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Changing the location of annotations

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
April 17, 2025
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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.

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.

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Ronan M

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+1
This feature is basically unusable until we have the option to stop them blocking other important elements

IBS Design

New Member

When adding an annotation, it’s automatically positioned on the right, which sometimes overlaps with the next screen.
It would be great if, during annotation editing, we could also choose the direction of the callout.
For example, it would be useful to orient it from the top or bottom instead of always defaulting to the right.

AlexMariusRenov

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You may want to consolidate with

Celine_

Community Support

Hi everyone, thanks for sharing your feedback! We’ve passed this request along to the team for consideration. There’s no update or timeline to share at the moment, but we’ll post here if anything changes.

While we can’t promise it will be implemented, please know your feedback is genuinely appreciated and will be taken into account for future improvements.
Thanks again for taking the time to share your input!

Courtney_Brillhart2

New Participant

How about just add the ability to move annotations around anywhere we please?

Joan5

New Participant

I need to be able to attach the annotation to the relevant part of the design- for example, I need to attach the corner radius annotation to the actual radius, not have it stuck halfway down the card with the radius.