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• Comments in Community

  Before you start

  Who can use this feature

  Anyone with a Figma account can browse the Figma Community.

  You need a Figma account to install plugins or duplicate Community files.

  You need a Community profile to follow profiles, or comment on and like files and plugins.

  Comments let you engage with others members in the Figma Community. Use comments to provide encouragement, ask for feedback on your work, and build meaningful relationships with other creators.

  Note: Comments are turned on for all resources, by default. As a creator, you can turn commenting off and on when publishing and editing a file or plugin ↓. If you don't see an option to leave a comment, the creator of that resource has disabled them.

  Comment on a file or plugin

  There are two types of comments in the Figma Community:

  • General comments on a file, prototype, or plugin's listing page
  • Pinned comments left on a specific location in a Community file

  Add general comments

  To add a general comment to a file or plugin's listing:

  1. Click on a file or plugin in the feed to open the listings.
  2. If the creator has turned on comments for their resource, you'll see the option to Add a comment.
  3. Type your message in the comment field and click Post to add your comment.

  Note: It's not possible to reply to a specific person's general comment.

  

  Add pinned comments

  Pinned comments let you leave feedback on a specific part of a published Community file. Use the viewport to add a pinned comment directly in the creator's file.

  1. Open the listing page for the file.
  2. Click the icon in the top-right corner of the viewport to enter comment mode.
  3. Your cursor will turn into a icon. Click on the location in the canvas where you'd like the comment to appear.
  4. Type your comment in the field, then click Post to send.

  

  Note: It's not currently possible to @mention another Community profile, but we're working on it!

  View and reply to pinned comments

  You can use comment mode in the viewport to see other people's comments on the current file and reply to them.

  To view comments:

  1. Open the listing page for the file.
  2. Click the icon in the upper-right corner of the viewport to enter comment mode.
  3. Use the right sidebar of the viewport to browse and filter comments.

  To reply to a comment:

  1. Click on a comment in the right sidebar when in comment mode.
  2. Type your comment in the field, then click Post to send.

  Note: It's not currently possible to reply to a general comment, only a pinned comment.

  Edit and delete pinned comments

  To edit or delete a comment you pinned on someone's file:

  1. Click on the comment or thread in the right sidebar when in comment mode.
  2. Click in the comment you want to edit or delete.

  Manage comments on your files or plugins

  Allow comments on your files or plugins

  Comments are turned on for all files and plugins in the Community, by default. You can turn commenting on or off any time you publish and edit a file or plugin, including publishing updates.

  From the publishing modal:

  1. Scroll to the Comments section at the bottom of the modal.
  2. Check the box next to Allow comments from Community members to turn general comments on.
  3. Click the next to More options to turn on pinned comments on your files.

  Publish files to Figma Community [Beta] →

  Publish plugins to Figma Community →

  Turn off comments

  To turn off comments on a published resource:

  1. Open the listing page for your file or plugin.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the listing page.
  3. Click Edit this page on the right.
  4. Scroll to the Comments section at the bottom of the modal.
  5. Check the box next to Allow comments from Community members to turn general comments on.
  6. Click the next to More options to turn on pinned comments on your files.

  View and reply to comments

  General comments

  You can view general comments in the listing page for your file or plugin. It's not currently possible to reply to general comments, only pinned comments.

  Pinned comments

  You can use comment mode in the viewport to see other people's comments on the current file and reply to them.

  To view pinned comments:

  1. Open the listing page for the file.
  2. Click the icon in the upper-right corner of the viewport to enter comment mode.
  3. Use the right sidebar of the viewport to browse and filter comments.

  To reply to a pinned comment:

  1. Click on a comment in the right sidebar when in comment mode.
  2. Type your comment in the field, then click Post to send.

  Note: It's not currently possible to reply to a general comment, only a pinned comment.

  Remove and restrict comments

  You can restrict another Community member from posting future comments to your resources and files at any time. Restricting a user will also remove all past comments made by them from your Community files and plugins.

