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Lishay
January 30, 2021

Give unique access to specific pages

  • January 30, 2021
  • 244 replies
  • 61273 views

Hello 👋

First, I’m happy about the opportunity where I can make an impact on this amazing product.

My idea is pretty simple but can make a huge difference in the way we share files with stakeholders and colleagues. I suggest adding the ability to give different access (viewer/editor) for pages within a Figma file.

Because in most cases, we’re trying to include a whole project, feature, or function, whether small or big, in one Figma file - it becomes a real pain-point if the lowest level of grant permissions it’s the file itself instead of the pages within the file.

I’m sure a lot in this community can agree with me that many times you gave people access - it was relevant to certain areas of the file, and less to other areas.

  • I want to give content writers access to a specific page where they can edit and review content.
  • I want to give developers access to a specific page where they can play with responsive layers and explore edge-cases.
  • I want to leave experiments (Some would call it a playground, sandbox 😃) and previous versions to myself, to avoid background noises from the rest

The current situation is that I give everyone viewers access, each one of them looking for his relevant place among the information load and I avoid giving an editor access to prevent touching what they should not touch by mistake 🙄

What do you think about it?
Of course, feel free to vote if you agree with the idea.

244 replies

Nathan1
May 20, 2021

Allow to share in view only one page of a file instead of all pages

Lisa_Lombardi1
June 9, 2021

Yes, this would be so helpful!

Scott_Rod
New Member
June 10, 2021

Sadly, I don’t have any answers just more criticisms. Figma is awesome in general, but still fails when it comes to sharing comps with clients. I have varied sized artboards – mobile and desktop.

The share link:
The share link sends the client to the entire project, and they have no idea how to navigate around Figma because they don’t use it everyday. It’s awful for client presentation.

The prototype or the presentation link:
This view is too unintuitive for the client to realize there’s a vanishing pager at the bottom to click through the artboards. Also, I have variations, and there’s no setting on screen to indicate the artboard name in this view.

Sorry, but Sketch really gets things right in this department.

Chretien
June 11, 2021

1. Describe the problem your experiencing and how your idea helps solve this
Viewers of my project can literally see everything and also comment on anything they want. Having the ability to toggle visibility for viewers on pages would give me the opportunity to have a workspace where I can do my sketching and drafts without having a client or manager interfere.

2. Add as much context as possible (screenshots, Figma files, mockups, etc.)
I am currently working on a project where one of the managers is constantly giving feedback on stuff that I haven’t even finished yet. I know I could tell him that he should wait for my approval to give a round of feedback, but sometimes managers are just too stubborn and check up on designs in between tasks or when bored… This would also make the main project file be sharable with a customer without them seeing any drafts or unfinished business.

3. Ask questions to bring the community into the conversation
Would the only option be to not share Figma with managers and clients and just keep using Zeplin on the side?

Chretien
June 11, 2021

Ah thanks! I made sure to give that post a vote 👍🏼

Caroline1
June 11, 2021

I don’t actually think this has been covered yet.

I thought it was covered with the ‘Teams’ update but I still want an area in a shared file that is just to myself.

Regardless of if it’s in drafts or a team - I don’t think you can show and hide pages or manage permissions amongst pages yet

Something I really need and I think others do too

Caroline1
June 11, 2021

Yes!

Needs not met yet

Comments on stuff unfinished is so frustrating

Hopefully this feature gets some momentum

Roshan_Bhakta
June 28, 2021

The prototype link is the closest thing but not quite there to use effectively for client reviews. As Scott mentioned, there’s no way to easily show variations of a screen for client review. Coming from using InVision, they got a few things right, i.e. share specific screens, prototype some but not require prototyping connections between all and a view all screens as thumbnails view to help navigate all designs with the ability to turn off certain features so that the same file can be used for usability testing. I feel like Figma can get there with a few tweaks and additions.

Omar_Faizan
July 13, 2021

It is annoying to copy boards to a different file. Specially you loose components and comments.

Pawel_Czerski
July 18, 2021

I use a little trick adding pages named to look like separators. While not actually hiding anything, it’s useful to share the files with non-designers who never found what’s hiding there 😉
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It’s just a bunch of mdashes:
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