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Figjam: Hold CTRL to disable snap to grid

  • January 25, 2025
  • 9 replies
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Jeremiah_Broadway

Please correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t believe there’s anyway to disable the snap to grid with a keyboard shortcut.
 

Typically in programs I’ve used, you can disable snapping by holding CTRL or ALT. Since ALT has the functionality of duplicating the selected item, it would be nice if holding CTRL then could be used to prevent items from snapping to the grid when dragging them.

 

Thank you

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Tlewismedia
  • New Member
  • February 21, 2025

second this, would love this feature. I can’t draw freely enough, like other whiteboards, for making wireframes


Dan2
  • New Participant
  • February 25, 2025

Agree, just came across this post hoping to find a way to disable it


Bradley_Hawkins

Yes, we need the same ability as a figma file to disable snapping. Its far to rigid for a “fast” drawing tool. I run in to to many times where I am not able adjust the size of an object to the exact size I want. 


Tlewismedia
  • New Member
  • April 2, 2025

checking up on this a month later, still would love this feature. It’s too hard to freely sketch UI ideas with snapping always on. 


Tlewismedia
  • New Member
  • April 2, 2025

or another solution, though less ideal to turning snapping off, would be to allow a custom grid size so it can be set very small for the use case of people wanting to sketch with boxes


John_Knoop
  • New Member
  • April 24, 2025

I requested this very feature like five years ago, so don’t hold your breath :-(


John_Knoop
  • New Member
  • April 24, 2025

Actually, this made me do some more googling, and it turns out they DID add this feature! Press and hold the S key while moving an object, and you break out of snapping!


Ron_Fernandez1

My use case is that I want a connector to begin at the end of a line of text 
(e.g. “Press Submit -->”).
If the text you want to connect to ends at the very edge of the text box the connector will constantly snap to the grid. Extend the width of the text box with a few spaces, hold down the Command key (Mac) and you will be able to position the connector precisely. 

Update: I found this works with shapes as well. Create a shape, make sure the connector is in front of the shape, make the shape transparent and with no line. Press Command and move the endpoint over the shape and position it precisely. What a hack. But it works. 


Kris Giesing
  • New Member
  • November 20, 2025

Actually, this made me do some more googling, and it turns out they DID add this feature! Press and hold the S key while moving an object, and you break out of snapping!

I was not able to get this to work. The S key creates a sticky note.