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Toggle visibility of on-canvas video playback controls

  • April 8, 2026
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  • Active Member
  • April 10, 2026

I think this feature should only be in FigJam (or other Figma subproducts), not Figma Design.


Offworldon
  • New Member
  • April 10, 2026

The way it continues to litter the canvas even when a frame’s content is clipped is really the chef’s kiss. A+


Hlaylet
  • New Member
  • April 10, 2026

Commenting so I also get notified on how to turn these off. Bad update Figma


Celine_
Figmate
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  • April 13, 2026

Hey everyone! Thanks again for your patience and for sharing your feedback. I made sure to share it with the product team 🙂

Great news, Figma now has a design-specific behavior where the video tag and controls will only appear on selection. This is currently rolling out to all users these next days.

We hear you, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your thought! 🙏

 


Jennifer Kyff

These grey gif labels never showed up on the figma canvas before the last design update. Now this is all I see in this document. I don’t know what is triggering them or how to turn them off and they are distracting. Is anyone else seeing this?

 

 


Jennifer Kyff

How do I get rid of them?


  • Active Member
  • April 14, 2026

the video tag and controls will only appear on selection.

Thanks for the update, but…. “the video tag and controls will only appear on selection” is still not very good, as a developer might still selects the frame and misinterprets the controls as part of the design. Is there anyway to just turn the tags and controls off for the file?


Celine_
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • April 15, 2026

Hey, thank you both for sharing your feedback! Please note it is currently rolling out to all users over the coming days.
@Luongnd : I will pass it along to the team for consideration!
@Jennifer Kyff , thank you for flagging it, I’ve informed the team for further investigation.


Sasha6
  • New Participant
  • May 7, 2026

Thank you for the update ​@Celine_ 

Any chance we can toggle this feature on canvas off completely? It’s incredibly distracting and seeing it on selection does’t really solve the problem. In fact it highlights it in the element I need to work on. Super rude and hostile.