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Vano Burduli
Vano Burduli
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May 14, 2025
Question

Auto Layout controls not showing in Desktop app after UI3 update?

  • May 14, 2025
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After the recent UI3 update, the Auto Layout controls (direction, spacing, padding, etc.) don’t appear in the right sidebar in the Desktop version of Figma — even though Auto Layout is applied.

Everything works fine in the browser version.

 

Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

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Nellya
Nellya
Power Member
May 14, 2025

Can you share a screenshot? You are probably in a Draw mode instead of the Design mode.

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Vano Burduli
Vano BurduliAuthor
New Member
May 14, 2025

I’ve been using Figma for quite a long time, but I’ve never encountered an issue like this before.

Vano Burduli
Vano BurduliAuthor
New Member
May 14, 2025

Ah, you were right — I just checked and I was in draw mode. Thanks a lot! 😁😍

    Jeff_Golenski
    Jeff_Golenski
    New Member
    June 4, 2025

    Can you share a screenshot? You are probably in a Draw mode instead of the Design mode.

    You just resolved all my frustration. I’ve been using Figma for 8 years and with the UI changed, no guided tour told me about “draw” vs “design” mode and I thought a ton of functionality just vanished. 

     

    Thanks for this! 

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