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Cant measure distances

  • March 9, 2026
  • 3 replies
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dwchy

Problem:
 


Hi,
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 tried all the recommendation solution from previous issue (searching on this forum) but the issue still there
 

3 replies

djv
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • March 9, 2026

Hi ​@dwchy, thanks for flagging this! 

I completely understand how this must be slowing down your workflow. I just tested this in a Figma Design file in the desktop app and using the browser, and it is working as expected on my end.

Are you still having issues measuring distances between layers? If so, with a few more details, I can flag this over to the team to investigate further. Is this happening in all of your files or one file in particular? Are you using Figma in the browser or the desktop app?

Please let me know, and we can continue troubleshooting together. 


David
  • New Participant
  • March 9, 2026

I’ve been seeing this condition when using the Figma Beta macOS app. I would restart the app and it would work okay for a bit before starting to not show the measurement.

I swapped back to the Figma production macOS app and haven’t had the issue re-occur over the past couple of hours.


dwchy
  • Author
  • New Member
  • March 10, 2026

Hi ​@dwchy, thanks for flagging this! 

I completely understand how this must be slowing down your workflow. I just tested this in a Figma Design file in the desktop app and using the browser, and it is working as expected on my end.

Are you still having issues measuring distances between layers? If so, with a few more details, I can flag this over to the team to investigate further. Is this happening in all of your files or one file in particular? Are you using Figma in the browser or the desktop app?

Please let me know, and we can continue troubleshooting together. 

it happened to all my files, im using figma desktop app macos version, tried on the web also face the issue
i check with some of my friends that using figma is also encountered this issue