You can also access the Lock/Unlock commands by right-clicking (Mac/PC) or Ctrl-clicking (Mac) on a layer or its name in the Layers list. To unlock an element, make sure it’s selected in the Layers list, and repeat the same keyboard shortcut. To do this, select any object and hit ⌘ Shift ⇧ L (Mac) or Ctrl Shift ⇧ L (PC). Particularly when you’re working in files with lots of layers, it can be useful to lock some of them to prevent accidental selection and edits. The keyboard shortcut is ⌘ Shift ⇧ V on Mac, or Ctrl Shift ⇧ V on PC. For this, you can use the “Paste over selection” command. This is useful if you need to paste an element into another frame, and ensure it’s in a consistent place.īut sometimes you need to paste an element exactly where the current selection is.

Figma’s standard “Paste” command is the equivalent of the “Paste in place” command in Adobe software: when you paste an element, Figma will position it in the same place as the original.

This distinction will be familiar to Adobe users. Or go to the hamburger menu in the top-left of the Figma window, and click “Import File”.On Mac, drag and drop your Sketch file from the Finder right into the Figma window in the browser.But there’s an extra perk to being a Sketch user-Figma allows you to import Sketch files! There are a couple of ways to do this-either: If you’ve used Sketch before, you’ve probably found much of Figma’s interface quite Intuitive and familiar. We’re not creating anything in particular today, but you might like to open up a fresh Figma file and try out these techniques, or continue iterating on the tablet/desktop design you created yesterday. Today, we’ve got a tour de force of some extra tips and tricks-our selection of other cool functions in Figma.

Quick text paste export