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

  • May 14, 2025
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Vano Burduli

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
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  • May 14, 2025

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


Vano Burduli
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  • 2 replies
  • 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
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  • May 14, 2025

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


Jeff_Golenski
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  • 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!