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?
Now deep into year four of waiting for this feature… I have projects that look like a grenade went off in Legoland on spaghetti night. I’m forced to maintain prototypes in one page, despite the need. It’s blatantly obvious that this is necessary. Clear out whatever code debt and roadblocks you’ve accumulated. Add this feature.
Workarounds-be-damned! Is it not apparent how many customers you may have lost, or new customers left on the table because this hasn’t been moved up in the roadmap?
We need something more than the occasional “Thanks, we’ve merged your comments” or a 3-year old comment that you’re aware of this need.
Communicate with us. Tell us something. We work with developers, we promise, we won’t bite. (Or is it byte?) Just give us whatever management-approved message tells us there’s a light at the end of this tunnel. Or some of these community members will start biting.
My company is at risk of joining others who’ve moved on to products that solved this fundamental need a while ago.
Still in 2024, searching for this feature 😀
I’ve spent far too long trying to find a solution/hack for this need - it seems like a fundamental requirement!
Yes! Please please please make this one of the top priorities, so many votes for this.
First off, I’d like to commend you on the fantastic piece of software that is Figma. Since the inception, you’ve continuously pushed the boundaries of what is possible in the design world, making our lives as designers and creatives notably easier.
Yet today, I reach out to address a feature that has been in high demand, surfacing again and again in forum threads, and garnering substantial upvotes. This is the addition of Cross-Page navigation.
For the uninitiated, cross-page navigation allows for interactions where a user clicks on an element in one page, which then navigates them to a frame in another page.
This presents an exponential increase in navigational efficiency and interconnectivity across different pages. It’s akin to the transition of the web from static individual pages to the interconnected, hyperlinked behemoth we have today.
From complex projects that have multiple user flows spanning across different pages to shared components and design systems used in various contexts, cross-page navigation manifests as a significant game-changer.
This feature could drastically reduce the time needed when testing multi-flow processes, making UX/UI designer’s workflow more efficient, and helping usability testers to have a more cohesive, fluid experience during their tests.
Tousands of Figma users have raised their voices, asking — sometimes pleading — for this feature. The need is evident and the support overwhelming. Let’s consider a few instances:
“I have main nav where each item stands for different page, it’s important to be able to switch from frame to another page.”
_“Figma’s prototyping is really weak without cross page linking, especially when maintaining more expansive design systems.”_
The overwhelming demand suggests not only the desirability for such a compelling feature, but highlights that this is a necessity for many, both designers and clients. In an environment that is rapidly changing, cross-page navigation is no longer a luxury but an expected standard.
With user-centred design at heart, it seems clear that this is a feature whose time has come. I humbly plead with you, dear caretakers of this fine tool, to please prioritize the addition of cross-page navigation in the roadmap of Figma’s forthcoming updates.
As the collaborative interface design tool, Figma has an exceptional opportunity to pioneer this widely-anticipated upgrade and once more prove its commitment to the community by responding to their needs.
Thank you for considering this request. I hope to continue seeing Figma evolve and impress us with its innovative tools and features, leading the design world towards even better ways to create and connect.
I still need this… please, please, please. i will door dash you doughnuts.
I can’t wait for this feature!
I think that it would be amazing. Proto.io does it, and it works amazing. I prefer to protype there, however I love the versatility of Figma.
With the recent introduction of dynamically loading pages, it seems essential to have the ability to link between pages. Without this feature, breaking the design into multiple pages wouldn’t be very useful. We have users on the client side who only access prototypes, and they absolutely need to be able to click through all screens.
Three years later, and we’re still here… This is such a basic feature to have. Why can’t they implement it at least to link a point to a section within the page?
Does anybody have a work arround for this problem?
Has anyone tried the “Wrapper” workaround mentioned by @Travis12 in this comment?
I was about to give it a go, but this is from 2 years ago, so I’m poking around to see if there is news.
Figured out a low-fi option for linking pages. There is a Figma doc on Adding Links to Text discussing how you can insert active hyperlinks into your prototype that will link directly from the prototype. How this works here would be to grab the “Share Prototype” link for the specific screen that you want to navigate to. This could be on a different page within your file. There isn’t any way to “animate” that transition because it is an instant link. But a work around, untested but theoretical, would be to link to a landing screen on the different page that has an “After Delay” interaction that would trigger the animation once navigation completes. Then continue through your prototype flow on the new page.
Figma is great and i appreciate it, but why Figma isn’t implementing this, clearly a lot of people need this feature and it doesn’t make any sense the way it is right now.
Once again, I pray to the Config Gods that this gets announced this year. 🙏
For those who is still waiting for this feature,
the feature is actually there 🙃:
Denys
Thanks for the suggestion… this seems to be the best solution, but my complaint is that when using the “open link” method it doesn’t feel very seemless… in between you “pages” you get a quick loading screen and it also displays the Figma UI (left sidebar and top bar). Not great if you are trying to present or do a walkthrough where you want to simulate a browsing experience… Is there any way around or setting to at least avoid any of the UI related comments?
Oh, Figma, you never fail to surprise. It’s as if you’re testing how long designers can go without essential features. Linking prototypes across pages? Who needs that when we can just cram everything onto one messy, sprawling page, right? Because, clearly, organization and efficiency aren’t important in design workflows. 😂
But hey, at least we have video playback now. That’s exactly what everyone was asking for while trying to manage their 300-screen prototypes on a single page.
Can we focus on the basics first, please?
Thanks.
+1 absolutely crazy that this is not yet possible after this feature request being open for more then 3 years.
Raised on January 2021 (!), above 1K likes, at least one new comment appears each single week… And yet no progress? I love Figma for so many reasons, but sometimes it’s a pure pain and grief.
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