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Curtis_Giberson
July 18, 2024

Slides: Can you add animations to groups and objects within slides?

  • July 18, 2024
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From what I can see animate only works from slide to slide as a transition. But there’s limited animate options and I would like to stagger or animate individual areas of slides. Is that possible? If I had say 4 blocks of objects/text/pictures or something it would be nice to animate each individually after the other to bring my slide content more to life.

Also, it would be nice in Grid View if you could select a slide and drag to add similar animations right there.

Auto animate after delay doesn’t seem to be available either. Given limited animation features I’m adding some duplicate slides and using smart animate between them but I have to click or use spacebar to trigger each slide. Wish you could choose animate, type of animation and after delay or normal slide click progression.

14 replies

Louis_Trouillier
New Member
August 21, 2024

+1 Need this as well. PowerPoint does have this, so why won’t we implement this minimum feature in Figma slides?

djv
Figmate
Community Support
August 21, 2024

Hey All, thanks for the feedback!

We’ll pass this onto the Slides team for future consideration.

Alex_de_Lacey
October 25, 2024

The slides product is very promising, but this is a key missing feature!

themaster6466
October 25, 2024

Some tools only offer limited animation options, so you can’t stagger or individually animate objects like you want. While duplicating slides and using smart animate is a clever workaround, having to click or use the spacebar to trigger each slide can feel a bit clunky. It would definitely be nice if you could set animations to trigger automatically with a delay or manage them easily from a grid view.

Hong_Phi_Tran
December 3, 2024

Yes please, this is much needed for designers who needs to pass on presentations to their marketing counterparts who aren’t as familiar with Figma controls. The animation triggers need to feel seamless and easy to manage! TY!

Weirdo
Active Member
December 10, 2024

Literally Figma Design is better for presentations than Figma Slides.

hilde_ramsdal
December 23, 2024

This is such a key feature in my opinion—when presenting, you don’t want to reveal everything all at once. It can come across as overwhelming for the audience and isn’t the best design approach. Honestly, I think this would be more valuable than the AI-generated text, just saying! 😊 Any updates on when this might be included?

simsaur
New Member
February 15, 2025

I discovered this limit when I already designed 60 slides.. so now I think I have to transpose everything on Figma Design to prototype objects, I couldn’t imagine Figma Slides didn’t have this feature.

Eric_Fain
New Member
February 17, 2025

​@simsaur I had the same reaction though not as far in as you. 

Generally if you are using slide transitions/smart animations to manage individual elements you are also creating a horribly bloated and difficult to manage presentation. 

Simply having objects to appear on click does seem like a basic requirement in any presentation tool I can think of other than Prezo. 

HowardHughes
New Member
February 26, 2025

This feature should absolutely be the next one implemented. The lack of it forces some people to use PowerPoint rather than Figma Slides. I agree with the guy who says Figma Design is currently better for presentations than Figma Slides.