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Prototype vertical scrolling not working in figma slides

  • March 20, 2026
  • 5 replies
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Tim.E

Prototypes embedded in Figma Slides no longer allow full vertical scrolling during presentation, even though vertical scrolling works correctly when the prototype is played directly. This appears to be a regression, as the same slides and prototypes worked previously.

 

Whats happening:
 

In the past, I’ve been able to embed interactive prototypes into Figma Slides and present them with full vertical scrolling enabled.

Today, I created a new slide deck and added a prototype, but the vertical canvas scroll does not work as expected during slide presentation, despite working correctly when the prototype is played on its own.

After noticing this, I went back and checked older slide decks where this behavior previously worked, and I’m now seeing the same scrolling issue there as well.

 

Current behaviour for me:

  • Scrolling only works within the initial height that was loaded when the slide was presented.
  • If the prototype includes interactions that increase content height (e.g. expanding sections, accordions), scrolling is only possible up to the originally loaded area, not beyond it.
  • You can scroll back to where the page initially loaded, but cannot scroll past that point.
  • This issue now affects both newly created slides and older slides that previously worked.

Expected behaviour/past behaviour :

Embedded prototypes should support full vertical scrolling, consistent with normal prototype playback.

 

5 replies

djv
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • March 26, 2026

Hi ​@Tim.E, thanks for flagging this issue! 

I completely understand how this must be affecting your workflow. May I ask if you noticed this issue on or before March 20th? 

Are you able to share a URL link to your file and provide support-share@figma.com with Can View access? 

With the file link, I can pass this onto our Slides team to investigate further. 


Çağla Kırmızıoğlu

Same issue here, 

I was using Figma Slides for all my presentationa nd or the first time (spotted yesterday) i have had this problem. Is there any update on your problem? ​@Tim.E 


Tim.E
  • Author
  • New Member
  • April 7, 2026

No update 


Steved1
  • New Member
  • April 15, 2026

I just discovered this exact same issue in a previously created Slides presentation! I’m preparing for a upcoming presentation to senior leadership and vertical scrolling in the imported prototype does not work anymore. I’ve attempted to re-import the prototype but the problem persists!

Description of behavior:

  •  Prototype scrolling does not respond when using finger-slide gesture on mouse/trackpad.
  •  It does work when mouse is clicked-and-moved, however any sticky elements are no longer recognize as sticky; all content scrolls as if one combined screen.

@djv - Can you please provide an update from the Figma support team? This is critical!

Thank you!


adamsmasher
Figmate
  • Figmate
  • April 16, 2026

Hi ​@Steved1 - stepping in for ​@djv.

 

I’m sorry to hear this is impacting your presentation with senior leadership! I can see why this is critical for you. In your original design file, are you using clip content on a group or frame? I’m wondering if this is specific to how the content clipping is set up.

 

Are you able to share the file with view access to support-share@figma.com? This won’t affect your billing at all and will give us something we can take to our team to investigate. You could also make a duplicate and share that instead if the issue is present in the duplicate. Thanks!