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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

Kerry_Johnson
Active Member
March 2, 2026

They already have connectors with this kind of logic in Figjam, and you can copy the connector from there into a  Figma canvas and it will still work.  Would be nice if they can take that logic and apply it to their annotation tool as the hardest work (at least from an outsider perspective) is already done.

Verena Stiebing
New Member
March 11, 2026

+1

Yasha Perovich
New Member
March 12, 2026

+1 please add 
without this, the feature is useless

Thron_Lindsay
New Member
March 12, 2026

The annotations feature is great other than adding a note often overlaps other important information. A fix to reposition the annotation would be greatly appreciated! 

Amanda2
New Participant
March 18, 2026

Bump. Please!

Edzel Rubite Personal
New Member
March 23, 2026

Bump

Kat Sutton
New Member
March 25, 2026

+1 to please add the ability to reposition Annotations. I am still using my old, home-brewed annotation component library because of this limitation. And I would love to fully shift over to Figma Annotations.

smafalda
New Member
March 31, 2026

+1

Emily Clibourn
New Member
April 6, 2026

+1 to adding an ability to move annotations. They hover over my other designs and are becoming a nuisance. I may get rid of them in my design all together for this reason. 

Marc8
Active Member
April 6, 2026

+1