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


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
Nellya wrote:

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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