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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

👾 Little Big Updates are back!

Check out the latest 32 little updates, that are actually pretty big improvements for your design workflow—from on-canvas previewing to improved text styling and much more.

See below for the full list and go here to learn more.

  1. New on-canvas previewing ability when you hover over Layer Blend Modes and more. 
  2. Luminance mask now supported. Learn more
  3. Multi-select for better find and replace/edit experience. Learn more
  4. Leading trim to cap text boxes height to baseline. Learn more
  5. Number lists no longer have to start with "1".
  6. Punctuation such as quotations and brackets can hang outside text box. Learn more.
  7. Search for your file when you start a new tab on desktop.
  8. Find what you're looking for with file previews on desktop tab hover.
  9. Experience new trackpad haptics in the desktop app.
  10. Bold, italicize, and add links to your comments.
  11. Stay updated on file comments with consolidated notification emails.
  12. Right click to quickly move and consolidate projects.
  13. Component property features like exposed nested instances are now default on for everyone. Learn more
  14. Additional component property features like preferred instances are also default on for everyone. Learn more.
  15. During resizing, image snaps the moment aspect ratio is perfect. You can also hold Ctrl to temporarily disable snapping.
  16. Select specific fill layer to paste and replace with images or videos without overriding all fills.
  17. Re-align images even while in editing mode.
  18. Easily align non-instance layers relative to nested instance(s). Learn more.
  19. Right click on rulers to quickly remove them and all vertical guides. Learn more
  20. You can now apply library updates to a single instance or style.
  21. SVG importing has improved, including support for clip paths and bug fix for the extra path segments issue.
  22. Use Fetch API for your plugin to simplify network requests. Learn more.
  23. Use createImageAsync API for your plugin to easily create images. Learn more
  24. Photobooth widget now shows mirror image.
  25. There's now a transparency fill option for FigJam shapes.
  26. You can set default color for FigJam shapes from toolbar. 
  27. We've added some animation effects to differentiate FigJam stickies from shapes.
  28. Elements can now stick to the top when vertically scrolling in prototyping. Learn more.
  29. Archived frames are now selectable in prototyping settings. 
  30. Background blur effects on overlay frames now display correctly in prototypes.
  31. Prototyping links (i.e. from other pages) can now open in the same tab.
  32. Don't forget you can now multi-crate prototyping noodles.

Thursday, March 16, 2023

🖥 Copy/paste across desktop and iPad

You can now seamlessly copy-and-paste between your iPad and desktop. Just open a FigJam file on your iPad, and another FigJam or Figma file on your desktop at the same time. Copy something on iPad and an in-app notification on desktop will ask you if you want to paste the selection from the other device.

You can copy-and-paste from desktop to iPad, too.

Learn more.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

🍱 Structure your ideas with tables in FigJam

Now you can create tables in FigJam right from the bottom tool bar. Organize information and ideas in custom-sized tables to build project plans, decision matrices, pro/con lists, and more. Available on all plans.

Try it in FigJam or learn more in the help center.

We'd also like to thank our tables plugin developers to date: @hozeis, @ymichael, @gavinmcfarland, @akiya64. We're eager to continue partnering together to extend the feature!

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

✨ New ways to find, share, and sell resources on Figma Community

We've added new tools to help creators build even more files, plugins, and widgets. Now it's easier than ever to access free and paid resources—without leaving Figma.

New buying experience

  • Buy resources directly on Community
  • See what resources are paid with new labels
  • Try before you buy with free previews for files, and trials for plugins
  • Start using paid resources without importing files or license keys
  • View all purchases and get refund support from Community
  • Learn about buying resources
New selling tools
  • Add one-time payments and subscriptions with a click
  • Customize a free trial experience (time or usage based) using our Payments API
  • Give users access without having to email files or deal with license keys
  • Track sales and engagement data for paid resources on Community
  • Spend more time creating and less time on logistics—Figma handles refunds and purchase support
  • Learn about selling resources
New Creator Fund

Monday, March 6, 2023

🔧 Keep things organized with custom sidebar sections

You can now keep your workspaces, teams, projects, and files more organized with custom sidebar sections.

