Skip to main content
Alex Podstreha
New Member
Oct 1, 2025 10:22 PM UTC
Solved

The Alt key for measuring distances doesn't work

The problem occurs in both the desktop app and the web version
My friend has the exact same issue
I have already disabled all GPU overlays
Windows 11 pro

This topic has been closed for replies.
Junko3Solution
Figmate
Oct 2, 2025 1:53 AM UTC

Hi there,


Thanks for flagging this! Our engineering team has released a fix for this issue. Could you please refresh your tab and try to use the shortcut again to see if this is now working?

Thanks again for bringing this to our attention, and for your patience while we worked on the fix!

25 replies

Hikaru_Ato
Oct 2, 2025 1:12 AM UTC

This was driving me nuts until I found a solution a moment ago. In my case, clearing the Figma Desktop app cache worked.


I’ve cleared it using Terminal on Mac, following the method explained in this article:
https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/22380853110551-Clear-the-Figma-desktop-app-cache

Junko3Solution
Figmate
Oct 2, 2025 1:53 AM UTC

Hi there,


Thanks for flagging this! Our engineering team has released a fix for this issue. Could you please refresh your tab and try to use the shortcut again to see if this is now working?

Thanks again for bringing this to our attention, and for your patience while we worked on the fix!

Dominic_See
New Participant
Oct 2, 2025 2:35 AM UTC

Working again. Thanks.

Syart
New Member
Oct 2, 2025 1:12 PM UTC

​@Junko3 thanks it is fixed 

Alex Podstreha
New Member
Oct 3, 2025 12:17 PM UTC

thanks for help