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Figma Help Center: Use cursor chat in Figma Design
Documents cursor chat as live temporary messages attached to a user's cursor, available to viewers and editors in a file, supporting quick communication in the shared design canvas.
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| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live cursors | Choose live cursors when users need immediate spatial awareness of other collaborators' current pointer, caret, selection, viewport, or focus inside the same shared surface. | Sending cursor data updates ephemeral awareness state with coordinate, target, viewport, selection, identity, color, timestamp, and visibility preference, not the saved document content. | Figma cursor chat documents temporary live messages attached to a user's cursor for quick communication in a shared design file. |
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- Live cursors vs presence vs comments vs mentions
Figma cursor chat documents temporary cursor-attached live messages for quick communication in a shared design file.
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