March 16, 2024
While designing in Figma, there are SO many reasons to bulk edit in Figma â and Figma multi edit helps solve that.
It makes things even easier to adjust objects, component sets, and variants in bulk, across multiple layers.
Figma is fast-growing, with adoption increasing year after year.
Whether you're using it to design UI or brainstorm, it's always a good option.
BUT there are a few things to know about it, and here Iâll also be talking about common problems and their solutions.
Using this feature means that you can easily make edits and modifications across multiple frames.
This specifically applies to things like objects, component sets, and variants.
How to use multi edit
To start using multi edit, select the type of layer you want to select multiple of and then press CTRL + ALT + A at the same time.
Or select this symbol at the top center to select multiple layers of the same type:
From there, you can change the shape of multiple objects at once.
If youâd like to make changes to variants or component sets, thereâs one more step.
After auto-selecting all the layers, youâd press the icon next to it when youâre ready to make changes:
And hereâs a better look at what that would look like after adding an object to a variant or component set:
âHelp! Only certain layers are being selected when I try to select multiple layers â why is that?â
This could be because your layer names are not the same.
If youâre using an ellipse, for example, youâd want each ellipse to be called âEllipse 1.â If one is called âEllipse 2,â for example, it wonât be selected.
If this happens to you, no worries!
You can press âCTRL + /â to enter the quick command menu.
Type in âSelect all with the same propertiesâ and then press âCTRL + Râ on your keyboard to rename in bulk.
If that doesnât work, and if youâre working on a component, please be sure it is in a component set.
You can do this pressing âCTRL + /â and then typing in âSelect all with the same propertiesâ and then clicking the component icon dropdown arrow in the top center of the screen and selecting âCreate component set.â
Lone components wonât work as expected here (at least not at the moment).
After that, it should work as expected. đ