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Marianna_Pascucci
Marianna_Pascucci
February 16, 2021

Show frame name in prototype

  • February 16, 2021
  • 36 replies
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Hello,
I got a problem while prototyping and I would be interested in your opinion about it. When you’re prototyping on a big project we all know that it becomes really difficult with all those lines connecting a component to another one.
I usually use the prototype to test the interaction but what if when I find an error on the prototype? It becomes really difficult to understand which precise frame it is.
So in the prototype preview, I think it would be great to have not (only) the screen number “12/56” but the name of that frame to make it easier to find in the page.

I don’t know if I’m the only one experiencing this problem (maybe it’s just because I’m not using the right way to prototype?).
Have anyone of you experienced this?

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    Carlos_Viciana
    Carlos_Viciana
    September 20, 2024

    I also need this. its really hard to know in which specific frame you are on without knowing the name. I add the interaction that the page include in the frame name and without seeing it its impossible ti know where to click.
    eg: dashboard man page - dropdown open.

    waqarnaik
    waqarnaik
    Active Member
    October 21, 2024

    Must needed feature still Figma not think about it, this thread is now almost 4 years old please Figma I love your tool please add frame name in presentation mode 🙂

      waqarnaik
      waqarnaik
      Active Member
      December 12, 2024

      still Figma not taking any action on this smalll yet useful feature

      Steph_Finauer
      Steph_Finauer
      New Member
      January 29, 2025

      This is such a gigantic miss from Figma. I’ve resorted to manually labelling my frames with a line of text, which is a HUGE waste of time.

        Carla.Bramham
        Carla.Bramham
        New Member
        April 11, 2025

        Surely this isn’t too big of an ask? Would mean the world to us if our clients can understand the context of each screen state and not be so reliant on us to navigate a large feature. 

        Start feature prototype 🙂 > Flows nicely organised 😀 > See a bunch of screens 😵‍💫 > Feels overwhelmed and lost 😣

          Robbie_Boyhan
          Robbie_Boyhan
          New Participant
          April 22, 2025

          This is a major need. Most of our BAs a Product owners prefer to view our designs in presentation mode. But without the frame titles, sometimes it’s hard to know what the designer was intending to showcase on a given frame. Please move this to the top of your backlog if it’s not already in the works. Seems like such an easy win to make this a setting that users could turn on or off.

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