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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.

Keeping this alive - it’s a must

Thanks it very helpful

Thanks it very helpful .

i am also running into this issue during usability tests this week- keeping this thread alive - its amazing how many windows users are looking for the browser scroll bar so the can click on it and drag it up and down… i didn’t even know people still tried to use scroll bars like this in recent decades - but they do for sure as i am learning

Almost 2025 and still running into this issue when user testing prototypes Figma!!

I cannot believe there’s still no solution for that issue …

Definitely require visible scrollbars for prototyping.

This is still an ongoing issue - please display a scrollbar in the prototype when scrolling, or give an option to display one when setting up the overflow to scroll.

Same here. Keeping the thread alive. Shouldn't be such tough issue to crack and improve user testing heaps!

I’m new here but are you telling me there is no way to scroll text up and down with a little bar? HOW with all the insane power and potential of figma is this extremely simple and necessary tool not available? 

So much missing from Figma. This is the 2nd big issue I’ve run into after ditching Proto for Figma. I might just be on my way out.

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Hi ​@djv is this true, no scrollbars in figma - a digital product design tool where you cant make complete digital products :O

bumping for this, it is a must have

+1 We need this feature. Please enable the visible scrollbar in the web prototype!

+1 I’ve had to abandon a user research session today because of this 😡

Surely it must be a simple bit of code...

The irony is the the figma UI has a scrollbar….

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