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Michelle3
Michelle3
Aug 5, 2021 12:23 AM UTC

Remove auto creating flow starting points

I love the new feature that allows multiple prototypes per page. One issue I’m having with it, is it assumes I want everything to be a new flow starting point each time I don’t link something from the first flow starting page.

It has a very linear mindset. When I work/prototype I tend to work on a section, then link it back and that creates many flow starting points on accident and I have to delete them.

It’d be nice if either - it only created the first one, and doesn’t assume you want many or there’s some kinda preference/setting where I can turn it off.

Do other people delete starting points or have work arounds? Or is there a preference/setting I’m missing where I can turn it off?

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    Sijie_Wang
    Sijie_Wang
    Feb 3, 2022 8:18 PM UTC

    Sometimes I just want to present the frames as slides and navigate with arrow keys. Even after removing all the interaction from them, sometimes Figma still randomly pick one frame as the starting point of a flow when I click the “Present” button, which means only that particular frame is visible in the preview mode and breaks the presentation.

      Rik1
      Rik1
      Feb 8, 2022 2:24 PM UTC

      upvoted! 😃

      yeah - this needs to be removed as an auto feature… darn annoying when you send a link of 11 pages and client only sees 2. Ideally a toggle on/off feature in the top menus would be an awesome addition 😃

        Matt_Cassity
        Matt_Cassity
        Feb 16, 2022 7:04 PM UTC

        Is there any way to disable the creation of this the automatically added “Flow 1”?

        I have to delete it 100x / day.

          Aline_Arielo
          Aline_Arielo
          Feb 21, 2022 8:48 PM UTC

          Upvoted! And sometimes I got a bug, I cannot delete! It shows nothing on prototype panel, so I cannot delete this starting point.

            Iryna_Pirus
            Iryna_Pirus
            Mar 30, 2022 12:59 PM UTC

            Same here. Also ‘Flow 1’ points keep appearing back after I delete them and do any action on the whiteboard at all. Makes all my shared links unusable as they turn from presentation of all mockups to a prototype with 1 page, because of this.

              Gregory-Clever-Starfish
              Gregory-Clever-Starfish
              New Participant
              Apr 1, 2022 2:59 AM UTC

              Same here. I had to stop making prototypes because of this issue. Very annoying!

                Aline_Arielo
                Aline_Arielo
                Apr 6, 2022 7:07 PM UTC

                Same here! Auto generated flows doesn’t have the area “Flow starting point” with the delete option.

                  Aloys_Riswick
                  Aloys_Riswick
                  Apr 22, 2022 6:27 PM UTC

                  Why has this still not been added… it can be a simple toggle under preferences “Auto create flow starting points”. Figma adds a new flow every time I change a component state, but only if no flow exists.

                  Very frustrating, I want this off.

                    David14
                    David14
                    May 3, 2022 2:55 PM UTC

                    Yes. This is driving me crazy. I have complex prototypes to build and having to constantly delete these flow points is a major pita.

                      David14
                      David14
                      May 3, 2022 2:56 PM UTC

                      I would also add that the ‘flow’ behavior is somewhat buggy IMO. If you’re on the playable prototype, the flow links on the left do not behave correctly.

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