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Daniel_McFarland
Daniel_McFarland
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August 5, 2025
Question

Can I disable double clicking the edge to change auto layout settings (hug, fill, fixed)?

  • August 5, 2025
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When working with more complex auto-layouts in Figma, I find myself accidentally changing frames/instances from Fill to Fixed or Hug by double clicking on the edge. In some cases I don’t catch myself and only discover later that parts of a prototype are not responsive.

 

Is there a way to disable this or change the behavior to require a key modifier or something? 

    4 replies

    Luke_Connolly1
    Luke_Connolly1
    New Member
    October 21, 2025

    I would really like this option too. Sometimes I even change the layout without noticing, and it breaks things later when text is updated. Have never once wanted to double click to change the layout mode.

      Daniel_McFarland
      Daniel_McFarlandAuthor
      New Member
      October 21, 2025

      I would really like this option too. Sometimes I even change the layout without noticing, and it breaks things later when text is updated. Have never once wanted to double click to change the layout mode.

      That’s a good way to put it.

      I’ve only ever used this functionality by accident. I never do it on purpose. But do it by accident quite often. I usually only notice that something changed when testing (or demoing) with a prototype. 

        djv
        Figmate
        djv
        Community Support
        October 21, 2025

        Hey All, thanks for the feedback! 

        This isn’t possible, but I’ve updated this topic into a feature request. We’ll pass this onto our Auto Layout team for future consideration. 

          Artist and Machine
          Artist and Machine
          New Member
          May 5, 2026

          What feedback did you get from Auto Layout team? It’s been 6 months….

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