Problem description:Hi Figma team,Since the last update, I can no longer see the distance between elements when I select one and hold down the Option key (on Mac) while hovering over another. I’ve tried everything suggested:Using Option or Alt + hover over another element. Switching from Draw to Design mode in the bottom right of the interface. Restarting Figma, opening new files, updating the app, clearing the cache, trying the web version, and even disabling plugins.Nothing has worked and the problem persists, even though I used to see the measurements with no problem before.I would really appreciate some help, since this tool is essential in my workflow and it’s causing me a lot of issues.Thank you!

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Can't see distances between elements, even in Design mode and after trying everything

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September 17, 2025
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Problem description:

Hi Figma team,
Since the last update, I can no longer see the distance between elements when I select one and hold down the Option key (on Mac) while hovering over another. I’ve tried everything suggested:

Using Option or Alt + hover over another element.
Switching from Draw to Design mode in the bottom right of the interface.
Restarting Figma, opening new files, updating the app, clearing the cache, trying the web version, and even disabling plugins.

Nothing has worked and the problem persists, even though I used to see the measurements with no problem before.

I would really appreciate some help, since this tool is essential in my workflow and it’s causing me a lot of issues.

Thank you!

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Best answer by Junko3

Hi there,

As some of you may have already noticed, our engineering team has released a fix for the recent issue.

If you’ve run into this problem recently, please refresh your tab and try using the shortcut again to confirm if it’s now working.

Thanks again for flagging this and for your patience while we worked on the fix!

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S4Dnet

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Workaround:

Set your zoom to 390%
Use calipers

hahaha that’s definetly NOT the way 🤣

Creppermint

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Same issue, Option key just turns cursor into duplicate tool and that’s it.

Tried to restart, clean cache, use browser etc etc etc, nothing works.

This is Incredibly annoying.

Leonid Spektor

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I love this thread

Creppermint

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One of the stupid workarounds would be to select the objects you want to measure and mouse over the pink line between them to see the distance. Or manually measure everything using Shift+M Measure tool (which then stays on screen, which drives me nuts).

Pokopower

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Figma please fix this already. I feel so powerless and it’s driving me nuts!!!

Leonid Spektor

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seehadley

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Same. Opt+hover is how I measure distances so it’s rather disruptive.

Latest desktop app, MBP Sequoia 15.6.1.

Elaine_Zhao

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Is there any update on this one? Desktop 125.8.9, MacOS Sequoia 15.7.1. Can barely work with this feature broken… :(

matticus

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Dev here - really irritating to integrate with this tool suddenly gone

Mussna Irfan

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Problem description:

Hi Figma team,
Since the last update, I can no longer see the distance between elements when I select one and hold down the Option key (on Mac) while hovering over another. I’ve tried everything suggested:

Using Option or Alt + hover over another element.
Switching from Draw to Design mode in the bottom right of the interface.
Restarting Figma, opening new files, updating the app, clearing the cache, trying the web version, and even disabling plugins.

Nothing has worked and the problem persists, even though I used to see the measurements with no problem before.

I would really appreciate some help, since this tool is essential in my workflow and it’s causing me a lot of issues.

Thank you!

Yes, same thing just happened to me. It is very frustrating. I have tried everything. I think it’s a bug @figma needs to fix this asap.

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