  To restrict a comment:

  1. Navigate to the comment you'd like to restrict.
  2. Click in the comment you want to restrict.
  3. Click Restrict user's comments.

  Comment notifications

  Comments on your resources

  Figma notifies you of any comments left on the listing page for one of your published resources, like files, prototypes, or plugins.

  Comment replies in threads

  You are notified for replies in pinned comment threads you're active on

  • In-app and email notifications for new comments in threads where you are active
  • Settings to control in-app and email notifications

  Manage your comment notification preferences →

  Report comments

  Anyone can report any comment considered offensive, harassment, or is in violation of the Figma Community Guidelines.

  To report a comment:

  1. Navigate to the comment you'd like to report.
  2. Click in the comment you want to report.
  3. Click Report comment from the menu.

  When you report a comment made on a resource you published, it will be immediately removed. Comments you report that are made on someone else's resource will be flagged to an internal committee at Figma for review and potential removal.

• Follows and likes in the Community

  Before you start

  Who can use this feature

  Anyone with a Figma account can create and update a Personal profile

  You will need to choose a profile handle and create a profile before you can like or follow resources in the Figma Community.

  The Figma Community is a space where creators can publish design files and plugins. This allows anyone to follow, share, and support fellow creators.

  Members of the Community can:

  • Explore by name, tag, or popular and recent resources.
  • Duplicate and remix Community files.
  • Install plugins to customize your experience in the Editor, or create more efficient workflows.

  We encourage you to show your support for creators by following your favorite creators, teams, or organizations. As well as adding comments and likes to files and plugins you love.

  You will need to have a Community profile to follow creators or like resources. Figma will prompt you to create a profile if you try to like or follow in the Community without a profile.

  Follows

  Follow individual creators, or follow a team or Organization to stay in the loop with their creations.

  Follow creators from a few different places in the Community:

  • From search results: On the Creators results page, click the Follow button next to a creator.
  • From Community profiles: Click the Follow button underneath the creator's name.

  On a resource page? Click on the creator's name on the resource to open their profile, then click the Follow button.

  When you follow a creator, Figma will add any files or plugins they share to your For you feed. When you visit the Community tab, Figma will default to updates from creators you follow

  Note: If you haven't followed any creators yet, Figma will prompt you to follow some popular contributors to the Community. Click the Explore creators button to start exploring.

  Likes

  Add likes to files and plugins in the Community. It's not possible to add more than one like to a resource.

  • Click the ♡ at the top of the resource page to add your support. Figma will increase the like count on that resource.
  • Click the ♡ again to remove the like.

  View a member's likes on their Community profile. You can browse your own likes from your Community profile too.

  1. Click the Likes tab to see the files and plugins they've liked
  2. File thumbnails show a preview of the file, while plugin thumbnails show the plugin icon and a description of the plugin.
  3. Click to view the resource page for that file or plugin.

  

• Use files from the Community

  Before you Start

  Who can use this feature

  Anyone can browse the Figma Community. You don't need a Figma account to browse and view files and plugins in the Community.

  You will need a Figma account and Community profile to duplicate Community files.

  Community files are design files that creators have shared with the Figma Community. They can be any resource that other members will get value from.

  • Access UI and design kits, like Google's Material design.
  • Build your own creative projects with ready-to-use templates.
  • Explore new ways of thinking with educational resources for tools and processes.
  • Learn more about Figma's features with interactive playground files.

  Anyone can browse the Figma Community on desktop or mobile. You'll need a Figma account to duplicate, inspect, and remix Community files.

  Note: Files published to the Figma Community have an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

  This means that you are free to share and adapt these files, but you must give credit to the original creator(s). Learn more about Copyright and licensing in the Figma Community.

