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Margot_Gabel
Margot_Gabel
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May 14, 2025
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Figma Slides: Move Video settings to Design Mode

  • May 14, 2025
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Video settings have a dedicated button when not in Design Mode. When in Design Mode this button is nowhere to be found. So if I want to adjust the settings of a video I must get out of Design Mode first. Is that intended?

 

Not Design Mode Design Mode

 

 

 

 

    Best answer by djv

    Hey All, thanks for the feedback! 

    I’ve updated this topic into a feature request and passed it along to the Figma Slides team for future consideration. 

    7 replies

    Margot_Gabel
    Margot_GabelAuthor
    Active Member
    June 13, 2025

    Resurfacing this, video settings are NOT visible in Design Mode, why? This menu only shows in the not Design mode ( no clue how it’s called haha)

     

    Using Figma since 2018.
      djv
      Figmate
      djv
      Community Support
      June 27, 2025

      Hi ​@Margot_Gabel, thanks for reaching out and apologies for the delayed reply! 

      I brought this to the Slides team, and this is expected behavior. The primary reason is that in Figma Design, video settings are only shown in the Prototype tab, not Design. Since Figma Slides doesn’t have a Prototype tab, we don’t surface video settings in Design mode, for ease and consistency. 

      Margot_Gabel
      Margot_GabelAuthor
      Active Member
      June 29, 2025

      Thanks for your answer ​@djv . I find it a strange behavior because I only use Figma Slides in Design mode, and I have to toggle to the other mode solely to change the settings on my video.

      Using Figma since 2018.
      Yotam Mano
      Yotam Mano
      New Member
      September 4, 2025

      Strongly agree — I’ve been switching back and forth between design and slides mode to get it right.
      Also, the defaults are the exact opposite of what I usually need (autoplayed, loop, no controllers). Is there any way to set that as a preference somewhere?

        djv
        Figmate
        djvSolution
        Community Support
        September 9, 2025

        Hey All, thanks for the feedback! 

        I’ve updated this topic into a feature request and passed it along to the Figma Slides team for future consideration. 

          Margot_Gabel
          Margot_GabelAuthor
          Active Member
          October 20, 2025

          These video settings UX issue is annoying us DAILY. Figma Slides really need some love, it hasn’t received any useful updates these past months… 

          Using Figma since 2018.
            Margot_Gabel
            Margot_GabelAuthor
            Active Member
            February 17, 2026

            We also realized that embedding a Prototype is only possible outside of Design Mode. Why?

            Using Figma since 2018.
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