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Lala1
Lala1
Oct 21, 2023 5:09 PM UTC
Question

Smart guide disappeared all of a sudden

My smart guides disappeared suddenyl. It is very uncomfortable to press Alt key all the time. How to enable smart guides again? Please help

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    Josh
    Josh
    Former Community Manager
    Oct 25, 2023 3:42 PM UTC

    Hey there @Lala1, do you mean the rulers and guides or the layout guides?
    For both of these you should be able to find the setting in the top right by clicking on the view dropdown. Let me know if this fixes it for you!

    BennettF
    BennettF
    Nov 1, 2023 7:37 PM UTC

    This is also a recent issue for me. Only on my 2022 Mac Studio — they still work fine on my 2023 Macbook Air. To clarify — these are the temporary red alignment guides that usually pop up to help align objects within the same frame. This is only for the desktop app as well — they work as expected on the web instance of the app. Screen cap for example.


    Screenshot 2023-11-01 at 2.33.57 PM

    djv
    Figmate
    djv
    Community Support
    Nov 1, 2023 7:48 PM UTC

    Hey @BennettF, thanks for following up!

    It sounds like you may be referring to offset measurements? Now, you can select an object, hold option/alt, and hover over an object to show you the offset horizontal and vertical measurements for each.

    This launched in late September:

    Robbie_Wagner
    Nov 16, 2023 11:58 AM UTC

    Thank you for your reply @dvaliao

    djv
    Figmate
    djv
    Community Support
    Nov 16, 2023 4:57 PM UTC

    Hey @Robbie_Wagner,

    From your screenshot, you’re using a FigJam file, not a Figma file, which is why you’re seeing different options.

    David_Matos
    David_Matos
    New Member
    Jul 10, 2024 6:23 PM UTC

    Check your frames, I think elements must be on the same frame for snapping to work

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