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Aleix Viadé
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September 26, 2026

Feature Request: Option to hide the selection bounding box while keeping an object selected

  • September 26, 2026
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Hi Figma Team,


I’d like to request the ability to temporarily hide the selection bounding box and handles of an active object without deselecting it.

  • The Problem: As a UI design tool, our canvases are filled with rectangular containers and elements. When fine-tuning pixel-sensitive details—such as adjusting complex borders or multiple effects on rectangles—the selection bounding box directly covers the edges and working area, making it very difficult to accurately judge visual contrast.
  • Industry Standard: Other industry-standard tools like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop already solve this by letting users hide bounding boxes (e.g., Hide Bounding Box / Show Transform Controls). Having a similar toggle or shortcut in Figma would greatly improve high-precision UI work.
  • The Solution: A quick shortcut or option to hide the transform handles/box on the canvas while the layer remains selected.

Thank you for your incredible work on Figma!
Best regards,

Aleix