  Find and view Community files

  Discover Community files in the Community page of your Figma account:

  1. Open the File browser in Figma.
  2. Click the Community page in the sidebar.
     • Feed will show you resources from creators you follow. 
     • Explore will let you browse trending resources.
  3. Click on a featured category to explore related resources. Or, use the search bar at the top of the page to look for a file. Search by name, creator, or keyword (tag).
  4. Click Files to filter results.
  5. Click on the file to open the resource page.

  Want to browse the Community for files? Use the dropdown on the right to sort results. Choose from trennding, recent, or following.

  View Community files

  Every Community file will have a resource page. This lets you view some relevant information about the file. Including the file name, creator(s), and a description of the file.

  Publishers can choose whether the preview on the file page is a file or prototype. You can interact with the file or prototype as you would any regular embed.

  If the file is a remix, or another member has remixed the file, you'll see a preview of these other Community files here too.

  

  Tip! If there are more than three remixes of a file, click See all to view all remixes on a dedicated page. Or, click Hide remixes to hide them from the file page.

  There are a few ways you can interact with file pages:

  • Click the heart icon to Like the Community file.
  • Click Duplicate to add a copy of the Community file to your Drafts.
  • Click on a tag to explore other Community files and plugins with that tag.
  • Copy the link to the file page, or share the plugin on Twitter or Facebook.
  • Click Flag inappropriate to report the file.

  Duplicate

  To use a file from the Community, you can duplicate it. Duplicates are new files that are separate from the original.

  You won't have access to the version history, comments, or permissions of the original file.

  1. Open the file page.
  2. Click the Duplicate button.
  3. Figma will add a copy of this file to your drafts. Every file you duplicate from the Community with have a (Community) at the end of the file name.
  4. To remove the file, you will need to delete it from your drafts.

  Note: If the File publisher publishes any changes to the file, Figma won't apply these changes to your copy. To get updates, you will need to duplicate the new version of the Community file.

  Like

  Like a Community file to show support for the file's creator. You don't need to duplicate the file before liking it.

  Figma will add the file to the Likes tab of your Community profile. Other members of the Community can see your likes when they view your profile.

  1. Click the heart icon to add your support.
  2. Figma will send the file's creator a notification.
  3. To remove your like, click the heart icon again.

  Remix

  Figma encourages Community members to share and iterate on Community files.

  Members can duplicate a Community file, add their own touch, then publish it to the Community. We call these files remixes.

  Figma tracks every time someone duplicates a file from the Community. This allows Figma to track remixes and create better feedback loops for creators.

  When you publish a remix of a Community file, Figma will:

  • Add your file to the Remixes section of the page of the original Community file.
  • Add a link to the original Community file in the Remix of section of the resource page.

  Publishing files to the Community is currently in beta. Only members of the Figma Community beta can publish files to the Community.

• Create a Community profile for an individual

  Before you start

  Who can use this feature

  Anyone with a Figma account can create and update a personal Community profile.

  You will need to choose a profile handle and create a profile before you can like or follow resources in the Figma Community. You do not need a profile to duplicate files or install plugins.

  Community profiles showcase your contributions to the Figma Community. They allow other members of the community to see any plugins you develop, or files you publish.

  Figma supports Community profiles for individuals, teams, and organizations. You can have a profile for every Figma account you have, and one Figma account per email address.

  Your profile will include files or plugins you personally publish, as well as any files you're listed as a creator on.

  Note: Your Community profile can only be associated with one Figma account (and email address). If you have both personal and work Figma account, we recommend picking one to create your profile from.

  If you are part of an organization, your Community profile will be tied to your company email. Any files or plugins you create and share from that profile will belong to the organization. If you want to publish to a profile that you have complete control and ownership over, we recommend publishing from a personal account that isn't linked to your company email.

  If you're a team admin or organization admin, you may be able to publish to more than one profile. Learn who can publish files and plugins →

  Register a profile handle

  Every Community profile has a unique profile handle. Figma uses this profile handle to identify you in the Community. Your profile handle also makes up your profile URL: https://figma.com/@handle

  You will need to choose a profile handle to publish files and plugins, or like and follow other creators resources. You do not need a profile to duplicate files or install plugins.

