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Figjam connectors in Figma

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#1

When creating hand-off documents I like to showcase user flows by using arrows between different UI elements. I have to use plugins to create these arrows at the moment. When playing with Figjam I notice it had a connector option - this is great. I would love it if we could also have this connector option inside Figma as it would be a HUGE timesaver for hand-off.

I would like to think this would be a super easy update given that we can already edit connectors inside Figma. We just need a connector button in the toolbar like so:

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Provide complete node API for Connector and Shape with text node
FigJam connectors in Figma as well?
#2

+1 This is definitely something that could add a ton of value to the core Figma functionality! It needs to be accessible in normal project/design files and not just in Figjam.

#3

While connectors aren’t officially supported in Figma they can be copy and pasted in from FigJam

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#4

I know. What I’m saying is it would make so much sense and be a huge time saver if we had them in Figma Design too!

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#5

I completely agree. They should be some sort of smart shape like stars, polygons, and arcs.

To be very honest, I don’t understand why FigJam is a separate product, it should be the same file to work on but with a simpler toolset. Design/Prototype/Inspect/Whiteboard. Clearly a lot of hard work and intelligence was brought forth to create FigJam but it seems to me that there is a lot of overlap with Figma.

#6

lmao, just copy this connector arrow from figjam to figma. it works there as well

#7

I know, this is why its annoying and why I created this request. Nearly all the logic to manipulate the connector is already built into Figma Design so just let me just place a connector there instead so I don’t have to copy one from Figjam.

Eventually when Figjam becomes its own paid for product people won’t have connectors freely available to them.

It will speed things up so much if I could just place them inside Figma and have connectors be fully editable (place text in them etc).

#8

I tried to copy some shapes and connectors with text to Figma and find that they’ve added node types for these two: CONNECTOR and SHAPE_WITH_TEXT, these types are not in plugin documentation yet.
I think Figma will add support for connectors and shape_with_text to Figma officially in the next updates.
I was trying to add RTL Support to the connector label for RTL PLZ Plugin, but its node properties are incomplete and I hope they provide characters property or something like that to allow updating connectors label with the plugin.
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#9

Currently I’m creating user flows in Figma with plugins, but when there are a lot of flows, creating/editing becomes very slow.

Supporting connector lines within Figma would make:

  • It very easy and fast to create/edit lines in a Figma document
  • Add lines between hifi mockups as well
  • Enable swapping out components and mockups within the hifi user flows/iterate on hifi user flows without breaking it
  • Link also from nested components/frames
  • Create boxes ans shaped flow charts for low fi user flows in the Figma doc
#10

I am currently working with a client using two separate licenses of Figma (one for our agency and the other for our client).

We have used Figjam to create flow charts but we have noticed issues of connectors either getting disconnected or producing strange artifacts (lines growing much larger than original instance and looping randomly).

Has anyone else encountered these issues?

We are having issues when:

  • Copying from one Figjam file to another
  • Copying from a Figjam file into a Figma file
  • After correcting issues in Figma (after copying from Figjam) we have noticed issues copying the “fixed” flow into another Figma file

Not sure if these are known issues that will be addressed in a future update.

#11

I think if you had a connector button in Figma then Figjam becomes a bit pointless! Just sayin its the only reason I use Figjam, well that and the fact anyone can easily understand how to use figjam. Honestly the lack of proper formatting and custom colour options means I end up creating a component in figma to import to figjam it just doubles the work load. One app to rule them all!

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