Figma: Tab Groups in Desktop App
FigmaFigma introduced Tab Groups in the desktop app, letting designers group, color-code, expand, and collapse open file tabs. Teams managing multiple projects or clients can now organize their workspace more efficiently by labeling groups and reducing visual clutter. Available to all desktop app users regardless of plan tier.
Tab Groups in the Figma Desktop App
Figma introduced Tab Groups in its desktop application, giving designers a long-requested way to organize their open file tabs into named, color-coded collections. The feature is available to all desktop app users on macOS and Windows, with no plan-tier restriction.
What Tab Groups Enable
Prior to this update, Figma desktop users had a flat list of open tabs with no way to logically separate projects, clients, or work streams. Tab Groups address this directly: designers can create a group, assign it a name and a color label, then drag existing tabs into it. Groups can be expanded to reveal all their tabs or collapsed to a single labeled row, dramatically reducing horizontal tab bar clutter.
Key behaviors include:
- Create and name groups from any open tab or via the tab bar menu
- Color-code groups to distinguish clients, projects, or status at a glance
- Expand and collapse groups to control how much of the tab bar is visible at once
- Drag tabs in and out of groups freely
Who Benefits
The feature is especially useful for freelancers and agencies juggling multiple client accounts simultaneously, and for in-house teams who maintain separate design systems, marketing assets, and product screens in different files. Rather than closing tabs to manage cognitive load, designers can keep all files open while keeping the workspace tidy.
Availability
Tab Groups are available now in the Figma desktop app for macOS and Windows. No configuration or plan upgrade is required.