Harsha Vardhan N
While adding hyperlink to a text is straightforward in Figma, there isn’t a proper way to add hyperlinks to images, icons, pages, and frames. In this guide, we will demonstrate how to hyperlink and make it work through an example for each to get you covered.
Before getting started: Open Figma on your browser and sign in with your credentials or create a new account. After a successful login, open an existing design from Recents or use the Design file button to create a new design.
What we cover
Hyperlink Text in Figma
- Start by adding text to the design by clicking on T icon from the toolbar or pressing T on the keyboard and placing a text box by selecting an area.
- After the text box is added, enter text and select it to find options at the top, from which click on Create Link. By doing so, you will find an input box at the top of the text in which you type the URL and hit Enter.
- You can also add a link by selecting text and pressing key combinations Ctrl + K (Windows) or Cmd + K (macOS), typing in the URL, and hitting Enter.
- After the hyperlink is added to the text, click on it to open the URL, and if it redirects to the set URL, you have successfully added a hyperlink.
Add a Hyperlink to the Image/Icon/Shape
Unlike adding a hyperlink to the text box, there isn’t a straightforward approach to adding hyperlinks to an image, icon, or shape. For this purpose, we have presented two methods to get you covered.
Using Text box within Image
- Start by adding an image to the design, or if you have an existing image added, click on it to select it.
- With the image added, press T to add a text box and ensure it is placed over the image and covers the entire area.
- After the text box is added, fill in the box by hitting Space. If you do it right, you will find the empty text added over the image.
- Now hyperlink the text box by pressing Ctrl + K or Cmd + K, adding a URL, and hitting Enter.
- With the above step, the text box is placed over the image with a link added to it, and clicking the image opens the link.
Pro Tip: If you added text instead of spaces in the text box, navigate to the Fill section in the Properties panel and turn off the visibility of the text box by clicking the Eye icon.
Explanation: Turning off the visibility of the text box is important, as in the final design, the text shouldn’t be displayed over the image to create an impression that clicking on the image opens the link.
Using Prototype to Hyperlink Image/Icon/Shape
While the above approach is quicker and ideal for smaller icons, there are possibilities that some regions of the image, icon, or shape might not redirect the link if the text box isn’t correctly placed.
In this scenario, the best approach is to add frames and use prototypes to hyperlink the image, icon, or shape. Here are easy steps on how to do it.
Note: The steps remain the same for image, icon, and shape. Hence, irrespective of what you’re working with, follow the steps to add a hyperlink.
- Start by adding an image, icon, or shape to the design. As we have demonstrated with an image earlier, let’s use a Shape (Rectangle).
- Now, select the shape by clicking on it and then right-click on it. From the options that are displayed, click on Frame selection.
- By doing so, the shape is converted into a frame. Now, navigate to the Properties panel and open the Prototype tab. Next, click on the Interactions sections, and you will find the Click with None action.
- Now, click on Click to open an extended tab, and from which, set to On click, and none is changed to Open link from the drop-down.
- If you do it right, you will find an input field in which you enter the URL and close it.
- Now, you will have an image, icon, or shape with a hyperlink successfully added. To verify if it is working, present the prototype, and you will notice that clicking on the image, icon, or shape opens the link set.
Add a Hyperlink to the Page/Frame
The easiest way to hyperlink a page or a frame is through the text box. For demonstration, we have created a new page and added two text boxes to it, where one redirects to the set page and the other to the frame. Here’s how to get started.
Hyperlink a Page
- To hyperlink the page, start by navigating to the Layers panel on the left and right, and click on the page you want to hyperlink. Now, from the options that are displayed, click on the Copy link to page.
- Next, add a text box by pressing T, then click on it and press Ctrl + K or Cmd + K to bring up the URL input field. In the input field, paste the copied link of the page and hit Enter.
- If you do it right, you will notice that when hovering over the mouse to the text box, it displays Go to Page 1, and clicking the text box opens the page that it is linked to.
Hyperlink a Frame
- Start by adding a frame on Page 1 for demonstration and right-click on it. Now, from the options that are displayed, click on Copy/Paste and then Copy link to selection.
- Now, open Page 2 and add a text box by pressing T, then click on it and press Ctrl + K or Cmd + K to bring up the URL input field. In the input field, paste the copied link of the frame and hit Enter.
- If you do it right, you will notice that when hovering over the mouse to the text box, it displays Go to Page 1/Frame 1. Now,click the text box to open the frame to which it is linked.
Wrapping Up
Congratulations on learning how to Hyperlink in Figma!
Consider this an ultimate guide to Hyperlink in Figma as we have presented how to hyperlink a text, image, icon, shape, frame, and page.
However, keep in mind that these steps associated with each demonstration are to understand the process behind the hyperlink and can vary depending on the design you’re working on. Hence, consider these as references and experiment with the steps to hyperlink in Figma like a Pro.
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