Figma agent chat finally opens in its own window

A separate window for the Figma agent: small change, real workflow gain

Figma keeps building out its AI agent, piece by piece. This time, there is no flashy new capability, but rather an ergonomic tweak that genuinely changes how you work: the agent chat panel can now be opened in its own window, on the macOS and Windows desktop app.

You can move it anywhere on your screen, and more importantly, it stays visible even when you switch to another tab or another application. A detail that seems minor on paper, but that makes a real difference in daily use.

What Figma is actually announcing

Three points sum up the update:

• The agent chat panel can be opened in an independent window
• This window can be freely moved anywhere on the screen
• It stays permanently visible, even when switching tabs or tools

In practice, you no longer need to reopen the panel every time you leave Figma to check a component in Dev Mode, look up documentation, or copy a piece of code generated elsewhere. The agent stays right there, in view, ready to answer.

Why this detail matters more than it seems

The real problem Figma is solving here is context switching. Every time a panel closes because you switch tabs, you lose a bit of your train of thought. You have to reopen it, find the conversation again, remember where you left off. Multiply that by how often it happens in a workday, and it weighs on your focus, even though each individual interruption feels small.

By detaching the agent chat, Figma treats AI as a true permanent copilot, on the same level as a terminal or a messaging app you keep open in the background. It is an interesting signal about the direction things are heading: the agent is no longer a tool you summon occasionally, but a continuous presence in the workflow.

A use case that speaks to any product team

At Mazette.co, the Figma agent is part of our daily process, whether it is for generating quick variants, structuring a design system, or preparing a clean handoff to development. These kinds of back-and-forth moments, between Figma, documentation, Dev Mode, or sometimes a code editor, are exactly where this new detached window changes the game.

On projects where the design carries straight through into a Webflow site, keeping the agent visible while switching to the canvas or the CMS settings helps maintain a continuity of thought. Fewer clicks, less mental reloading, and more time spent on what really matters: the quality of the final result.

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Mazette.co's take

We particularly like this kind of update precisely because it is not trying to impress. Figma is not promising anything revolutionary here, and that is a good thing: it is a pure usability improvement, designed for people who genuinely work with the tool every day, on real projects.

Our take: a clearly good idea. This kind of UX tweak, almost invisible in a list of new features, often has a bigger real impact on productivity than a flashy new capability. We are seeing a broader trend at Figma: treating the AI agent as a permanent part of the work environment, not as a gadget you open every once in a while. This ties into a wider reflection on the growing role of AI in design tools, something we already touched on when discussing Figma's recent progress on motion and agents.

Just one caveat: this feature remains exclusive to the desktop app. Teams working solely from a browser will have to wait. But if you are already using the native app, there is no reason not to turn this on today: it costs nothing in terms of adaptation, and it is immediately useful.

For teams that, like us, juggle Figma and Webflow on a daily basis, this kind of small comfort truly makes a difference over the course of a project. If you want to see how we bring these tools together on real projects, take a look at our product design expertise or come talk about your next project directly with our team.