Adding a link to object in slides

What workaround have you used?

Not a strong workaround, but just having the link open in the browser already and just switching towards that instead of clicking from the presentation to it.

If you actually have a prototype in your Slides, you could within the prototype create a link to a url and do it this way too.

My workaround is pasting a transparent text and adding a link to it. Very slow tho, I really hope we’ll get to add links to any elements too 🙏

The “Link” section seems to show up intermittently in the right-hand side panel when in Grid view as part of a new presentation. However, I haven’t yet been able to add elements and link them.

I really need to be able to link objects and text to jump between slides or link out to other resources/websites to use Slides effectively. Hopefully, a fix for this is coming soon!

Our design team has been using Figma to create presentations for a while, and the key feature that makes Figma our preferred platform is the extensive prototyping functionality. We were thrilled when Figma announced Slides, but so far are unable to use it because of the lack of prototyping support (right now it seems only text links are supported.) Please build Figma’s full prototyping functionality into Slides!

I have built really intricate prototypes for things like our company newsletter, and was hopeful slides would allow for some of this functionality, but also find this to be pretty limiting as of now. It’s great to see the changes and improvements as quick as they have launched them, but regular prototype features, like wiring any layer to any slide is pretty key in my being able to use it for my needs.

I get it’s for slideshows, but I think many designers see the value in creating self-guided experiences for stakeholders, or internal teams, and linear slide to slide makes that less ideal.

This is a key feature with other slide products that’s sorely missing and a bit blocker for my students who are using Slides as an entry point for learning Figma.

I am having this problem when presenting from Figma, but it is working in browser presentation. This is sad because presenting from Figma allows you view presenter notes. However if you are struggling with this, please see my green text in 1.4. This is an acceptable workaround but extremely counterintuitive! Speaking as a human for whom “presentation mode” = “panic mode”, this is the sort of thing that should “just work.” 

If anyone else has any issues with this feature, or has a different experience than what I’m describing below, please continue to reply to this thread. Right now!
 

​@Mihika ​@Kaitie_Chambers are you able to look into this? Loved your talk in SF last year and I’m holding my breath that Slides is maintained.

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Here’s what’s happening for me.

1. I am able to ⌘K add a url to any item, and the properties panels reflects this change.
   1. The url link works in edit mode in Figma.
   2. The url link works as presenter in the browser.
   3. The url link works when in Figma “Present” mode.
   4. The url link does not fully work In Figma “Present & Notes” mode, it only works when clicking the link the Notes panel.
      1. In the Present View, hovering a url has a cursor change, but clicking does nothing.
2. Links to another slide have a similar limitations as urls.
   1. The slide link works in Figma edit mode, in the browser, and Figma “Present” mode.
   2. The slide link does not work in Figma “Present & Notes” mode. Hovering a url has a cursor change, and clicking briefly flashes the targeted slide.

Change request:

1. Enable Presenter & Notes “Presentation” screen to open url links or navigate via slide links.
2. Disable cursor hover changes for any remaining disabled interactions.

Also, feature request: when opening a URL link in Figma, have it open in Figma, not a browser. It would make for smoother presentations. I realize this is asking for Figma to be a web browser, which is a whole thing.