Quickly go to last visited page and back

Very much agree with @de_la_Puente_Pantoja_Alberto and @Afiq. The example @Afiq shared from Slack is the reason I realized I was missing the feature in Figma actually.

Ideally this feature would also work using the same CMD { for previous page or CMD + } for next page.

I’m aware I can use keyboard shortcuts for navigating through all of my pages, but given that some of my files have more than 20 pages, and it takes a while to load a page I don’t feel like browsing through all of my pages to find the page I was in previously.

1. Describe the problem your experiencing and how your idea helps solve this
I like Return to Instance but I find navigating page to page or node to node can often get quite tiresome panning to / fro.

My suggestion is to include pagination in the toolbar to help combat this, like navigating threads and channels, history in Slack or like we have on the Community dashboard.

2. Add as much context as possible (screenshots, Figma files, mockups, etc.)

3. Ask questions to bring the community into the conversation
Does anyone else experience this?

+1 I totally need this! Have you found any plugins that do this currently? It might be the next one I make.

Thanks Lucian. None that I’m aware of. It would be quite something if Figma did it themselves, however you’re welcome to give it a go using your nifty plugin keyboard shortcuts 😉

Definitely agree – I miss this feature many times a day, following links between pages and files, viewing Master Components etc – another feature I miss from Sketch + Runner Pro.

+1 for this. Not just for components though. I do this with coping and pasting elements from page to page

Same problem here. Going back and force between pages quickly becomes a pain when the number of pages grows. You need to remember the name of the page you’re coming from, and then look for it again in the page list. A trick that helps me a bit is to put an emoji (this one ⌛) in the name of the page I’m working on, so it a bit easier to spot in the list.

+1 for a Slack-like back and forward navigation that can move you between not only pages, but tabs in the order you visited. This helps when working across contexts to ensure consistency.

It’s also an accessibility thing 🔔

I can’t be the only ADHD’er working in figma 😂

I legit need this for those Patrick Star kinda days, per the attachment

Oddly it was never a issue with Adobe InDesign somehow, the visual pages navigator probably was a big part of that 🧘

My usual workaround for this is to chose any ubiquitous element (like a logo on a navbar component) and add to it a “Key” interaction (I use backspace) firing the “Back” action. It’s obscure but works, and it is easy to learn.