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Feedback: Huge vertical spacing in the new Variables Panel is reducing density (+ Feature Request: %, em, rem units)

  • July 14, 2026
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Andega Pro

Dear My Love.. Figma Team,

 

I wanted to share some critical feedback regarding the recent UI update to the Local Variables panel, along with a highly requested feature suggestion.

 

🚨 [IMPORTANT] Feedback 1: Excessive Spacing Between Variables

Since the latest update, there is a massive, unnecessary vertical gap/spacing between each variable row in the table (as shown in my screenshot).

 The Issue: This drastically reduces information density. It looks less like clean UI and more like a bug.

• The Impact: For large design systems with hundreds of primitive variables, this requires an exhausting amount of scrolling. It completely disrupts the workflow and makes the panel feel cluttered yet empty at the same time.

• Request: Please restore the compact, dense layout or at least give us a "Compact View" toggle in the settings.

 

💡 [IMPORTANT] Feedback 2: Support for Relative Units (%, em, rem)

While we are on the topic of variables, we desperately need support for relative units in number/dimension variables.

• The Suggestion: Please allow us to input values using percentages (%), em, rem, or other responsive CSS units not just absolute pixels (px).

• The Impact: Modern web design relies heavily on fluid typography and relative spacing. Having to calculate and hardcode everything in pixels limits the true power of Figma variables for front-end handoff.

Please look into these issues, especially the spacing regression in the latest UI.

Thank you!

1 reply

Jaycee Lewis
Figmate

Hey, ​@Andega Pro 👋 Please try updating your Figma and se if the spacing issue has resolved. You should be good to go now. And for your your feedback, I feel like we should break that out and make it its own post in Suggest a Feature so that it stands on its own. If you want to copy + paste it into a new comment, I can more the comment to it’s own post. Or you are welcome to get it done yourself. Talk soon! — Jaycee