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Brie Bae
Brie Bae
New Member
Nov 3, 2026 6:31 AM UTC
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Figma Motion: Developers can’t inspect animation values per layer, which makes design-to-dev handoff difficult

Figma Motion makes it easy for designers to build interactions and animations. But when we hand them off, developers can’t click a layer and see its exact motion values. Because of this, Motion is hard to use as a real collaboration tool with engineering.

 

Expected behavior
Tools like ProtoPie already handle this well: a developer clicks any layer and immediately sees which properties change, from what value to what value, with what timing and easing. We’d love the same in Figma, ideally in Dev Mode

 

Why this matters
For most teams, motion design only pays off once it ships in the product. Right now, the gap between building motion in Figma and implementing it means teams either keep using separate prototyping tools for handoff or accept motion that doesn’t match the design. Closing this gap would let Figma Motion work as a single source of truth for both designers and developers.

Thanks for considering this!

Celyn_L
Celyn_LSolution
Figmate
Nov 3, 2026 6:59 AM UTC

Hey ​@Brie Bae, Celyn here from the Figma Community team.

Thanks for taking the time to share this thoughtful feedback! It really helps us understand how this affects your handoff workflow.

Motion information is available at the layer level in Dev Mode, so we’d love to take a closer look. Could you please share:

  • A link to an affected file, and invite support-share@figma.com with “Can View” access. This won’t impact your billing and will allow us to review the file.

  • A screen recording or screenshots showing what you see when inspecting a layer in Dev Mode.

This will help us better understand what you’re seeing and guide you from there. 

Thanks for your help! 

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Celyn_L
Figmate
Celyn_LSolution
Figmate
Nov 3, 2026 6:59 AM UTC

Hey ​@Brie Bae, Celyn here from the Figma Community team.

Thanks for taking the time to share this thoughtful feedback! It really helps us understand how this affects your handoff workflow.

Motion information is available at the layer level in Dev Mode, so we’d love to take a closer look. Could you please share:

  • A link to an affected file, and invite support-share@figma.com with “Can View” access. This won’t impact your billing and will allow us to review the file.

  • A screen recording or screenshots showing what you see when inspecting a layer in Dev Mode.

This will help us better understand what you’re seeing and guide you from there. 

Thanks for your help! 

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