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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:

162 replies

y_toku
Figmate
Community Support
September 2, 2024

Hi all,

Thanks for your patience. We’ve recently learned from some users that clearing the cache can resolve this issue. Could you try clearing the cache and then restart the Figma app?

Let us know if the issue still persists!

Thanks,
Toku

Julian_Alexander
New Member
October 9, 2024

Hi team, has anyone had success in adding a connector arrow layer inside a component’s layers in Figma? I’m not talking about visually “connecting” elements/components using the arrow/s, but actually trying to contain the layer inside a Component or Component Variant. We use the FigJam connector arrows in Figma constantly, but I’ve only just discovered you can’t have a connector arrow inside a more complex component’s layers. The use case in this situation is creating components out of workflows for versioning reasons to track changes better and keep the client/dev spaces seperate.

Michal14
October 10, 2024

Hello, I would love to have an option to work with FigJam capabilities right in my Figma file. For instance to create a flow diagram with FigJam components right where I design the screens.

Hope that’s clear 🙂,
Regards

Oliver10
October 16, 2024

Please please, add connectors to Figma. User flows are our bread and butter, and I hate having to use plugins or copy and paste from FigJam all the time.

Taimosa_Eregie
New Participant
October 20, 2024

Hi Figma

please consider bringing sticky notes and connectors to Figma design because:

  • they’re currently supported in Figma design

  • they’re very useful for annotating designs and documenting high-fi user flows

xiajun08140410
October 29, 2024

为什么现在的直线连接两个图形不能拐弯了?我有时候想在figma上做一些简单的思维导图

Racine_Romaguera
New Member
November 18, 2024

I am working on designing a family tree, and being able to use native Connectors in Figma that I can snap to objects within another component (like a photo and name below it) and then save as components is critical to my work. Whenever I try to create a component that includes a Connector copied over from FigJam, that connecter disappears. PLEASE give us this feature soon!

Jimmy_Noyes
December 4, 2024

It is so easy to connect flows with arrows in FigJam, and find it frustrating this feature isn’t yet available in Figma. I have found myself pasting screens from Figma into FigJam to connect, and then back again so I can edit as a Figma file. Not an ideal workflow, but it cuts out needing to use a plugin or add manual static arrows, which can both be time consuming and frustrating to have to do. All that said, creating complex flows is so necessary to be able to do as a product designers, and should be much easier to do in Figma.

David Zhao
New Member
February 15, 2025

For anyone still wrestling with connectors in 2025, I made this plugin Superconnector—Automatically draw FigJam Connectors in Figma. It’s not a first-party solution, but it makes a few things easier:

  1. You can create connectors directly inside your Figma file without needing to open FigJam.
  2. Turns finicky manual copy-and-drag jobs into one-click operations (e.g. instantly draw a connector flow between origin and destination nodes, similar to Autoflow).
  3. Connect child nodes nested inside component instances.
  4. Switch between elbowed and straight-line connectors in Figma.
  5. In the premium version there’s also the option to create any FigJam shape inside of Figma.

I use it often in my own work to save time and wrist strain in the absence of a better native solution.

tony-coccaro
New Member
April 23, 2025

We need this feature in Figma! I use connectors A LOT to produce flows based on Mockups. ​@David Zhao Great plugin, Figma should integrate your idea! Set the right price once for all and sell it to the Figma Staff 😉

Tony Coccaro Interaction Design