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click_Mao · 2024-07-03T02:02:06+00:00

What I can’t stand the most is that the panels of the new UI can’t be attached to the edges. They leave some gaps, wasting the space to display the main design and operation area. And visually, these gaps are also distracting my attention. The toolbar at the bottom also interferes with the main operation space, especially if its color is the same as my design draft. By the way, is it just for the convenience of novices to move it from the top to the bottom? If someone who uses Figma more frequently, he will use shortcuts instead of mouse clicks to trigger these functions. So I hope that adjustments can be made in time in the official version of UI3, otherwise these redesign will seem like a subjective conjecture of someone who doesn’t use Figma much.

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What I can’t stand the most is that the panels of the new UI can’t be attached to the edges. They leave some gaps, wasting the space to display the main design and operation area. And visually, these gaps are also distracting my attention.
The toolbar at the bottom also interferes with the main operation space, especially if its color is the same as my design draft. By the way, is it just for the convenience of novices to move it from the top to the bottom? If someone who uses Figma more frequently, he will use shortcuts instead of mouse clicks to trigger these functions.
So I hope that adjustments can be made in time in the official version of UI3, otherwise these redesign will seem like a subjective conjecture of someone who doesn’t use Figma much.

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Vjatseslav

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You can switch to the old UI through the help menu at the bottom right, the ‘question mark’ icon. When you switch, please leave feedback that the new interface is awful and inconvenient.

Maria_Lyons1

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Agree!! The visual noise created by the panels floating is really distracting. That sliver of movement down the edges when I zoom/pan my canvas pulls my attention away from my work and stresses me out. I really just want to be able to pop them back in to the edges of the app.

linh_nguyen3

Component properties section
I find that the component controls are too high on the right-side panel, it makes the distance between designing and changing properties too far. It would be great to place this more in the center like it was before or allow us to rearrange the right bar to follow the order that works best for our workflow.

Bottom actions and assets
Why does this stay open after you drag the component you want onto screen? So annoying I always have to hit esc each time I drag what I want onto the screen. This wouldn’t be as big of a deal if it wasn’t directly covering where I’m working.

Layers panel - long names
This was an issue before but when there are many nested layers and the panel isn’t wide, you can’t view what layer you’re on. Might be nice to introduce a horizontal scroll.

Thank you for bringing the clip content checkbox back! Looking forward to the fill/hug updates too.

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Jessica41

I agree with what’s being said! Especially regarding the following:

Floating side panels - These are very distracting, as it seems like the panels could be part of the work I am designing as opposed to the app’s navigation/menus, plus the rulers & my designs sit behind the panels which is confusing for the eye.
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Bottom centre menu - The menu overlaps my work reducing the work area, and also gets lost in my designs. Regarding the ‘Actions’ button, it also requires multiple clicks to find my assets… also, why do common settings live in an area where I am use to only seeing my assets & plugins?
Icon only buttons - The previous UI was very easy to use, as the icon-only button represented the function they had, e.g. ‘+’ = ‘to add’ but now these icons have been replaced with icons representing the object that is produced, e.g. ‘multiple shapes’ = ‘auto-layout’, I find this frustrating, as although this update is sleeker, it requires us to learn each symbol representation (and the action it triggers) as opposed to just using simple symbols we are already familiar with, e.g. + / -