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rbarvapalli
January 23, 2021

Create one prototype across the pages in a file

  • January 23, 2021
  • 396 replies
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I would love to be able to create one prototype across the pages in a file that resembles an actual website. This would be ideal for bigger projects and would be easier to maintain as well. We can connect the component libraries across all the pages anyways. A way to connect the prototype would be great in my opinion and that will give Figma a big leg up on other platforms.

What do you guys think?

396 replies

Anthony_Colfelt
March 23, 2022

What the heck’n flip Figma… why isn’t this a thing already? It’s quite obviously needed as a core requirement. Please tell us if this is going to happen anytime this year!

Kevin_Su
March 24, 2022

Were considering switching to figma from XD because of pages… but if we cant link them into 1 prototype… this is a deal breaker…

Carlos_Campos
April 4, 2022

Currently, the prototype displays a checky page saying (Please go to the following link to see the prototype regarding this flow) 😅 Not ideal…

Christian_Davis
April 6, 2022

Agreed. I’m deciding between XD, Sketch, and Figma for my next project and am searching all of the most important features. I like that Figma has pages (that’s a must), but it’s kind of a dead-end compared to Sketch which allows you to interlink those sections. The way I use pages, each page is dedicated to a more complex flow. The primary page could have the main application, but then let’s say I had a complex “Create Post” flow, I would create a separate page, and those would need to be interlinked. So far I’m impressed by what I’ve read Figma can do, but this is a definite negative to consider when choosing design software.

RizePoint_Product
April 7, 2022

I’m a UX/UI designer working on a prototype where each task flow has been split into its own page to make it easy for development and QA to identify, inspect, and validate them as they’re being built.

The problem with this approach is that when it comes to sharing said prototypes out with the larger team or clients, there’s no way for me to link pages to simulate the full function of the app. Instead, I have to effectively rebuild the document by copying every. single. frame in the file to a new page and creating or re-doing interactions between them until the result resembles the final app.

This is incredibly tedious and not a good use of my time. What I’d love is the ability to, for example, create a component for my app navigation, and say that the “contact” tab in the navigation always links to “Page: Contact > Flow: Filling out a contact form.” That way I can maintain a clear labeling/separation of individual task flows but still be able to simulate an entire app by linking across those flows.

DoPeT
April 8, 2022

Please add this! I’ve been asking since 2018 😪

Roy_Yeh
April 10, 2022

It’ll be fantastic if we could open another page’s link or frame, especially when you create a common component in one specific page, and it open a frame (open overlay), then you really want this component works in another page 🥲

Kyle_Riedel
April 27, 2022

I was really hopeful this last release would finally include this, but it doesn’t appear to. Please ass this feature! I have a massive project (150 views - 169 additional pop-overs/slide-ins) and I need this to work as a seamless website experience as much as possible.

Paul34
April 29, 2022

I think Axure RP does pages really well. They appear as destinations for your interactions everywhere you would expect them - in the dropdown for destinations, when building functions, etc. The application is aware of and shows those pages. I think it would be great of Figma could do something similar.

Jesper_T_Hansen
May 2, 2022

Just switched from Sketch to Figma and kinda shocked this feature doesn’t exist. If I hadn’t paid already this would have seriously made me reconsider. 😢