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LTG_Seb
LTG_Seb
Jun 14, 2022 8:40 PM UTC
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How do I hide the bounding box around text layers?

I’ve got text selected in my layout, and am trying out various fonts using a Font Preview plugin, but I still need to see the font in context.

The problem is that I only have a second to evaluate how it looks like in context.

How do I hide that bounding box around the text layer, so that it doesn’t keep reappearing? In other design tools there’s usually a keyboard shortcut to toggle bounding boxes on/off, but I’m not seeing this in Figma.

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    tank666
    tank666Solution
    Jul 2, 2022 12:11 PM UTC

    Please vote for this idea here: Temporarily hiding selection outlines.

    UX/UI designer. Figma expert. Creator and developer of plugins and widgets for Figma and FigJam. Check out my resources in Figma Community: figma.com/@tank
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    LTG_Seb
    LTG_SebAuthor
    Jun 14, 2022 9:07 PM UTC

    To clarify further - The bounding box gets in the way of me evaluating how my design looks as I cycle through different fonts.

      LTG_Seb
      LTG_SebAuthor
      Jun 15, 2022 11:18 PM UTC

      So I take it there’s no way to do this??

      Giuseppe_Craparotta
      Giuseppe_Craparotta
      Jun 30, 2022 8:42 AM UTC

      It’s an issue for me too… how come they don’t have a fix to this yet ?!

      tank666
      tank666Solution
      Jul 2, 2022 12:11 PM UTC

      Please vote for this idea here: Temporarily hiding selection outlines.

      UX/UI designer. Figma expert. Creator and developer of plugins and widgets for Figma and FigJam. Check out my resources in Figma Community: figma.com/@tank
        Stefan_Sabadas
        Stefan_Sabadas
        New Participant
        Feb 6, 2023 8:33 AM UTC

        we also need that this doesnt happen just visually, but also that the text layer height is given by the height of the letters, not that bounding box, so that we can set padding and spacing relative to the letter height.

          Dan56
          Dan56
          Aug 6, 2024 6:45 PM UTC

          This should definitely be a feature.

          It’s not perfect but a workaround I have for this (If i’m understanding you properly) is to create a component with the selected text elements in, then in another area use an instance of that component to ‘view’ the changes in real time.

          djv
          Figmate
          djv
          Community Support
          Aug 8, 2024 3:32 PM UTC

          Thanks for the feedback, @Dan56!

          As tank mentioned above, please vote to implement this feature here:

          Our team will continue to track votes and feedback to prioritize this feature in that thread.

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