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kukapishixdd
Jul 3, 2024 7:53 AM UTC

Allow us to dock/move the new UI3 toolbar

ngl, the new ui3 is pretty good. the only thing i dont like is the toolbar position. im still not used to it. maybe add an option to move it to the top?

189 replies

be_jeffm
Aug 2, 2024 3:47 PM UTC

It’s weird that this toolbar at the bottom UX is usually done on tablet apps for creatives… but then as we all know, there’s no official Figma editor on tablets so why was this done for Desktops? Such a weird decision unless they’re launching a Figma editor for tablets.

David_Egan
Aug 5, 2024 3:07 PM UTC

Similar to others who say the toolbar is hidden behind their laptop screens, in some circumstances it also gets hidden behind the Mac dock menu. This requires resizing the Figma window to ‘end’ above the dock.

Richard_Moore1
Aug 5, 2024 3:29 PM UTC

Kind of shocked you cant reposition that toolbar to the top of the screen. It would be an improvement to have this feature moving forward.

DannyEspinoza
Aug 5, 2024 3:33 PM UTC

good point i agree with this sentiment

Aug 6, 2024 9:26 PM UTC

Allow me to dogpile. I hate the toolbar placement. Back up top, pleeeeeeaaase!

Marc8
Active Member
Aug 7, 2024 7:50 AM UTC

There’s a reason no other desktop creative tools have the toolbar at the bottom… +1 for at least the control to move if up top, although I would argue that it should be the default state for the UI

Aug 7, 2024 8:24 PM UTC

I’m switching to the classic view just because of this tool bar placement in the bottom center, it interferes so much, until I can move it, I’m reverting.

Aug 7, 2024 11:38 PM UTC

Hey folks, totally agree - this is fixing a non-issue. Figma was great before, all the new floating toolbars and menus do is add noise around them. Just look at the new floating menus / bars on each side - the space between them and the design underneath is of no use whatsoever, but the design bleeding through adds noise to the toolbar itself. This is a regression actually in terms of usability. Please allow people to stay on the previous UI - I will stay there as long as I can.

Margaret_Hogg
Aug 8, 2024 4:08 PM UTC

It does seem like the new UI has been influenced by Miro, as well as Canva and some other mobile-first, “easy design” apps. I wouldn’t mind if it wasn’t kind of an industry standard for UX/UI now. I hate to lose that level of usability to Figma trying to court the “automate away your designers!” crowd.

Margaret_Hogg
Aug 8, 2024 4:11 PM UTC

It would be interesting to see how many Figma users leave the whole menu open while they design. Like honestly I can’t think of a reason to minimize the new floating menus, unless I’m presenting… and they already had a setting for that.