Figma for DESIGN HANDOFF
Simplify design handoff
Figma enables a design handoff experience that keeps designers and developers on the same page. Communicate better, deliver consistency, and build great products.
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Bridge the gap between design and development
Improve communication and collaboration between designers and developers, so that what gets designed is what gets built.
Minimize misinterpretations
Easily annotate design files with additional information and measurements—increasing clarity and speeding up development.
Reduce back-and-forth
Developers can easily compare a frame to its previous version to see exactly what changed.
Communicate what’s ready for dev
Use section statuses to clearly denote which screens are ready for your dev partners to work on.
Explore features built for better design handoff
A view for developers
Invite developers to collaborate from the start and to weigh in on design decisions. Offer them a dedicated view—Dev Mode—to inspect, compare, and implement designs.
Align design systems to code
Easily create, maintain, and share components and styles. Use the same language across design files and code with tokens —and view other developer resources right in your design file.
Inspect and grab code snippets
Get details like measurements, specs, and styles. Generate production-ready CSS, iOS, or Android code snippets from your design. Or, export assets with a single click.
VS Code integration
Our extension for VS Code brings the design file into the text editor. Inspect Figma files, collaborate with designers, receive notifications, and get code suggestions—all from VS Code.
Previously, developers had to inspect each element. Now, we can auto-generate code from the designs.
Saurabh Soni, Head of Design at Razorpay
Learn more about design handoff best practices
Dive into Dev Mode
Learn more about Dev Mode and how it facilitates design to developer handoff.
Get handoff best practices
Read a collection of best practices from the experts.
How Figma uses Dev Mode
Learn how the Figma engineering and design teams use Dev Mode for handoff.
FAQs
Design handoff is the process of transitioning designs from designers to developers so they can build what was designed.
Figma keeps designers and developers on the same page with features like annotations, version comparisons, and Dev Mode—helping teams communicate better and deliver consistency.
Dev Mode is a dedicated view for developers to inspect designs, access code snippets, and compare versions directly in Figma.
Yes, developers can generate production-ready CSS, iOS, or Android code snippets from designs, or export assets with a single click.
Use section statuses to clearly mark which screens are ready for your dev partners to work on.
Yes, you can easily annotate design files with additional information and measurements to increase clarity and speed up development.
Yes, the Figma extension for VS Code lets developers inspect files, collaborate with designers, receive notifications, and get code suggestions directly in their text editor.
You can align design systems to code using tokens—using the same language across design files and code—and view developer resources right in your design file.