Display scroll bar in prototype preview mode

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April 16, 2021
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There’s no visible scrollbar in Figma prototyping mode. Yesterday we’re having user testings and once again this same topic popped out. Some of the users didn’t thought that they could scroll prototype because scrollbar wasn’t visible. One of the user was using laptop’s touchpad and he wasn’t able to scroll with only using touchpad. Guiding user how to use prototype during test can harm testing situations. Atleast it’s sure that if user thought that he can’t scroll it leads to biased feedback about product.

If there’s some reason not to have scrollbar it could be atleast optional feature that designer could turn visible scrollbar on from options.

It’s not only who has came across with this weakness in Figma. Here’s old Spectrum thread about same topic but Figma hasn’t done anything for this yet and I hope this get more attention here.

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danny13

+1 to this. Who in Figma team is resisting this change? What more proof do they need that this is in demand?

Sarah_Mitchell

+1 totally need this

Troy_Leininger

+1,000,000,000 need this

Roger_Wong1

+1 on this one. While us Mac users are privileged with multitouch trackpads that enable scrolling behavior (two-finger gesture), many Windows laptops don’t have that. I was just talking to a client yesterday, after I’d built a scrolling prototype and he wasn’t able to scroll. 😒

But I echo many of the others here. It’s probably much more important in user research too. There are just a lot of computer users out there who are unaware of scroll wheels on mice or how to scroll with their trackpads. This one is pretty important.

Evie

Desperately needed here, too. I’ve created a fake scroll bar component but it’s really not a great solution.

Kristie

Adding to this request, not having a working scrollbar for prototype testing is causing failures. Making a fake component isn’t idea.

Tom_Resing

Overflow scrolling in prototypes can be improved. Frames with this setting allow scrolling with the mouse wheel or by drag and drop. However, there’s no visual indication that an area of the screen is scrollable. Add a working scrollbar in prototypes with overflow scrolling on. This will help in user testing designs where scrolling is an important part of the design.

Drew_Silva

Jeez— I’m actually astonished that this isn’t a thing. I was searching to see what I was missing when making a preview for a client and this was the first hit. Will this push me back to XD? Maybe. What a pain.