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When I open an overlay, all animations play. How can I stop it?

  • July 28, 2026
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Javiera Villarroel

Hello! 
I am somewhat new designing stuff in Figma, and I have an issue with some animations.

I animated a velocimeter in the Motion section to play just when clicking on it, but every time I open an overlay on the same page it triggers the animation to start all over again. I don’t really know how to stop it, and need some help because I couldn’t find any info about this issue.

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djv
Figmate
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  • July 31, 2026

Hi ​@Javiera Villarroel, thanks for reaching out! 

I completely understand how this must be affecting your workflow. From what you've described, it sounds like opening an overlay elsewhere on the page is re-triggering the velocimeter animation rather than just leaving it alone. That shouldn't happen if the animation is only meant to fire on its own click interaction. A few things that'd help us pin down what's going on:

  1. Is the velocimeter animation set up as a component with a Motion timeline, or as an on-click prototype interaction (or both layered together)?
  2. Does the overlay you're opening live on the same frame as the velocimeter, or a different one?
  3. Does this happen every time you open any overlay on that page, or only a specific one?
  4. Would you be able to share a screen recording? That'll let us see the exact setup and try to reproduce it on our end.

One thing worth trying: check whether the velocimeter's animation is nested inside the same frame as the overlay trigger. If so, try moving the overlay trigger to a separate frame/component so it's not sharing a timeline context with the animation. It's not guaranteed to fix it, but it's a useful data point either way. We'll continue troubleshooting together as soon as we hear back from you!

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