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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

ryanleichty
November 19, 2022

List spacing does not appear as an option in text styles. Do you know if this will be added? Keeping text styles intact is more important than sacrificing them to have list spacing, so including them in text styles is paramount.

Ying_Lisa
New Member
March 27, 2023

As working in a Design System team, we hope to be able to have our own custom spacing list indent.

Does anyone else agree?
As I also find it was request by others in this thread, so we believe it will be benefit to many. Custom spacing in lists between paragraphs and between numbers/bullets and text - #15 by Lucas_Raphael_Veil

Evan_Bohringer
July 4, 2023

When setting paragraph spacing (and line spacing), it’s often a percentage value of the font size. Line spacing already allows a percentage (e.g. 140%). Paragraph spacing should allow this too (e.g. 100%).

Please implement this! 🙂

Bella5
April 19, 2024

Thanks for this, however I have found that when I add space this way it adds space between each line in the bullet, not after each bullet. Is there another way?

y_toku
Figmate
Community Support
April 22, 2024

It seems there is no way to add spaces after each bullet. Thanks for your feedback and we will share it with your internal team.

Thanks,
Toku

Alex_Campbell
New Member
July 4, 2024

Is there any update to this problem @y_toku? Within a design system no spacing between paragraphs is useless and makes styling inconsistent, the opposite of what you want within a system.

A_Brandberg
New Participant
March 20, 2025

[edit: lol why can I edit a reply — but not delete it?]