I have been experiencing unusual behavior in Figma for several days. When I use Spacebar + mouse to pan, the canvas moves unpredictably in different directions while the spacebar is pressed. Refreshing Figma temporarily resolves the issue, but the glitch reoccurs frequently. I am using Figma Web.
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Spacebar panning glitch in Figma
Same here, issue still persists. When pressing the space bar to move around, it just starts moving randomly (down usually).
I don't know if this is related to any changes on the developers' side, but the issue disappeared when I switched from a wired Logitech B110 mouse to a wireless Logitech Signature M650L about 10 days ago. However, after the latest update, the custom commands assigned to the extra side buttons on the mouse stopped working in Figma, and a few days ago the spacebar panning glitch came back.
Yes, the issue resets temporarily when you switch from Figma to another application and back, but this can hardly be called normal or a comfortable working experience.
Hey everyone, really sorry you’re still running into this and that the previous fix didn’t resolve things!
Thanks a lot for sharing these details as well. I’ve flagged this again with the team so they can take a closer look based on what you’re seeing here. The team is actively working on this and doing their best to get it resolved for everyone.
I’ll share an update here as soon as I hear back.
Appreciate your patience in the meantime!
Just to add to what Alexander mentioned — this might help — I’m also using a Logitech mouse (wireless MX Master 2S).
- Open System Settings (or System Preferences).
- Go to Accessibility > Keyboard.
- Turn OFF the toggle for Full Keyboard Access.
This fixed my isssue on Macbook
Really appreciate you sharing what worked for you with the Full Keyboard Access setting. That’s helpful context for others running into the same issue.
If you’re still seeing the spacebar panning glitch after the update, please reach out again!
Same issue. On Mac, desktop app.
Just to double check a couple of things so I can narrow this down:
- Is your desktop app fully up to date? (Figma Desktop App version 126.2.10)
- Have you already tried restarting the app since the fix was rolled out?
If you’ve done both and it’s still happening, let me know I’ll escalate this back to the team so we can take a closer look.
Just to double check a couple of things so I can narrow this down:
- Is your desktop app fully up to date? (Figma Desktop App version 126.2.10)
- Have you already tried restarting the app since the fix was rolled out?
If you’ve done both and it’s still happening, let me know I’ll escalate this back to the team so we can take a closer look.
Yes and yes. It hasn’t happened since I reported it last time though.
Thanks for confirming that!
Correction: the team has confirmed the fix is out in our beta version, version 126.3.6.
Can you please download the beta version to see if the fix works for you: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/5601429983767-Guide-to-the-Figma-desktop-app#Download_the_beta_version.
This issue has been happening for a few months now (Desktop, Windows 11). I always have to close the app and reopen it -- that usually fixes it for a while (sometimes minutes, sometimes hours), but the problem always comes back. It’s been happening more frequently this week. I also tried the beta version, and it worked fine for about 40 minutes, but then the issue occurred again.
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