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Andrey Ch
New Member
April 17, 2025

Changing the location of annotations

  • April 17, 2025
  • 101 replies
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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.

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. 

 

101 replies

Ania_Tikhonova
New Member
July 1, 2025

+100 😀

George_Yen
New Member
July 2, 2025

If it took 4 years just to get horizontal scrolling in the layers panel, I’m not sure this feature’s coming anytime before I retire. 🤣

Aoa
New Member
July 2, 2025

+1! Please make this update!

Gala
New Member
July 9, 2025

100%

Casey_Bell
New Member
July 9, 2025

+1 This please 🙏

Daniel Probert
New Member
July 12, 2025

Plllllleeeease 😂

Aleksandra Lazović
New Member
July 14, 2025

+1 please
I’m having a horrible experience having annotations fly around all over my designs

Axel_RocketMoney
New Member
July 14, 2025

The inability to reposition and not block/overlap content makes annotations almost unusable.

Yes you can show/hide the annotation, but if you’re trying to look at the thing the annotation is referencing, having that same annotation cover the content is pretty annoying.

The simple ability to click and drag the position of where the annotation content sits would be very helpful

david m
New Member
July 17, 2025

+1

Max_Schorr
New Participant
July 22, 2025

+1
This problem counteracts the basic idea if making things clearer for developers. This statement is based on valid feedback from our devs.