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Mara Kosac
New Member
June 14, 2025
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Inconsistent selection behavior when dragging to select items

  • June 14, 2025
  • 3 replies
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I'm experiencing an issue with the selection tool in Figma. When I try to click and drag to select multiple items on the canvas, it often fails to work properly. Sometimes it only selects some of the items within the selection box, and other times it doesn't select anything at all even though I'm definitely dragging over layers. And then I have to select them one by one, the only way it works. 

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    Best answer by Celine_

    Hi ​@Mara Kosac , thanks for flagging this, and I’m sorry for the trouble you’ve been experiencing.

    Our engineering team has rolled out a fix. When you have a moment, could you please try restarting or refreshing Figma to see if everything’s working as expected now? Thank you!

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    Celine_
    Figmate
    Celine_Solution
    Community Support
    June 16, 2025

    Hi ​@Mara Kosac , thanks for flagging this, and I’m sorry for the trouble you’ve been experiencing.

    Our engineering team has rolled out a fix. When you have a moment, could you please try restarting or refreshing Figma to see if everything’s working as expected now? Thank you!

    Mara Kosac
    New Member
    June 16, 2025

    It’s working now, thank you! 

    Celine_
    Figmate
    Community Support
    June 17, 2025

    Yay! Thanks for letting me know. I’ve gone ahead and marked as solved the topic here.
    Thank you!