  Register or update your profile handle in your account settings.

  1. In the file browser, click on your name and select the Settings tab.
  2. Under Profile Handle, click Set profile handle.
  3. Enter your desired handle in the field provided. You can use up to 15 alphanumeric characters, including underscores _.
  4. Figma will check to see if the handle is still available. If it is not, Figma will ask you to pick another handle.
  5. Click Submit to confirm. You can update your profile handle at any time.

  

  Tip! You can also use profile handles to @mention other individuals, teams or organizations in the Figma Community.

  View your profile

  View your profile from within your Figma account. This lets you preview or make any changes to your profile.

  1. In the file browser, click on your name in the top-left corner.
  2. Select the Public tab to preview your profile.

  Figma will add any files or plugins you have published to the Community to your profile. You can add some extra information to introduce yourself to the community.

  1. Profile picture: This can be different than your internal profile picture. Click on your profile picture to upload a new image. Image dimensions must be at least 500 x 500 px.
  2. Cover artwork: Hover over the cover photo and click the to upload cover artwork.
  3. Bio: Add a brief description of up to 160 characters.
  4. Location: Click on the text to add or update your location.
  5. Website: Click on the text to add or update your website. This can be a link to a personal website

  

• Create a Community profile for a team

  Before you start

  Who can use this feature

  Create a team profile for Starter, Education, and Professional teams, or teams in an organization.

  Only team owners and admins can create and update a team profile. Files must live in a project within the team to publish them to the team profile.

  Community profiles showcase contributions to the Figma Community. They allow other members of the community to see any plugins you develop, or files you create or contribute to.

  Figma supports Community profiles for individuals, teams, and organizations. Which profile(s) you can publish to will depend on your permissions within a team or organization. Who can publish files and plugins →

  Register a profile handle

  Every Community profile has a unique handle. The profile handle also makes up the profile URL: https://figma.com/@handle

  Claim your team profile from the Settings tab of your team page:

  1. In the file browser, click on the team name.
  2. Select the Settings tab.
  3. Click Set profile handle.
  4. Enter the desired handle in the field provided. You can use up to 15 alphanumeric characters, including underscores _.
  5. Figma will check to see if the handle is still available. If it is not, Figma will ask you to pick another handle.
  6. Click Submit to confirm. You can come back to this page to update the profile handle, if you change your mind.

  

  View a team profile

  View the team profile from your team workspace. This allows you to preview or make any changes to the team profile.

  1. In the file browser, click on the team name in the sidebar.
  2. Select the Public tab to preview the team profile.

  Figma will add any team contributions to the team's profile. This includes plugins and files that any team files that admins have published. Files can be edited by other members of the team.

  Add some extra information to introduce your team to the rest of the Community.

  1. Profile picture: Click on your profile picture to upload a profile picture or icon for your team. Image dimensions must be at least 500 x 500 px.
  2. Cover artwork: Hover over the cover photo and click the pencil icon to upload cover artwork.
  3. Bio: Add a team bio of up to 160 characters.
  4. Location: Click on the text to add or update your location.
  5. Website: Click on the text to add or update your website.

  

• Create a Community profile for an organization

  Before you start

  Who can use this feature

  Only Figma Organizations can create organization profiles.

  Only organization admins can create and update an organization profile. Files must live within the organization space to publish them to the organization profile.

  Community profiles showcase your contributions to the Figma Community. They allow other members of the community to see any plugins you develop, or files you publish.

