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Brian_Clay
January 28, 2021

Interactive text inputs in prototype mode

  • 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.

78 replies

Travis2
Active Member
June 5, 2025


Edit: found this very promising abbroach now:
https://www.figma.com/community/file/1262449583289959906

It’s very cool, and I’m so impressed that people are smart enough to build these, but there’s always a catch, like:

  • (can only delete all or nothing)
  • you can only use lower case letters, space, enter, and backspace

And so while I’m glad it exists, it’s not something I can ever use it in testing; the limitations would be too distracting. It’s gotta be just a regular text input.

Chandramoulis
New Member
June 5, 2025

Aw man, if I had known I would’ve popped by last week to wish this thread happy birthday! Four years old, what a beautiful preschooler we have. 🎂

To make it relevant, last week I did user testing, and I literally had to rewrite part of the test because one of the forms had a very simple freeform text input that Figma is incapable of doing.

RATED as very needed. hopefully before it get’s 5!

Edit: found this very promising abbroach now:
https://www.figma.com/community/file/1262449583289959906

While this is great workaround, I think native support from Figma would make it much more better. I mean it’s not something Figma devs have to invent and pull their hair out to figure out how to implement it, because all advanced prototyping tools like Protopie, UXPin, etc, have this feature already!

dennsi
Active Member
July 3, 2025

When will this be a thing?

Anna Willoughby [External]
New Participant
August 8, 2025

+1. It’s frustrating having to rebuild everything in ProtoPie (or code) just to get this functionality. And it’s been in XD for years!

XD, JustInMind, etc etc etc. So infuriating. They keep shoving AI garbage into the app and refusing to build the stuff WE ACTUALLY NEED.

Anna Willoughby [External]
New Participant
August 8, 2025

When will this be a thing?

never, because figma doesn’t care about their users

Liz Vernon
New Member
January 28, 2026

Please add this ability! I could really use it, along with all the other product designers I work with. 

Anna_Gingle
New Member
February 13, 2026

Curious why Figma has not prioritized this yet.

Kevin Allen
New Member
April 27, 2026

So many years later and still no way to create truly functional journeys for testing due to lack of interactive native Figma inputs. Please add this soon and ease the pain of interaction designers!