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Aleksander_Klajderic
February 11, 2021
Question

Toggle Show/Hide UI not working on Windows since Ctrl + can not be pressed

  • February 11, 2021
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At least on European keyboards (don’t know about the others) there is no dedicated backslash button. Therefore I can not use Ctrl + \ to show or hide the UI of the Figma web app.

Keyboard combinations with Alt are not working.

If I hide the UI with the help of the menu, I can not Show it again since the menu is part of the UI. !!??!

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62 replies

StLa1
August 3, 2022

Oh I thought you could pass it to the team, no problem

Tiago_Pereira_Pessoal
August 24, 2022

Valeu Pedrão!

lyk_impact
September 2, 2022

For nordic (at least danish) it is ctrl + ½

Hector_Martinez
November 13, 2022

With a Latin American keyboard, I type Ctrl + | (the symbol left, next to the 1) for toggle figma UI

Olivier_Dalban
December 15, 2022

ça ne marche pas pour moi les gars, pourtant j’ai un clavier 100% français…
C’est bien cmd + accent grave ? la touche où il y a le signe £ ?

Gyongy_Daniel
March 25, 2023

Fgima show/hide on a Hungarian keyboard is CTRL + Ű

May 23, 2023

It seems the shortcut has changed, it’s @ now.
If you want to see the key mapping according to your keyboard type, go to the “layout” panel of keyboard shortcuts: [Select keyboard layout – Figma Help Center] https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/5665442977431-Select-keyboard-layout

For me, show/hide UI shortcut is key “²” at left of the 1 (french Azerty on Windows)

November 6, 2023

I love you for this hint! Thx! <3

December 2, 2023

thank you so much. I was struggling to find this out. 😃

Bez1
New Participant
December 27, 2023

I have a similar issue on a US keyboard on windows.
There are three “/” keys on the keyboard,
on The “Q”, above the Numpad, and next to right Shift key.

The problem is the Ctrl+/ (on the “Q”) quits Figma
the other two “/” are opening a search box, so If I hide the UI through the menu,
I can’t get it back unless I quit Figma and open again.

It used to be another key, I think in the past it was Ctrl+. or Ctrl+, and it worked
but now I don’t have a shortcut anymore to hide show UI and it’s really hindering my work…