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Auto Layout Not Appearing in Design Mode

  • March 3, 2026
  • 1 reply
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Alex Sweet

Screenshot attached, this keeps happening. Where is auto layout? why doesn’t it work in this case? and in dozens of other cases I look everywhere for it, My entire workflow is based around auto layout. What am I missing?

Figma Desktop App version 126.1.2

 

I’m getting quite sick of it, any fixes or is this a bug?

 

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djv
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • March 10, 2026

Hi ​@Alex Sweet, thanks for reaching out! 

I completely understand your frustration here. Please note that Auto layout is only supported on frames. You’ll want/need to wrap your elements in a frame in order to see the option for Auto layout. 

More information is available here: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/5731482952599-Toggle-on-auto-layout-in-designs