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Tanguy_Le_Crom
Tanguy_Le_Crom
New Member
May 17, 2025
Question

Key press or key down trigger should exist !

  • May 17, 2025
  • 3 replies
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Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on a prototype in Figma, and I’m trying to achieve the following keyboard-based interaction:

  • When I press the A key, an overlay appears.

  • When I release the A key, the overlay closes automatically.

I noticed that Figma’s "Key" trigger only allows actions to be triggered on key press, but I haven't found any way to differentiate between keydown and keyup, like you would with standard JavaScript events.

Is there any workaround or trick to simulate this behavior directly in Figma?
Or would I need to use an external tool (like ProtoPie, Framer, or a coded prototype) to make this interaction possible?

Thanks in advance for your help! 🙏

    3 replies

    y_toku
    Figmate
    y_toku
    Community Support
    May 19, 2025

    Hi ​@Tanguy_Le_Crom 

    Thanks for your feedback! This sounds like a great suggestion, and I'll make sure to pass it along to our product team. I've recategorized this as "Suggest a feature" so it can be properly tracked for future enhancements.

    Appreciate your input!
    Toku

      Tanguy_Le_Crom
      Tanguy_Le_CromAuthor
      New Member
      May 19, 2025

      Thank you so much!
      As a game designer and someone who teaches game design using Figma, I’ve received a lot of requests for this feature, and it triggers me as well ahah.

      Really appreciate the suggestion, it would be a total game changer for our workflow in game design!

        Theyab Al-Tamimi
        Theyab Al-Tamimi
        New Member
        November 25, 2025

        Hello ​@y_toku hope you are well.

        Is there any update on this? I would like this interaction as well.
        For example, to hold down a button on the controller to show a menu then release the button and hide the menu.

        Same for keyboard.

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