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Changing the location of annotations on the sheet

  • April 17, 2025
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Courtney_Brillhart2

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

    Joan5
    • Joan5
    • New Member
    • December 10, 2025

    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. 

      Dominic
      • Dominic
      • Active Member
      • December 27, 2025

      Something as simple as needing the annotation on the left side, as opposed to it only defaulting to the right side is annoying af 🙄

      matt.beauchamp.buck

      Come on Figma make it already!

      Seetha Sankaranarayan

      +1

      Rebekah_David

      +1 on this, also my annotations are doing all sorts of crazy, inexplicable things like being auto-positioned OUTSIDE a section in which they’ve been placed. Or only appearing at certain zoom levels. Sometimes an annotation gets placed where I need to put a flow arrow pointing to the next screen. Need ability to control these for them to be usable and not disruptive.

      Bawb Rawss
      • Bawb Rawss
      • New Member
      • February 2, 2026

      Any movement on this one? Just putting my voice in on this. Without this ability, it does make it hard to share with stakeholders.

      Mike_Turiano
      • Mike_Turiano
      • New Participant
      • February 4, 2026

      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.

      Adding my vote for yes, please.

      Mike T
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