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Is there a way to move annotations?

  • November 13, 2025
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Gabriella Saltman

Need: the ability to move an annotation to another side of a component/frame/whatever, anywhere I want so that it is not blocking anything.

Best answer by djv

Hi ​@Gabriella Saltman, thanks for reaching out! 

Right now, this isn’t a bug, but rather expected behavior. Annotations were not built with the ability to easily move them, but this is already on the team’s radar for improvement.

Feel free to add your feedback here: 

 

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djv
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  • November 13, 2025

Hi ​@Gabriella Saltman, thanks for reaching out! 

Right now, this isn’t a bug, but rather expected behavior. Annotations were not built with the ability to easily move them, but this is already on the team’s radar for improvement.

Feel free to add your feedback here: 

 


Joan5
  • New Member
  • December 10, 2025

Really looking forward to this being updated soon. To me this is a basic requirement- without it, the  annotations are much less useful. 


Javad_Saberi
  • Active Member
  • February 5, 2026

@djv 

I was just about to create a topic for this feature. Please add the ability to move annotations.
On some frames, the dashed annotation lines make the layout cluttered, and I’d like to be able to reposition them manually for better readability.

Javad_Saberi
  • Active Member
  • February 12, 2026

@djv “Please add a feature that allows moving a note after it’s written. Sometimes the note falls in the middle of the design, and that’s really not good.


Javad_Saberi
  • Active Member
  • February 27, 2026

@djv Please revise this topic in Figma. It’s currently in very poor shape.


Kat Sutton
  • New Member
  • March 25, 2026

+1 to please add the ability to reposition Annotations. I am still using my old, home-brewed annotation component library because of this limitation. And I would love to fully shift over to Figma Annotations.