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Joseph_Cooper
Joseph_Cooper
April 21, 2021

FigJam connectors in Figma

  • April 21, 2021
  • 162 replies
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When creating hand-off documents I like to showcase user flows by using arrows between different UI elements. I have to use plugins to create these arrows at the moment. When playing with Figjam I notice it had a connector option - this is great. I would love it if we could also have this connector option inside Figma as it would be a HUGE timesaver for hand-off.

I would like to think this would be a super easy update given that we can already edit connectors inside Figma. We just need a connector button in the toolbar like so:

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    Peter_S
    Peter_S
    March 14, 2023

    The ConnectorNode is already exposed in the Figma API… Come on Figma team, make it officially implemented 😎

    Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 10.40.01

      tank666
      tank666
      March 14, 2023

      The plugin API still does not allow you to create a connector in Figma design files (createConnector | Plugin API).

      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
      Lichin
      Lichin
      April 9, 2023

      Hello @Joseph_Cooper, I recently update my plugin Simpleflow to support create FigJam connector inside the Figma file, give it a try and let me know your feedback ✨

      Small improvement: by using Simpleflow, you can prevent an annoying issue when duplicating connectors 👉 link correctly when you select the start and end element (currently, there’s a wired behavior when you duplicate a connector, the new connector also stay in the same place)

      Viktoria16
      Viktoria16
      April 12, 2023

      It is only possible to create arrow connections in a prototyping section and with help of third-party plugins.
      Prototyping arrows have completely other purposes and third-party plugins have many bugs and constraints. As the creation of user flows is one of the primary purposes Figma is used for, I would like to consider supporting this feature natively.

        tank666
        tank666
        April 12, 2023
        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
        anon60251219
        April 17, 2023

        Please add this native feature in Figma! Now I copypaste them from FigJam, which is not super convenient

          Tom_Bar-Gal3
          April 19, 2023

          +1

          This is one of the biggest pain points when building flows in Figma documents

            Brian_Duchek1
            Brian_Duchek1
            New Participant
            May 12, 2023

            For my money - I want feature parity when moving content from FigJam > Figma design files by default.

            If FigJam is the simplified canvas, then going the other direction has a logical reason to lose some functionality. It would take almost no effort to come up with a reason / method to use any of those tools directly in Figma.

            This has a distinct “corporate underpants” smell.

            Delia_Villadsen
            Delia_Villadsen
            June 1, 2023

            How is it 2023 and I am still waiting for this?

              Buck
              Buck
              July 6, 2023

              Dear Figma, did you hear that phrase? 😟

              “I just stopped creating flows in Figma because it is such a pain.”

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