In XD and Sketch, when you Cmd + Click on an item, you go 1 level deeper incrementally. How do you do this in Figma? It works only in a group, and then goes back to the to level.
How the heck do you select a group, that is covered by another group?
An example below: how do you select the photo backdrop in here? Without doing it via the layers panel (which is very time consuming in huge files with many many layers…)
Best answer by marksworld
Hi @SaroGFX
I would use ⌘ Command on Mac or Ctrl on windows + right click on any frame. You should then see a layer menu where you can then select your specific layer.
But here comes another tip: mostly I use Enter and Shift + Enter to navigate between the layers.
I hope this helps.
Hi @SaroGFX
I would use ⌘ Command on Mac or Ctrl on windows + right click on any frame. You should then see a layer menu where you can then select your specific layer.
But here comes another tip: mostly I use Enter and Shift + Enter to navigate between the layers.
I hope this helps.
Thank you! That helps a little. But i am really wondering how one uses Figma professionally without spending half the day looking at the layers panel. I was hoping I was missing a feature… 😦
Really hope Figma will add this (deep clicking through will go to next group and so on) because it appears to be so essential for a quick workflow.
The keyboard shortcuts don’t really help much because you need both hands. Might as wel click the layers tab then.
I recently transitioned from using Adobe XD to Figma, and I had been missing the feature of deep selection. Until now … not as XD but good enough. ♥️
I’ve been using Figma 3 years shift+clicking every child layer… what a game changer
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