The Problem: Lost in the Canvas Wilderness
When 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:
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Reference a component in the design library on the far left.
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Check colors/styles on the style guide at the bottom.
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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" Shortcut
We need a dedicated keyboard shortcut to instantly snap the viewport back to the frame the user was most recently editing.
Implementation Options (Figma-Specific)
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"Last Active Frame" Shortcut (Simpler):
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The shortcut (e.g.,Ctrl + Shift+ F) instantly pans and zooms the canvas to center on the most recently selected or edited frame/section before the user navigated away. This is similar to Shif + 2 (Zoom to Selection) but remembers the previous context.
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"Bookmark Working Frame" Command (More Control):
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Set Shortcut (e.g., Ctrl B: Mark the currently selected frame as the "Working Frame."
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Go To Shortcut (e.g., Ctrl Shift G): Instantly navigate the viewport to the bookmarked "Working Frame." The bookmark remains until the user sets a new one.
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Why This Matters
This feature would be a massive quality of life improvement for power users and teams working in large files, drastically reducing the time spent navigating and helping designers stay in the flow state. It turns minutes of scrolling into a single keystroke.