#App Updates

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.

Design systems updates to help speed up your workflow

It’s finally possible to move published components between files without breaking links to instances in the design system! Besides that, now you can swap out an entire library in a single bulk action and find the right component in a quick search modal. Fantastic update that I’m really excited about. See a backstory by Sho Kuwamoto on how they were built.

Plugin parameters

Plugin parameters (currently in beta) provide a faster way to build more powerful plugins by using quick actions to accept user input, eliminating the need to create your own UI. Both plugins I built in the past don’t have any UI, so this would be a great way to easily add some configuration options.

You can now use Figma to create custom SF Symbols

“For historical reasons, Figma used to convert between spaces and hyphens when dealing with SVG files. This made it hard to export icons from Figma to SF Symbols, so we fixed it.”

Smarter default colors

Default Pencil and text colors are now smarter. When you draw or type, they are now black or white, depending on the background. Miggie shows this behavior in action.

30 updates: recent features and fixes in Figma

A recap of all updates to the editor shipped a few weeks ago.

Plugin API to write prototype interactions

This update allows plugins to create new prototype interactions in the editor. Check out a code sample by Anthony DiSpezio.

Measuring lines when duplicating objects

Cleaned up measuring lines when duplicating objects — you’ll now see two instead of four. And, they added some logic so it’s harder to accidentally not duplicate something, even if you let go of the key too early.

Scale mode shortcut

Pressing K in Figma now consistently brings up Scale mode but doesn’t exit it, so it’s more predictable.

Number of layers with a missing font

The missing font dialog now includes a layer count if you hover over an icon, making it easier to see the impact of a missing font.

New shortcut for strikethrough text

A new keyboard shortcut for strikethrough text — ⌘⇧X on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+X on Windows.

New tab shortcuts

Figma made the tab keyboard shortcuts in the desktop app more intuitive. Press ⌘1 on Mac, Ctrl+1 on Windows to open the file browser, and ⌘2, 3, 4 or Ctrl+2, 3, 4 to open subsequent tabs.

Drawing straight lines

Hold Shift to draw straight lines when using the Pencil tool in Figma and FigJam.

Knockout shadow

By default, drop shadows are no longer displayed through transparent areas of objects. Check out this thread by Rogie on how this feature came to life.

Create multiple flows

Compare, test, and present multiple interactive ideas from a single page. Check out a couple of quick tips for using the new feature by Miguel Cardona.

Edit names on canvas

Now you can edit flow and frame names directly from the canvas. Just double-click the name and start typing.

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