# Behind the feature: Find and replace

DevFeed: [Behind the feature: Find and replace](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/behind-the-feature-find-and-replace-9521.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/behind-the-feature-find-and-replace/>)

Author: Jackie Chui

Published: 2022-10-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [Sorting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sorting.md>), [User experience (UX)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ux.md>), [Product Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/product-management.md>)

Tags: [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin.md>), [plugin-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin-development.md>), [product-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-management.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [sorting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sorting.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [ux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Figma and FigJam's find-and-replace feature was designed and built. It covers sorting search results, specialized user interfaces, prototyping, iterative testing, user feedback, and the decision to develop the FigJam experience first before expanding its scope.

## Source excerpt

Designer Jackie Chui on the complexities of sorting logic, designing specialized UIs for Figma and FigJam, and why experimentation and intuition go hand in hand.