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Please vote this up!We really need to be able to drag and position lock annotations and connect to any layer within a nested layer or instance. This has been asked for many times (Examples below) and would eliminate designers time making their own local components and ignoring the use of the built in annotations. and 

Fundamental to using any digital whiteboard, is being able to hyperink image elements.Please consider adding this to the pipeline! It’s a huge setback to using Figjam and lags behind competitors for a basic requirement. Community, I’m not alone. Please chime in! 🙏

Hello, I will mention the problem to solve, then I will explain how my idea could solve it. Please vote for it if you need it as well, thanks. 1) The problem to be solved The precise Creation Date of a file is a key information for many users. It is not easy to find, and not available for every plans… Currently, the only way to find it is through the “History version”: The mental model of the user has to be “Thinking: Past version” instead of “Thinking: Metadata of the file”, which is an incoherent mental model for many users. Because, if the creation date is indeed a past version, it is actually the pillar version, not just a past version. This model is incoherent with many users’ habits as well, because a lot of softwares and OS include the Creation Date in basic metadata, often under the same Properties menu than “Author”, “Modified Date”, “Extension”, etc. A Paid Plan is often needed to scroll through many revisions. Though, this basic metadata should be available for every plans.

Currently, the only ways to run plugins in Figma are by searching for their names in the plugins section of the actions panel or using their shortcuts in the right panel. I suggest adding the ability to run Figma plugins via a direct link. This would be a significant time-saver for heavy Figma users. For example, I use a Stream Deck for shortcuts, and being able to launch plugins with a link would streamline the process, reducing the effort needed to set up hotkeys or macros for newly used plugins. Thank you.

In Dev Mode, when selecting an image, you can see the original filename of the placed source image and download it by 1) clicking on the name in the layer properties, or 2) in Assets.However, when downloading, a strange filename is suggested that doesn't match what we see in the layer properties.Question 1: Is it possible to fix this so that the source image is downloaded with the original name?Question 2: Is it possible to bring this functionality into the main editing mode? It's sometimes very useful when working with designs, and it's sorely missed.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve spam clicked on frames repeatedly as I’m playing around with my designs. It’s a messy process. Because of that, I would love it if Figma could automatically skip needless parent frames and let me access their child frames so design feels more actionable. The main way I think this could work would be ignoring nested frames (with 0 values, etc). Another potentially-useful addition could be that if you quickly click repeatedly it jumps deeper into nested layers. Maybe users could customize it like a nudge.

I would like a feature in Annotations like double click in annotation to zoom to the design piece they are attached to (or some other avenue if double click allows edits for the annotation maker)When I use the shortcut to zoom to the design it often just focuses on the annotation and the screen stays small and it’s somewhat frustrating when I am just trying to show the developer the screen we want to change or what the annotation refers to.

Figma, please add connectors as a standard feature in Figma. I am willing to pay for it as a separate feature.  

Can I edit the variables defined in a published library locally? There is a library file (Say File A) with a collection of local variables defining some string and numbers shown on a component. The component is published (with all variables too) I added this component to another file, say File B, but when I want to edit those strings and numbers locally in this File B, I can no longer see the these variables, nor editing them. Seems like I can only edit the published component in the library File A (if I have edit access) and this will change all the instances too. Can I instead edit it locally, meaning edit the values of these publish variables only in File B?

Hi folks! I’ve seen the posts regarding text overrides with nested interactive components but I’m seeing a similar issue with non-interactive components as well. In the example below, I’ve set my text layers to all use the same layer name and have the same hierarchy structure but if I swap one of the nested components it resets everything. Everything works perfectly if each atom component is used individually and not nested in another component though so I’m left 🤔. Any thoughts?

The Problem: Lost in the Canvas WildernessWhen working on large, sprawling Figma files (especially design systems, deep user flows, or complex prototypes) with hundreds of frames, the canvas becomes a massive workspace.We frequently need to pan or zoom away from our current focus—the frame we are actively designing—to: Reference a component in the design library on the far left. Check colors/styles on the style guide at the bottom. Look at a distant flow branch for context. The pain point: After checking that reference, returning to the active working frame requires slow, tedious, and imprecise manual scrolling/panning, which is a significant flow breaker. This effort grows exponentially with the size of the file.The Proposed Solution: "Go to Working Frame" ShortcutWe need a dedicated keyboard shortcut to instantly snap the viewport back to the frame the user was most recently editing.Implementation Options (Figma-Specific) "Last Active Frame" Shortcut (Simpler): The shortcut (e.

Summary: Add an automatic, togglable "Viewport Fold Line" on extended device frames so stakeholders can instantly see what sits above the fold directly on the canvas—eliminating scroll height confusion during design reviews.The Problem When frame heights are stretched downward to fit long scrolling pages, Product Owners, clients, and non-design stakeholders often mistake the total frame canvas for the initial viewable screen. During reviews, they assume lower content will be immediately visible without scrolling, causing miscommunication around layout priority and above-the-fold real estate.Source of Inspiration Adobe XD solves this natively: when you choose a preset viewport (such as an iPhone or MacBook preset) and stretch the height downward, it automatically displays a dashed horizontal guide marking the original viewport height. This clearly marks the boundary between the default view and scrollable content directly on the working canvas.The Solution Introduce an automatic "Scroll

Thanks for adding annotations to Design Mode. I have been spending the last day annotating some new design ideas. People who have access to the Figma file love that they can read come design rationale and interaction behaviors. For others, who do not have access, or do not use Figma it would be great if I can export the annotations associated with objects inside a frame.  Thanks, K.