  Figma supports Community profiles for individuals, teams, and organizations. Which profile(s) you can publish to will depend on your permissions within a team or organization. Who can publish files and plugins →

  Register a profile handle

  Every Community profile has a unique Profile handle. The profile handle also makes up the profile URL: https://figma.com/@handle

  Claim your organization profile handle from the organization's Admin settings:

  1. In the file browser, click Admin settings under the organization name.
  2. Select the Settings tab at the top of the screen. 
  3. Select the Organization profile > setting..
  4. Enter your desired handle in the field provided. You can use up to 15 alphanumeric characters, or an underscore "_".
  5. Figma will check to see if the handle is still available. If it is not, Figma will ask you to pick another handle. Click Submit to confirm.

  View an organization profile

  View the team profile from your team workspace. This allows you to preview or make any changes to the team profile.

  1. In the file browser, click on the organization name.
  2. Select the Public tab to preview the organization profile.

  Figma will add any contributions to the organization's profile. This includes files from within the organization space, as well as any plugins developed and shared publicly.

  Add some extra information to introduce your organization to the rest of the Community.

  1. Profile picture: Click on your profile picture to upload a profile picture or icon for your Organization. Image dimensions must be at least 500 x 500 px.
  2. Cover artwork: Hover over the cover photo and click the pencil icon to upload cover artwork.
  3. Bio: Add a bio of up to 160 characters. 
  4. Location: Click on the text to add or update the organization's location.
  5. Website: Click on the text to add or update the organization's website.

  

• Figma Community copyright and licensing

  Before you start

  🚧 This feature is currently in beta

  Supported on any team or plan.

  Anyone with a Figma account can duplicate files from the Community.

  Only members of the Community beta can publish files. Sign up for the pubish files beta →

  Creative Commons

  Figma gives any files creators publish to the Figma Community an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This isn't a public domain license.

  This means that Community members can share and adapt the content of any files shared in the Community. Files can be be shared and adapted for any purpose, including commercial purposes.

  • Share: copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material.

  Under CC BY 4.0, Community members need to give credit to the original creator. View the full details of the CC BY 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

  Learn more in our Figma Community Guidelines →

  Creators and contributors

  Figma allows you to choose who is listed as a creator of a file or plugin as part of the publishing process. This is a great way to recognize other people who have contributed to the file or plugin's development.

  • To qualify as a creator on a plugin, the contributor must have an existing Figma Community profile.
  • To qualify as a creator on a file, the contributor must meet both the following criteria:
    • Have an existing Figma Community profile.
    • Have an explicit Can view or Can edit role on the original file. If someone only has access to the file via their team-level permissions, you will need to invite them to the file.

  Figma will send anyone you add a creator a notification, which gives the option to accept or decline the request. Figma shows accepted creators on the resource page and will include the file or plugin on each creator's Community profile.

  • Publish a file to the Community
  • Publish and share a plugin

  Don't want to share your file with the Figma Community? Learn how to remove the file from your profile →

  File remixes

  To help with attribution, Figma tracks every time a member of the Community duplicates a file. This allows us to trace duplicated files back to the original creator.

  Remixes are files that have been published to the Community that originally came from another Community file.

  When you remix a file Figma will:

  • Add an attribution to the file page to show the original file and creator
  • Add this file to the Remixes section of the original file page.

  

  Note: Figma only tracks immediate connections between files. This includes attributions to the parent file on a remixed file, and any direct remixes on the original file page.

  Report a violation

  Outside of published remixes, Figma isn't able to track files to ensure appropriate attribution.

  If you do notice that someone is not meeting these requirements, please get in touch and let us know! Contact us directly via email at content-reviews@figma.com.

• Figma Community Guidelines

  Last Updated: March 19, 2020

  Before you Start

  Who can use this feature

  You can join the Figma Community beta on any Figma plan

  Members of the Figma Community beta can reserve a Profile Handle

  Members of the Figma Community beta can Publish Files

  Publishing Files to your Profile is currently in beta. Only members of the Figma Community beta can publish Files.

  Our vision is to make design accessible to all. To help advance this, we’ve developed the Figma Community to enable people from around the world to share and discover creative work. Please help us build a high-quality, inclusive community by ensuring your work follows these Community Guidelines and reporting any violations.