This feature is currently only available on Organization and Enterprise plans.

Learn more.

🎨 CSS syntax now supported as fill input

The following example CSS syntax are now supported as fill input:

  • #rrggbbaa
  • rgb(34, 12, 64);
  • rgb(34, 12, 64, 0.6);
  • rgba(34, 12, 64, 0.6);
  • hsl(30, 100%, 50%);
  • hsl(30, 100%, 50%, 0.6);
  • hsla(30, 100%, 50%, 0.6);

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

📚 Enabling libraries at the workspace level

On the Enterprise plan, organization admins and workspace admins can now enable libraries for all files in a given workspace. This allows users to get started quickly with the right libraries in their workspaces. Learn more.

On the Organizations plan, organization admins will see an updated layout for the libraries tab in the admin settings.

Monday, February 27, 2023

🧈 Smoother prototyping

We optimized the code that powers interactive components in prototyping so that animations should feel much smoother and faster. Learn more about interactive components here.

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

▶️ Videos in prototypes just got better

Prototypes are now even more powerful, with new ways to upload, edit, and interact with videos.

  • Create buttons with prototype actions to play/pause, mute/unmute, and more
  • Trigger prototype actions on a video at specific times
  • Preview videos without leaving the design tab
  • Upload videos up to 100MB in .mp4, .mov, and .webm
  • Use Place Image/Video to import videos in bulk
  • Learn more in the Help Center

🏃‍♀️ Performance improvements for admins

For Organization and Enterprise customers, we improved how the members table in the admin console loads. The new experience starts rolling out today for organization admins and workspace admins. As a result of the change, the members table should load much faster for Figma instances with more than 1,000 users.

Monday, February 13, 2023

💻 Limit personal accounts on a corporate network

We've launched network access restrictions on the Enterprise plan to enhance security measures. This feature allows organization admins to prevent employees from accidentally authenticating into personal Figma accounts while on the corporate network. Learn more.

Thursday, February 9, 2023

🔐 Restrict access to external content

On the Enterprise plan, we're introducing external content controls so companies can keep everyone's work inside their Figma organization and protect their ideas. When access to external content is disabled, domain users can't collaborate in files, projects, or teams outside of their Figma organization. This feature requires domain capture. Learn more.

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

🔤 New fonts in FigJam

Convey just the right message or feeling in your files with four new fonts in FigJam:
  • Simple – Your standard, go-to FigJam font for long-form text and easy scanning
  • Bookish – A serif font that adds a touch of formality to headers and quotes
  • Technical – A fixed-width font that mimics the look and feel of code
  • Scribbled – A script-based font that's perfect for comments and annotations
Try them out in FigJam or learn more about how to change fonts in the Help Center.

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

💴 Local currencies for new Organization customers

Rolling out over the next few weeks in Japan, Europe, UK, and Canada, you have the option to purchase a new self-serve Organization plan on your own in the local currency or USD. At this time, invoicing is still only available in USD on the Organization and Enterprise plans.

Learn more.

Thursday, January 26, 2023

💬 Comments Batching and Rich Text Support

We've released two new features to improve the commenting experience in Figma:
  1. Batched comment notifications: to minimize noise and help you manage incoming feedback, comment notifications will be batched for all comment threads you're included on – or if you've opted in to notifications for all file comments. You'll always be notified instantly when someone @mentions you.
  2. Rich text editing: style your comments with bolding, italicizing, strikethroughs, links, and lists (bulleted and numbered).

Monday, January 23, 2023

📊 Visualize and collaborate with data in a new way

With the new Mixpanel integration for FigJam, your team finally has space to view data together, ask questions in real-time, and get everyone on the same page. Try it out using our Weekly Product Check In template.

Learn more about the Mixpanel integration.

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

📚 Improvements to library updates

We've made it easier to track changes to components and styles. Now when changes are published:
  • A new update icon will show in the design panel for selected instances or layers using styles and components that've been changed
  • You can click on the icon to review or accept the change, applying it only to the selected instance or layer
  • You will also be able to see before vs after previews for updates