read this definitive answer, I’ve been scratching my head about the multi-select “feature” because every single time I have had a need for it and clicked it, I get the “no matching layers to select in this section” error. This comes up a few times a day!

The new multi-edit tool is AMAZING! Literally such a game changer.
It has one major limitation though, which is that is only works across a section. I wish I could sometimes select-all the like objects within a single frame (e.g. if I have a repeat pattern on a page, like 5 sections all with a section header, and I want to select all the headers and change the font size).
It would be great if the multi-edit worked at different levels than just the section level, maybe by holding down an additional key or by changing the “level” of the tool in the bottom toolbar, the same way you can change the frame tool or shape tool.

Second this. I use the Select Layers plugin throughout the day, every day. It’s a lifesaver, and why it’s not native functionality is kind of baffling.