Figma Annotations

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Figma Annotations

Easily do your design handoff or brainstorm with our ready-to-use Annotation Template. The Figma annotation is a component that allows you to add clear notes, memos, and design explanations directly to your Figma design.

Annotations are helpful for team collaboration, reducing uncertainty, and providing full design context, especially during reviews, presentations, or developer handoffs.

Use annotations in Figma to communicate your design decisions, highlight important UI elements, explain interactions, or showcase user flows to your team or clients. You can also include helpful details like keyboard shortcuts, notes, and dev instructions.

Figma Annotations Best Practices

Write annotations that are short but informative. Focus on what and why, not long stories.
Place annotations close to the design element they explain. Group notes together with the components they refer to.
Highlight critical notes — like handoff instructions, or dev warnings using Figma variants.

Annotation Anatomy

Set	Variants	Properties
Cursor	38	Type Arrow Not allowed, Arrow Busy, Arrow Delete, Arrow Add, Duplicate Figma, Figma Cursor, Resize Right, Resize Left, Resize Left-Right, Resize Top-Down, Resize Right Down, Resize Down, Resize Left Down, Resize Diagonal Right, Resize Right Top, Resize Top, Resize Left Top, Resize Diagonal Left, Type Vertical, Type Horizontal, Make Alias, Cross, Plus, Resize Middle, Resize Up Middle, Resize Right Center, Resize Center, Resize Left Center, Resize Middle Down, Question, Move, Zoom Out, Zoom In, Hand Grab, Hand, Hand Pointing, Arrow, Cursor
AnnotationArrow	18	Type Shape Y, Shape U, Shape S, Shape L, Shape V, Shape HDirection Sideways, Arrow End, Arrow Start
KeyboardKey	14	Type ↓ Arrow, ↑ Arrow, -> Arrow, <- Arrow, ⌫ Delete, ␣ Space, ⇥ Tab, ⎋ Escape, ⏎ Return, ˄ Control, ⌥ Option, ⇧ Shift, ⌘ Command, Letter
AnnotationVariable	6	Type Radius, Spacing, Boolean, String, Number, Color
StickyNote	4	Color Yellow, Blue, Purple, Green
KeyCombo	4	Keys Item x4, Item x3, Item x2, Item x1

Six component sets cover design handoff: a 38-type Cursor set, AnnotationArrow in six shapes with Sideways, Arrow End and Arrow Start directions, a 14-key KeyboardKey set, an AnnotationVariable chip for Radius, Spacing, Boolean, String, Number and Color, StickyNote in Yellow, Blue, Purple and Green, and a KeyCombo row of up to four keys.

Annotation AI Prompt

Paste this into Claude, ChatGPT, or Figma Make:

Build a Figma annotation kit of six component sets for marking up design files. Cursor: a Type property with 38 pointer glyphs — arrows, resize cursors for every direction, zoom in and out, hand, grab, pointing, type cursors and Figma-style cursors. AnnotationArrow: hand-drawn connector lines in six shapes (Y, U, S, L, V and H) with a Direction property for Sideways, Arrow End and Arrow Start. KeyboardKey: a rounded keycap with 14 types — Command, Shift, Option, Control, Return, Escape, Tab, Space, Delete, the four arrows and a plain Letter. KeyCombo: a row holding one to four KeyboardKey instances for shortcuts. AnnotationVariable: a small chip that labels a design token as Radius, Spacing, Boolean, String, Number or Color. StickyNote: a square note with a folded corner in Yellow, Blue, Purple and Green, a bold title line and two placeholder text lines. Build everything with auto layout and variants so notes, arrows, keycaps and cursors snap together cleanly during design reviews and developer handoff.

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