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Filipe_Trabbold
Apr 27, 2023 3:57 PM UTC
Solved

Right click menu not opening – Mac app

I cannot open this menu on the canvas, only when I go to the layer menu.

I tried to close and open, restart, reload the tab… nothing.

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djv
djvSolution
Community Support
Apr 28, 2023 3:25 AM UTC

Hey there, that’s very odd.

Can you make sure you have the option enabled for Ctrl + click? You can find it under Preferences > Ctrl + click opens right click menu

Screenshot 2023-04-03 at 2.50.54 PM

If it is checked, please reach out to the support team directly via this form for additional help: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

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djv
Figmate
djvSolution
Community Support
Apr 28, 2023 3:25 AM UTC

Hey there, that’s very odd.

Can you make sure you have the option enabled for Ctrl + click? You can find it under Preferences > Ctrl + click opens right click menu

Screenshot 2023-04-03 at 2.50.54 PM

If it is checked, please reach out to the support team directly via this form for additional help: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Filipe_Trabbold
Apr 28, 2023 8:01 AM UTC

Life saviour! Thank you so much!

Sam_Dutton
Jul 7, 2023 12:07 PM UTC

@dvaliao I think this should be enabled by default. Is there a reason it’s not?

Nat_Schade
Aug 8, 2023 4:17 PM UTC

Just putting in that I agree with @Sam_Dutton I was very confused when I stopped being able to open menus this way, thank god for this thread since I had assumed it was a bug with Figma. Also, I’m kind of confused about what use cases would even require this setting to be switched off.

Aug 17, 2023 3:20 PM UTC

I had the same issue! Thanks so much, it was an easy fix 🙂

Derek_Rodenbeck
Jan 30, 2024 7:54 PM UTC

I also agree that this should be a default setting for Mac users. It makes no sense as to why I would not want to be able to right-click a menu to open it.

Guillermo6
New Member
Feb 4, 2024 7:45 PM UTC

Why is this a setting? I can’t think of any other app that uses the CTRL for anything other than contextual menus. I thought it was a bug too until I found this thread.

y_toku
Figmate
Community Support
Feb 4, 2024 11:53 PM UTC

Hi there, thanks for the feedback. I will share your feedback with our internal team. Really appreciate your voice.

Rob Westwood
New Member
Feb 14, 2025 7:10 PM UTC

Is this still defaulted to off?