Spacebar panning glitch in Figma

Happens to me too, desktop, Windows 11. Keyboard and mouse. Very annoying.

Also when it happens, it also causes another glitch. When I hold space + direction (like up arrow), the object goes diagonal..

(Win 11, desktop app)

Same issue here. It’s not always present, but it does happen often.

Also, as soon as I came in here to complain about it, it stopped happening… My issue only happens when holding space to pan, but before I can click and drag to pan the canvas pans automatically and quickly in a random direction.

I have not found the cause yet, nor what determines the direction the pan goes when holding spacebar. It doesn’t seem to be random though. The direction will continue the same way for each “bug session”. When it comes back it has usually switched directions.

EDIT…
I found out that switching programs removes the bug, which explains why I wasn’t able to replicate it after coming to this forum since I clicked into Chrome. I’ve tested this 3 different times its happened in the last hour and this seems to fix it temporarily. When I went to record it the last time, I opened OBS then went back to Figma and the bug was gone.
 

Also having this issue

Same issue, very annoying.

Only “solution” so far is closing the app and opening again, it goes away.

But then it reappears after a while.

Never had this problem in past versions.

Also to add to OP - no need to move the mouse. I can only press space and hold and it starts moving the screen position by itself.

I’ve also been experiencing this for a couple of weeks! Very annoying. 

Figma Desktop App version 126.1.2

macOS Tahoe 26.2 on M2 Max
 

Hi everyone, thank you all for taking the time to share details!

The team asked for the following info to investigate this further: 

• Are you using any special tools to manage your workspaces (like window managers)? 

• Do you have any non-standard keyboard shortcuts?

• Are you working with multiple monitors?

• Are you using a mouse, trackpad, drawing tablet, or switching between them?

Thank you for your help in advance! 

• No
• No
• I have two monitors, but Figma is only open in one.
• Mouse

Same happening to me for over a month now on the Figma desktop app for Mac (iMac M1, Tahoe 26.1). Pressing the spacebar on the mac wireless keyboard to pan with my Wacom pen causes the the field of view to pan abruptly/quickly (even when not moving pen and/or trackpad).

I noticed the same pattern of irregular scrolling behaviour in the right menu of the UI interface — while in the colour palette if I press the spacebar it scrolls all the way to the bottom of the list of swatches.
 

• Not using any special tools to manage workspaces
• No custom keyboard shortcuts set
• Native iMac monitor only
• No mouse, using a mac trackpad along with a Wacom (S) 2025 pen tablet

Same over here for a month or so on Figma desktop app for Mac:

• No
• No
• Extra monitor on my MacBook Air
• Mouse

The suggestions of Zach_Ward2 (switching programs removes the bug) helps.

Hey everyone, thank you all so much for taking the time to share those details. 

I’ve passed everything along to the team internally, and they’re actively looking into it. I’ll keep you posted as soon as I have more clarity or updates to share.

Thanks again for your patience in the meantime!