Feature Request to Resolve Ongoing Library Problem: Allow Swap Library to Replace Local Variables with Published Library Variables I would like Swap library to support replacing local variables in a file with variables from a published library when the collection structure and variable names match.
Today, Swap library only supports library-to-library swaps, which means local variables cannot be migrated directly to an existing published library.
This creates extra overhead because the workaround is to publish the local variables as a separate library first, only to swap them afterward.
 Since variable replacement by matching names already works within a local file, extending that behavior to local-to-library swaps would make migration to standardized library variables much easier. Example:A file has local variables in a collection called “Module 1 Semantic Theme.” That file also has layers using local variables like “Color / Text / Primary” and “Color / Background / Default.” Your publ

Add richer descriptions to variable collections, groups, and modes Figma currently allows us to add a description and scope to an individual variable. However, the description field is a relatively limited text input, and documentation cannot be added to the broader structures that give variables their meaning.Proposed Description LevelsIt would be helpful to support descriptions at multiple levels of the variable system: Variable collections: Explain the collection’s purpose, intended use, architecture, and relationship to other collections. Variable groups: Document how a specific category of variables should be applied and distinguish it from related groups. Modes: Explain the context represented by each mode, when it should be applied, and any important differences or limitations. Individual variables: Retain variable-specific guidance, but provide a more capable description experience comparable to component documentation. Ideally, these descriptions would support multiline

Hi there, I’m struggling with text boxes which are not trimmed horizontally. I’m trying to create single speech bubble with limited width. When the last word in the line doesn’t fit the bubble goes to maximum width and then jumps to another line. I wish to trim it to the actual text width. Do you know a solution which is not manually set every single bubble?

We have a number of websites for which we have a standard format (text and appearance) for our company’s cookie banners and ‘manage cookie preferences’ settings modals across them.Now that we are launching a website using Figma Sites, we would like to be able to customise the text and appearance of the Figma Sites cookie consent banner and ‘manage’ settings modal so that they can be more consistent with our standard format.

Being able to define cardinality between objects in a FigJam workflow would be hugely timesaving when trying to capture relationships within workflows. Additionally, this might allow our organization to give up other cloud collaboration apps and use Figma as our primary tool for this time of artifact.

Allow designers to set one frame/section as the default focus so that when a stakeholder like PM/Engineer randomly opens a page in Figma project, they can see the right things designers want them to look at. A lot of times, stakeholders get to the right frames/sections when links with frames are shared. But then they often navigate to different parts of the file and it is difficult for them to see where to look at in a page. Maybe page level thumbnail capability instead of per file?

Auto-Layout has padding (inner spacing), but no margins (outer spacing). Currently the only 2 ways to add spacing is to: Create a spacer element or Wrap the items in another frame and apply gap spacing This creates a lot of unnecessary frames, and sometimes creates nesting so deep it goes outside the layers panel. Not sure if a technical limitation left this out of consideration in the first few versions of Auto Layout, but it would be much appreciated if it were included in a future version as it comes up as a significant limitation many times a day.

Hi Figma Team,I’d like to request a feature enhancement for search in Figma: the ability to search within a specific selected frame.Currently, search appears to work across either the current page or all pages, but there is no option to limit search results to a particular frame. This creates friction when working on large files or dense pages with many frames.The main issues are:Searching takes unnecessary time When I only need to find one text layer or element inside a specific frame, Figma searches the entire page. This makes finding simple items slower than it needs to be, especially in large design files. Find and replace cannot be scoped to a frame When I want to find and replace text only inside one specific frame, I’m unable to do so safely. Since the search applies more broadly, there’s a risk of changing text elements outside the intended frame.A useful improvement would be to add a search scope option such as:Search in:Current selection / Selected frame / Current page / All

I’m always juggling between files and I need many tabs to be opened for easy access. Tab grouping was a really helpful feature. I request Figma team to also roll-out vertical tabs feature for Figma Desktop client. Even chrome has vertical tabs now. Since figma is chrome based I think it should’nt be a problem for them to implement it.

Viewport-based animation triggersAnimations should be able to start when their component enters the viewport while scrolling in Prototype mode, rather than starting immediately when the parent frame loads.Suggested controls:Start when entering the viewportConfigurable visibility thresholdPlay once or replay on re-entryPause, continue, or reset when leavingOptional delayIndependent playback from the parent frame’s timelineThis would make animated components practical in long, scrollable page prototypes and allow multiple animations with different durations and start positions to coexist.

In other design tools you can simply press a key, and any selection outlines, grab handles, etc. get hidden while the key is down, so you can preview and evaluate how things look, without having to de-select everything and lose your selection. Apparently there is no way to do this in Figma =( This is important while experimenting with different colors, fonts, etc., and in Figma it could be used to see how different sizes, variants, and states, look in your design, without those selection handles and outlines getting in the way of you previewing things.

Feature requestI would like the ability to choose which point in an animation is displayed as its static preview in Design mode.Currently, an animated frame always shows its initial state. This is not always the most representative or useful visual state when working on a layout. My workaround is to create a component with separate “Cover” and “Animation” variants, but this adds complexity and can affect video playback and animation timing.Ideally, an animation could have a configurable Design mode cover or poster frame. Designers could select a timestamp or capture the current animation state, while playback in Present mode would still begin from the actual start.This would:Make animated designs easier to understand on the canvasProvide more representative thumbnails and previewsRemove the need for duplicate cover variantsPreserve the original animation timeline and video playbackImprove collaboration when reviewing files in Design modeThis could work similarly to selecting a poster f