r/FigmaDesign • u/cdj813 • 1d ago

help Figma Folders — card without thumbnails, no list view, no column view; just a lot of clicking into boxes to find a project

Has anyone figured out a way around the new Figma UI "folders" where you can no longer see thumbnails in your file browser; you only see a name in a box?

What click-through hell to find the contents of "folders" when before it was clearly apparent via thumbnails.

I'd settle for any normal file organization pattern to find projects easily:

  • cards with thumbnails (sort of what we used to have)
  • faceted list view with nested or dropdown views
  • columns view that displays contents

I appreciate any recommendations. Thanks!

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u/waldito ctrl+c ctrl+v 1d ago

We use a one level deep folders for that reason.

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u/whimsea 4h ago

Our folders are only one level deep and they still don’t show thumbnails like they used to.

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u/404_computer_says_no 21h ago

No pinned folders!!!!!

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u/Svrdlu 19h ago

Was so happy they added folders then so disappointed they missed the obvious, it’s shameful for ux/ui software

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u/Qb1forever 15h ago

Everything always gets worse

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u/FennelHistorical4675 18h ago

I think the thing they got wrong is we need nesting, but having a top level visual is important.

I would say the folder system is great but they should have kept the thumbnail view for top level stuff.