Interactive text inputs in prototype mode

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January 28, 2021
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Inputs are one of the most common UI design elements out there. But when you have to use them in a prototype there isn’t a good way to show what they look like when entering text. It’d also be great if we could trigger validation events like on a password input for example. This would bring more fidelity to my prototypes than just about anything.

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Yitty1

Yes yes yes yes! When using prototyping for usability testing tasks that are a multiple-step process, lack of typing ability makes it really difficult to replicate the real life task.

Lizzie_Burton

New Member

I was hoping in the recent Config they’d announce interactive text inputs in prototype mode, but they didn’t 😦

This is definitely important for user testing, @Figma_Support please implement this asap!

Yanis_Azze

New Participant

Same here, to me this is the #1 priority since this is such a basic part of design, prototype and UX, and was disappointed that there was nothing at Config.

Chris14

I recently had to go back to Axure RP for a project because Figma does not have this feature. It was pretty painful. I’d say I have designed over 100 apps in most industries, enterpise, marketing, government and commercial. I’d say complex form design has been central to about 15% of my jobs. I don’t believe in tapping on the text box and text appearing becasue tests are artifical enough as it is and it is distracting for the participant; their brain is focussed on reading and understanding inputs, not creating them. You could say the prototype is driving them, not the other way round? Bit dramatic but maybe there is a point there.

dennsi

Active Member

Figma Devs, any feedback on this? Is this on the roadmap? Are you working on it?

Lisa_Wilton

There are so many forms in our product that it feels like we’re never really able to create a true prototype in Figma at all… Having this feature would really cement Figma as my number 1 tool.

Alex_Smith

New Member

I think everyone else’s comments cover the why…

Just adding this to add my support for this feature, it would be game changing. We have also had to revert to Axure (we moved from it to Figma) just so we could user test a form.

Paul48

Don’t forget the UX Figma! We desperately need input fields and conditional logic to test our prototypes properly with end users. Auxre RP does this and many UXers use that tool because of this capability. If you bring that to Figma you’ll have an amazing product.