#App Updates
Branching in Figma is here!
Branching is now available to teams on the Organization plan. It was announced in April at Config 2021, but according to Rasmus Andersson, it’s been in the making for 5 years. The lack of branches was the main issue when my team switched from Sketch and Abstract to Figma in 2018, so I hope it will become available on the Professional plan one day.
Multiple text sizes in FigJam
You can now mix different text sizes in the same text box, sticky note, or shape.
Zoom controls in FigJam
New plus (+) and minus (-) buttons to make zooming in and out even easier in FigJam.
What’s new in Figma: September 2021
A quick summary of all the recent updates to Figma and FigJam.
Line spacing for bulleted and numbered lists
You can now adjust the spacing between listed items in the type details panel. Finally! Such a small but important change — I had to imitate this with an Auto Layout in the past.
iPhone 13 device frames and frame presets
Figma is now ready for iPhone 13 release.
A new and improved copy and paste
Figma improved copy and paste to make it more consistent and predictable. Now you can replace selected objects with another object that you’ve copied to your clipboard (⇧⌥⌘V or Shift-Ctrl-Alt-V), paste an object into multiple frames or groups simultaneously, and paste at the cursor location. To see how it all works, check out a playground file. (Figma launched this feature with a different shortcut, but changed it after listening to the community feedback.)
Paste to replace, paste here, and multi-paste in Figma
Miguel is demonstrating the new copy and paste capabilities.
FigJam usability updates
New keyboard shortcuts to make backward and forward actions easier in FigJam. Bring forward: ⌘-] or Ctrl-], bring to front: ], send backward: ⌘-[ or Ctrl-[, send to back: [.
Updates to our Education plan
Students and Educators using the Education plan can now invite others to their teams and start collaborating immediately. Collaborators have a 7-day grace period to verify their education status. See also a video on how to set up your Figma Education plan.
Updates to Community, FigJam, and more…
People now can be @mentioned in Community comments. FigJam is improved on an iPad (hey, maybe Figma is next?). Style picker lets you select what libraries are enabled. And a few more improvements for admins of Organizations and Teams.
What’s new in Figma: August 2021
A recap of the updates to Figma and FigJam that were shipped last month.
Design System updates
You can press Shift while clicking on individual publishing checkboxes to select ranges. You’re now able to open library files from the Libraries modal.