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Stay in the flow with redesigned comments | Figma Blog (opens in new tab)

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Figma redesigned comments in Figma and FigJam to make feedback easier to discover, understand, and act on without interrupting design work. The updates encourage more collaborators to participate, promote shorter and more contextual feedback, and provide better tools for managing large volumes of comments. Overall, the redesign aims to keep teams in the flow while incorporating feedback.

Inviting More Collaborators

  • The comment sidebar is now easier to find for viewers opening a file.
  • Comments are also more visible in prototype presentation mode.
  • These changes help unfamiliar collaborators discover where to leave and review feedback.
  • Figma hopes increased visibility will encourage more contextual input instead of feedback through separate tools—or no feedback at all.

Encouraging Clearer Feedback

  • The comment composer was made smaller to encourage concise, easier-to-follow responses.
  • Reactions let users quickly express opinions, keep threads shorter, and lower the barrier to participation.
  • Collaborators can select an area of the canvas to leave broader feedback about multiple designs, groups of stickies, or a general concept.
  • Area-based comments preserve the context of feedback, whether it concerns a broad layout or a small design detail.

Managing Feedback During Design Work

  • Comment pins are visible by default, making feedback harder to overlook.
  • Designers can keep comments open while editing the canvas, allowing them to reference feedback without leaving their workflow.
  • A simplified canvas view makes it easier to see where feedback is concentrated.
  • Comment pins display avatars and provide previews on hover.
  • Comments in the same area are grouped into clusters to reduce visual clutter.
  • Users can search comments by keyword or person and sort them by date.
  • Comments can be marked as “unread” as a reminder to return to them later.

Figma’s redesigned comments make collaboration more accessible and structured, particularly during design critiques, sprints, and iterative review. The practical recommendation is to use concise, contextual comments and the new search, clustering, and unread features to keep feedback manageable.