  By publishing resources, you agree to these Community Guidelines, as well as our existing terms of service. We’re committed to these Community Guidelines, and we hope you are too. This is a living document and will change over time. You can see when these Community Guidelines were last revised by referring to the “Last Updated” legend above. Your continued use of the Figma Community will indicate your acceptance of the changes. 

  Figma reserves the right to remove a resource at any time. Overstepping any of the following boundaries may result in removed content, disabled accounts, or other restrictions. 

  Appeals: If you have any questions about the Community Guidelines - or believe that your listing was removed incorrectly - please contact us at content-reviews@figma.com.

  Community Guidelines

  I will respect the intellectual property rights of others

  The Figma Community is a place to share your own work with other Figma users. 

  1. As always, you retain your ownership rights in the content you post on the Figma Community
  2. We believe that allowing others to use work with attribution can be an effective marketing tool for publishers. All work will be published and available to the community under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). 
  3. When using work from the Figma Community, please follow the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0) license. 
  4. Please do not upload other people's work to your own profile or create confusion about who originally authored any work. (See Section 6 too!)
  5. Please respect the intellectual property rights of others and do not post anything that you don’t have the rights to post. 
  6. Please visit Figma’s copyright and IP policy for more information about this topic.

  I will not post inappropriate content

  We are building a welcoming and inclusive community. Figma retains full discretion to remove any content that is not appropriate. 

  We don’t allow any of the following in the community:

  1. Pornography or sexually explicit or obscene material
  2. Depictions of minors in a sexual manner
  3. Hate speech or highly offensive language
  4. Harassment or threats
  5. Graphic violence
  6. Illegal activities or goods or promotion of illegal activities or goods
  7. Self-harm or the promotion of self-harm
  8. Promotion of terrorism or violent extremism

  If you notice any content that violates the above guidelines, please report it to us at content-reviews@figma.com 

  I will not post spam

  Please do not use the ability to create a profile or publish content to spam Figma users. This Figma Community is meant to be a platform for Figma users to learn and share ideas and resources with one another. Content that we deem spammy will be removed.

  1. Do not post advertisements; and
  2. Do not link to spammy websites 

  I will not violate someone’s privacy

  We want everyone to feel safe and comfortable participating in the Figma Community. Please ensure that your published content does not contain someone else’s personal information.

  Please do not post content that has someone else’s:

  1. Phone number
  2. Private email addresses
  3. Physical addresses
  4. Credit card/social security info
  5. Passwords

  I will give credit for inspiration

  Creating work inspired by someone or something else is natural and expected. Please make sure to give credit when posting content that is inspired by another member’s work. And please remember, attribution is a requirement of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license ( CC BY 4.0), which governs the work made available through the Figma Community.

  If you believe your work has been posted to the Figma Community without your consent, please review our copyright and IP policy.

  I will not impersonate someone else

  The community allows you to create a profile and establish your identity as a creator. To maintain trust and authenticity, we will disable accounts that attempt to impersonate another person or entity.

  Please do not:

  1. Impersonate another individual or company;
  2. Intentionally use a deceptively similar username or avatar;
  3. Post misleading or false employment information; or
  4. Falsely attribute someone else's work.

  Report a violation

  Help us keep the Figma Community strong and protect our users’ integrity and safety.

  Each of us is an important part of the Figma Community. If you see something that you think may violate our guidelines, please help us by flagging the resource as inappropriate or writing to us at content-reviews@figma.com.

  When you complete the report, try to provide as much information as possible - such as links, usernames, and descriptions of the content - so we can find and review it quickly. We may remove entire posts if either the imagery or associated captions violate our guidelines.

  Many disputes and misunderstandings can be resolved directly between Figma users. If one of your creations was posted by someone else, you could try contacting the violator directly and ask for the content to be taken down. If that doesn’t work, you can file a copyright report.

  We may work with law enforcement, including when we believe that there’s a risk of physical harm or threat to public safety.