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