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Ryan_Messick
April 1, 2021

Custom spacing in lists between paragraphs and between numbers/bullets and text

  • April 1, 2021
  • 37 replies
  • 18516 views

Thank you figma team for the new list feature! It has been my most anticipated feature for YEARS. There are 2 features that I would love to see to support it.

  1. I believe lists should support paragraph spacing between bullets.

  2. I am unable to start an ordered list at any number other than 1. Which feels too restrictive. I type 2. and start typing and figma changes it to 1.

Does anyone else agree? Is there anything I missed?

37 replies

vadimk
May 13, 2021

Hi, everyone

Just use SHIFT+ENTER at the end of the paragraph and you’ll get an empty line below. And the numbering will be consistent.

May 24, 2021

This is a great interim fix for this issue, thanks for posting it!

Elliott_Golden
June 15, 2021

Not being able to add space between bullets is insane!

Lucas_Raphael_Veil
June 21, 2021

Hi all!
The bulleted and numbered list update is awesome.
However i would like to know if it is possible to custom the spacing between the bullet/number and the text?

Tanya_Rossouw
July 14, 2021

This helped, thanks so much

Charlie_Pratt
New Participant
July 30, 2021

I second all of this. Not having spacing between list items is a huge whiff. Has anyone from @figma responded to this yet?

Danielle_Drislane
July 31, 2021

I create bullet points in Figma by pressing Command-8 (•) and Figma recognizes them as bullets. However, when I alter the ‘Paragraph spacing,’ the space in-between bullet points does not change accordingly. I would love to be able to customize this spacing, though, for the sake of formatting my resume.

To fix this issue, please consider categorizing the space in-between bullet points as paragraph spacing, if possible. Thank you!

Dima_Sholkov
August 18, 2021

Bulleted/numbered lists are super useful. I’m using them to group written ideas together which can result in wrapping a text into multiple lines. Unfortunately it becomes difficult to scan them visually.

Paragraph spacing currently has no effect on bulleted lists. This small fix would help visually separate bulleted points from each other and provides more control on the end result.

Lars_Olof_Berg
August 27, 2021

Thank you very much, works fine!

kiprou
New Participant
September 15, 2021

Yes!

  1. list items should respect paragraph spacing
  2. padding on left/right of bullet should be editable
  3. color/shape of bullet should be editable