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Nicola_Del_Ben
New Member
July 7, 2024

LAUNCHED: Fixed panels are back!

  • July 7, 2024
  • 45 replies
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Floating bars with rounded edges are only aesthetically pleasing, but they add an annoying border between the tools and the window, creating annoying elements for the view that peek out from the edges. Lessi is more, remember? You seem to have copied other systems such as Miro or from your own FigJam. Truly, this choice is terrible, adds nothing of value and really worsens concentration and vision. Figma must remain a technical tool, not a video game. It must have the canvas CLEAN, without things popping up here and there from the edges of the windows. This thing doesn’t even look like it was designed by UX/UI professionals who have to work with software. It is really disturbing to work with something like this. Please: go back or at least give (forever) the option to use the old version (which is NETTLY better) with the exact same tools and functionality. Thank you.

45 replies

Wart
New Member
September 19, 2024

I agree. Plus, space is lost to the floating panels’ margins, which matters when working on my MacBook screen.

djv
Figmate
Community Support
September 19, 2024

Hey All, thanks for the feedback!

We’ll pass this onto the UI3 team for future improvement.

Sam_Solomon
New Member
September 22, 2024

Overall, I feel like placement of controls in UI3 makes a lot of sense. One thing that is absolutely driving me nuts is the panel gaps on the left and right panels.

When I’m working on my laptop and not an external screen, it feels like a huge waste of space. If anything the little bit of content that shows between the panels and the edge of the screen makes the entire UI more cluttered.

Please attach/dock the left and right panels so they are flush against the edges of the screen like they were in UI2.

Alwyn_Balingit
New Participant
September 23, 2024

This is a big usability problem I have with floating panels right now. I hope Figma would understand this problem and address it.

At least give the users an option to dock the panels for real.

Gayani_S
Figmate
Community Support
September 26, 2024

Hey @Sam_Solomon, thank you for your feedback!

I’m going to merge your post with UI3 Feedback to get more reach.

Shafi_MD
New Member
September 26, 2024
Eugene19
September 30, 2024

Its really hard to find usage for this small paddings, although still interactive, mostly creating noise

Luke-Itineris
Active Member
September 30, 2024

I like what Figma have done, their new approach. Just click on the below icon.

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Dsouza_Trevor
New Participant
September 30, 2024

This is possible in the old UI too, just press ctrl + \

Dsouza_Trevor
New Participant
September 30, 2024

@Eugene19 I’ve felt the same about the redesign and have voted for this idea too. In the meantime, if it helps, you can switch back to the old UI by clicking on the question mark at the bottom right and selecting “Go back to previous UI”