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tallneil
tallneil
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January 18, 2024

[Feature request] Open link in Figma desktop app

  • January 18, 2024
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When I’m in the Figma desktop app, there’s no way (that I know of) for opening a file by URL. My only option is to paste the link into Chrome, and have Chrome bounce me back to the Figma app.

I would love to see a feature in the Figma desktop app that lets me paste a Figma link and open the file without needing to use Chrome at all.

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    tank666
    tank666
    January 19, 2024
    UX/UI designer. Figma expert. Creator and developer of plugins and widgets for Figma and FigJam. Check out my resources in Figma Community: figma.com/@tank
    tallneil
    tallneilAuthor
    Active Member
    January 19, 2024

    wow, I’ve never seen that before. thanks!

    I can think of at least 2 places where I would love to see this feature integrated:

    1. search: paste a Figma URL into search to open that file (not currently supported)
    2. new tab page: it would be nice to have the “open file from clipboard” option here
      tallneil
      tallneilAuthor
      Active Member
      February 2, 2024

      Following up on this - I am glad to know this feature exists, but it is part of the Mac menu bar, not part of the Figma app itself. It would be nice to have a feature within the Figma app that does this.

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        Julia57
        Julia57
        Active Member
        September 10, 2025

        This is still a massive pain. Why is there no keyboard shortcut for it? I also tried to manually assign a custom keybind to it using various methods, but it’s all not working.

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