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Joseph_Cooper
Apr 21, 2021 7:04 PM UTC

FigJam connectors in Figma

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:

162 replies

Brian_Duchek1
New Participant
Jul 6, 2023 5:48 PM UTC

I’ll tell you right now that 9/10 times I see developers picking up design tools to try and express an idea… It starts with a flow diagram

Mikael_Cederbom
Active Member
Jul 19, 2023 6:29 AM UTC

I gave my vote on this one. This is a feature I would start to use day one.
FigJam is great for iterating ideas of flows, but once your flow is “done” you want to have it next to everything else for the developers in Figma.

I would want a flow or onboarding mode, to tell about the intended user journey. 😗

wllung
New Participant
Aug 9, 2023 9:52 PM UTC

hello, 2 years after a popular and ongoing ask has been suggested, I’m just here to ask for the same thing again.

Aug 16, 2023 8:01 PM UTC

Hey Figma, stop artificially creating the demand for FigJam by refusing to embed its features in Figma. Your experiment worked. The people need what FigJam offers. Now it’s time to integrate it into Figma.

FF-Design
New Member
Sep 18, 2023 11:26 AM UTC

I’ve been forced to use miro in a couple of projects now. After some hesitation it really grew on me. Especially drawing connections works like you would expect it to. This really feels like 4 years ago, when I was force to use Figma and fell in love.

Dear Adobe, Please don’t tell me it’s time to move on…

Delia_Tomei_Villadsen
Oct 24, 2023 11:42 AM UTC

Soon to be 2024 and here I am still asking for this… If you want to increase adoption of FigJam you should actually allow connectors in Figma as well

vdekkernl
Active Member
Oct 24, 2023 2:22 PM UTC

Yes, I use the FigJam connectors in Figma design file to, but this should be made easier.

Daniel_Van_Der_Spuy
Dec 1, 2023 12:12 PM UTC

For what it‘s worth, we use this all the time by copying and pasting into Figma from a blank FigJam, which is a silly workflow.

And that is probably what the entire FigJam community who create screen flows are doing.

It’s worth noting in Dev Mode, you can show Prototyping connections and also just view the connections for the selected frame – but when you want to annotate/communicate logic or flow diagrams alongside designs, it’s not enough. This is where connectors and FigJam shapes come in.

IMO, if we just had the ability to toggle the FigJam toolbar/dock thing in Figma, we’d be laughing mate! 🚀

Daniel_Van_Der_Spuy
Dec 1, 2023 12:13 PM UTC

If y’all diagnose with data, just take a look at the number of times users paste or use connectors within Figma. Must be astronomical! But the experience is degraded. Can’t change much about the lines once pasted in.

ROI: Time saved not creating or opening a new FigJam board, drawing a line, copying it, pasting into existing Figma doc.

GraceSong
New Participant
Jan 10, 2024 8:24 PM UTC

Would not only love connectors to be readily available in Figma, but would also like the ability to make them reusable assets (components) that can be styled and standardized for our design team.