Skip to main content
rbarvapalli
Jan 23, 2021 2:52 PM UTC

Create one prototype across the pages in a file

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

Lachlan_Sunderland
Dec 14, 2021 10:38 PM UTC

Genuinely surprised this functionality isn’t supported. I can’t really add anything constructive to this discussion but hopefully if more people comment and vote we can highlight just how much of a massive fail this is from a product perspective.

Figma supports pages because it’s an obvious organisational method and we’ve built our workflows around pages. Figma also supports prototyping which is great for testing and presenting. The fact that the two features are incompatible, and have been for this long is truly puzzling to me.

Paul_Davis
Dec 18, 2021 6:35 PM UTC

Always something! This is a show stopper for me. The website has too many sub-pages and we can’t prototype everything into one page - just a mess.

Caleb_A
Dec 21, 2021 4:14 PM UTC

Needing this feature so I can both lay out Jira tickets, as well as keep a prototype going. Making everything into symbols is a clunky way to accomplish.

epicshops
Dec 28, 2021 7:29 PM UTC

We’re looking at switching over from Xd. One reason is because Xd limits their workspace and has no way to organize large projects. When I saw Figma has pages, I thought this will be perfect, until I found out there is no good way to link components/interactions across pages.

Please add this Figma or at least let us know if this is on 2022 roadmap. Thanks.

Edwards_Jessamyn
New Member
Jan 2, 2022 9:41 PM UTC

Came across this thread today because I’m creating a prototype with a navigation menu and am following the guidance in the Figma basics tutorial to create a page called Components and put the main component there. However, I realized when trying to add links that the list items couldn’t link to frames on other pages, only other frames in the components page. I guess people put their components off to the side on the artboard of their main prototype page? Else you can just keep your main component as part of your prototype. Would like to +1 feature request to link to components across the full project.

Marwin_Thedja
Jan 5, 2022 4:28 PM UTC

Dear Devs,
I really love the features that were implemented in the last few updates like “paste-to-replace” and interactive components…

But please bring this feature to live as soon as possible.
I urgently need it to work efficiently on larger projects!

Heather_Fischer1
Jan 5, 2022 11:27 PM UTC

Agreed, we need to be able to link to specific frames on other pages within a single Figma file.

The current workaround only allows linking to other pages within the same file. 😦

Derick_Paradis
Jan 6, 2022 7:47 PM UTC

+1

A way I could see this feature implemented is to have multi-layer select that goes from pages to frames when selecting interaction target, I know it’s easy to say and there is a lot behind the UI to consider for it to work

Would use this feature in big projects where it’s not possible to keep everything in a single page

Giulio_Andreini
Jan 10, 2022 10:05 AM UTC

+1 Just moved to Figma from Sketch and now I’m missing this feature

Guy_Matorin
Jan 14, 2022 10:47 AM UTC

+1
as of another use case, for me at least, I normally have a complex information architecture laid out in page and the designs a system on other pages. It is useful in the workflow to be able to click on items in the information architecture and navigate quickly to see the visual reference of the respective screens / pages.