Skip to main content

Allow prototyping of nested frames


elliottt

I’ve seen many designers mock up a flow inside a big container frame, and then have to move everything outside of the frame in order to create a prototype.

It would be really great if you could have a flow nested inside one big frame and create a prototype of screens within that frame.

It would probably require being able to identify a frame as the container to allow prototyping between nested frames inside of it.

This topic has been closed for replies.

9 replies

Klesus
  • 237 replies
  • June 15, 2022

Aren’t you doing that when making interactive components?

There might be reasons for why you wouldn’t want an embedded flow to be a component, but it is possible to do.


elliottt
  • Author
  • 5 replies
  • June 15, 2022

So you’re suggesting every screen in a prototype should be a variant of a component? Doesn’t sound super easy, but might be worth a shot.


elliottt
  • Author
  • 5 replies
  • June 16, 2022

I tried this approach, but it doesn’t look like you can create “Navigate to” events within variants in a component. Maybe this is the feature request?

Judging by view of this request and number of likes, guessing either this is just me having this issue, or I didn’t describe it clearly enough.


Klesus
  • 237 replies
  • June 17, 2022
Figma – 17 Jun 22

Isn’t this basically what you’re asking for?


elliottt
  • Author
  • 5 replies
  • June 17, 2022

Not exactly…notice that you can’t create Navigate To interactions between variants


Klesus
  • 237 replies
  • June 19, 2022

Variant interactions are called “Change to”, and they are effectively the same thing are they not? How do they differ from what you want?


elliottt
  • Author
  • 5 replies
  • June 20, 2022

I don’t think they have the same transitions


Klesus
  • 237 replies
  • June 21, 2022

Gotcha. That would make things easier if that’s what you need. I have managed with the limited transitions that component sets provide so it’s not been an issue for me.

I wonder if there’s a reason for why component sets only have the transitions that they do?


  • 0 replies
  • September 19, 2022

This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.


Cookie policy

We use cookies to enhance and personalize your experience. If you accept you agree to our full cookie policy. Learn more about our cookies.

 
Cookie settings