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london
January 25, 2022

Add Margins To Auto Layout

  • January 25, 2022
  • 44 replies
  • 25591 views

Auto-Layout has padding (inner spacing), but no margins (outer spacing).

Currently the only 2 ways to add spacing is to:

  • Create a spacer element or
  • Wrap the items in another frame and apply gap spacing
    • This creates a lot of unnecessary frames, and sometimes creates nesting so deep it goes outside the layers panel.

Not sure if a technical limitation left this out of consideration in the first few versions of Auto Layout, but it would be much appreciated if it were included in a future version as it comes up as a significant limitation many times a day.

44 replies

T.A.V
New Participant
March 8, 2026

Come on team! You're doing amazing, but please don't forget the fundamentals. A feature that should have shipped in the alpha version shouldn't be delayed for over a decade.

rlo
New Member
March 12, 2026

Has anyone from Figma ever given a reason for not having margin? They cannot just have forgotten about it.

cnasite
New Member
July 14, 2026

For the love of Christ (or whatever you all at Figma believe in - AI these days it seems), can someone do something about including margins??? and the ability to apply to individual elements in auto-layout? Come one guys, this is a simple box-model requirement.

minjun
New Member
September 1, 2026

not yet?