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John_Enderby
John_Enderby
January 27, 2021

View specific frames in prototype

  • January 27, 2021
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Having moved from Sketch I am missing the functionality to quickly move to a specific artboard/frame within the prototyping view. In Sketch there was a dropdown to choose a specific artboard as a starting point, as well as the ability to start the prototype from the currently selected board and not a specific starting point each time. Internally I used this in design reviews with engineers a LOT to clarify points and revisit specific interactions.

Setting a default start point is great, but not being able to navigate to a specific screen is a little frustrating at times.

Does anyone else think this would be useful?

    13 replies

    mattaningram
    mattaningram
    New Participant
    January 27, 2021

    This is a constant frustration for me.

    I have some complex pages, please let me just start a prototype from the currently selected frame.

      Richard_Doyle
      Richard_Doyle
      January 27, 2021

      Yes! This is currently my #1 issue with Figma.

        Christian_Baptiste
        Christian_Baptiste
        New Member
        January 27, 2021

        Yep, I agree. I was going to make a similar post.

        Especially in really complex deep prototypes where one missed connection can lead you to get stuck. It would be super helpful to be able to jump to particular frames. I could see an option like this in between the next and previous arrows. Something like a double click to convert the XX/XX into a jump to input

          Aram1
          Aram1
          New Member
          February 3, 2021

          I have the same issue. This is also a problem when you’re working on different parts of a website with a team simultaneously. I’m trying to view the design as I’m working while my teammate does the same, and we end up stepping on each other’s toes by stealing the set starting point from each other back and forth. Please fix this!

          Arvid
          Arvid
          Active Member
          February 6, 2021

          I would really like it the way Adobe XD handles it. Where the prototype view will jump to the frame that I have selected. I think Figma Mirror also handles it that way iirc. As soon as I select a frame it will become active in the prototype view

            Rowan
            Rowan
            February 24, 2021

            Related point for me, in that I’d like to be able to choose a frame to stay on.

            I flick around the place editing different parts of my design, but don’t want Mirror on my phone to change with me most of the time.

              Titus_Nderitu
              Titus_Nderitu
              February 24, 2021

              I keep running into this as the starting point for a prototype is used for presentations so not ideal to always change the global starting point. Copying artboard to new page every time is also a step too far. Could use a preview this frame popup like in XD.

                David_Davidoff1
                David_Davidoff1
                April 18, 2021

                Hello colleagues,

                The function you are asking about already exists. Read the help article
                note

                That’s how it should work. But it doesn’t. I would suggest to submit an issue report from the question mark bottom right, contact support.

                Cheers

                Antony_Njoroge
                Antony_Njoroge
                July 12, 2021

                This is something that I love about Adobe XD and is part of my muscle memory. Figma Mirror works ok for me when designing an app but is pretty useless when doing something for the web. Please implement this feature @figma

                cc @anon21722796

                Nirosh_Neminda
                Nirosh_Neminda
                May 30, 2022

                yeah, I have an issue with something like this. I think both are the same idea. I want to quickly go through frames in a design file but I have to zoom in and out frame by frame. but if I can quickly toggle with TAB it’s awesome

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