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Ben_Dunkle
April 8, 2021
Question

Hand/move cursor won't go away

  • April 8, 2021
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Lately I’ve noticed when I’m working, the hand cursor will get stuck; I will be trying to move an object but the hand cursor won’t go away. If I click a layer or a tool or anything in the ui, the cursor behaves normally again. It’s weird and seems like a bug. Figma 96.4 on MacOS 11.2.3

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26 replies

Arunava_Basak1
April 8, 2021

I have also been facing this issue. Usually I just click on the spacebar button to bring back the cursor back to default state. Possibly a bug

Mr.Biscuit
New Participant
April 12, 2021

To replicate this bug: start by drawing a selection area on canvas, then hold down the space bar while continue drawing the selection, then press down the ⌘ key and then let go of the space bar while continue drawing the selection, now release the ⌘ key and you’ll be stuck with the hand 😃 I do this for prank lol

Kyle_Pace
May 7, 2021

This is happening to me CONSTANTLY and it’s getting really frustrating. Has there been a solution to this issue? I’m on an M1 Macbook Pro.

Christian_Heydt
July 20, 2021

I have the same problem with the latest version of the Figma Desktop App on macOS Big Sur 11.4 (Intel Mac).

Sergiy_Voronov
September 13, 2021

happens to me every 15 minutes, where annoying 😕

Josh
Former Community Manager
September 13, 2021

Hey there, are you able to share a screen recording of this happening? Having a hard time reproducing it on my end.

David_Lipman
November 10, 2021

Yup, I get the same issue. For some reason, it gets stuck in hand all the time. So I have to right click the canvas and then it goes back to normal. Interesting thing is that when it’s stuck in hand, the “hand” icon in the tool bar is not highlighted, but rather the “pointer / move” is.

MarkusNorsted
New Member
November 18, 2021

Yes, happens to me too all the time. I personally have set up my middle mouse button to act as “pan” (which I find very easy, perhaps used to using Fusion 360 or Affinity Designer). But at times I also get stuck with a hand icon and nowhere to go (apart from the screen size). Extra bad is the fact that this seem to happen very often when I’m on a call with colleagues. Perhaps I’m panning around more hectic when I want to show my work? Anyway, it’s super annoying. I have to Cmd-Tab out of Figma, then Cmd-Tab back again and press “V” to be able to get back to the normal state. Running macOS Monterey 12.0.1 and current date of Figma build.

To reproduce, set your mouse middle button to “pan”. Then, press and hold that middle squeaky button and pan outside the app’s window and the back again. Then, release middle mouse button. Now you’re stuck with a Hand-icon and nowhere to go apart from within the app-window. (Edit: just tried to reproduce myself, and I had to wiggle my mouse a bit before it got stuck)

kike_ardila
December 31, 2021

Constantly happens that the cursor doesn’t change between zoom option and the default state, it’s annoying because I often thought that I already have the zoom option but not, it’s the arrow cursor, I have this bug with macOS Monterey 12.0.1

Mads
February 3, 2022

Need a fix to this. Constantly have to close/reopen my file to fix the issue 😅