LAUNCHED: Horizontal scroll the layers panel

Yes! this is so needed. I can’t believe it’s 2023 and this is still an issue

At least a Shift + mouse wheel scroll would be enough for a quick fix, even if it doesn’t center automatically to your layer name.

Would really love this! Such a small change but big help for navigation…

Hello Figma,

Could you please enable the horizontal scroll bar in left side layer panel section. Otherwise if i expand manually the layer panel, most of the area its occupied by layer panel section and getting smaller area in my workspace. I can’t able to see the layer name fully and if hover on that showing the visible and lock icon within smaller area.

Thanks,
Vijayan M

Why haven’t they fixed this yet?

Any updates here? Is there another ticket tracking this issue??

Please, oh please!

I was about to post the same feature request. Need this badly.
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I’ve been tinkering with the layer panel for a while now. I have a few observations and suggestions.

Observations

1. Organizing files. Users have often used blank pages as an hack to create a structure for organizing their files in the layers panel e.g. title and dividers.
2. Horizontal scroll bar. Item names sometimes expand beyond the width of the layers panel. Although, the width can be expanded but that - expanding and reducing every now and then - can be quite stressful for users with smaller screen sizes.

Suggestions

1. Organizing files. Include features to add title and dividers in addition to pages.
2. Horizontal scroll bar. Include an horizontal scroll at the bottom of the layers panel.

Let me know what you think in the comment section.

Hi, Does anyone else think that nested layers take up way too much width in the sidebar?

Problem
When working on laptop with limited screen space, nested layers start getting unusable once they go past 4-5 levels deep. You either expand the side panel and lose ‘design’ space or use ‘Interface scale’ = reduced UI readability IMO.

Suggested solution > Compact Layers Mode
Provide an option to disable the ‘margin-right: 8px’ on the nested indents.

Video example
Disabling 1x CSS element gives you a lot more room: