New Member

Changing the location of annotations

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
April 17, 2025
101 replies
8628 views

It would be a great idea to add the ability to move annotations (сhanging the place). Right now, they’re fixed in place and can overlap other elements. And you cannot change it.
What I mean is the ability to reposition an annotation freely while keeping the link to the target object intact.
Annotations are a really useful feature—thank you! Previously, I had to create similar functionality using my own objects.

Please do not move this offer to another discussion. 🙏
Can we move the Figma Annotations (in dev mode) from one Figma project to another?
These are different questions.

Annotations

Pinned Reply By djv

Hey All, thank you for continuing to chime in here!

I’ve moved most of your replies and +1 feedback from this topic into this similar, existing one with more engagement within the Community. To be transparent, there is no exact timeline I can provide on when or if this will be implemented, but I’ll do my best to advocate on your behalf.

We appreciate your honest feedback. My team here on the forum will ensure it stays compiled here, so the team can easily reference it, when considering their future roadmap.

borko

New Member

+1, annotations are great but with auto-positioning they quickly create a mess

Amanda2

New Participant

+1

Milana

New Member

It is not a nice sight looking at annotations stacked on top of eachother when a simple top, bottom left right positioning would easily resolve that problem. Does not even have to be automatic, can be manual completely :)

C

Cynthia Sarkis

New Member

Introducing annotations is great, they’re super helpful ✨

That said, the lack of flexibility when it comes to their positioning is quickly counter intuitive. They end up overlapping with other elements, which can make designs harder to read and manage—especially when multiple annotations are stacked in the same area.

It would be incredibly helpful to be able to manually drag the annotations component to reposition it (e.g. top, bottom, left, or right of the target element), while still maintaining their link to the relevant object.

ksn

Community Support

Thanks for the feedback @Cynthia Sarkis! We’re continuing to work on improvements to this, and I’ll get the feedback over to the teams that have a hand in annotation development :D