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pinquitte
Feb 5, 2021 10:07 AM UTC

LAUNCHED: Horizontal scroll the layers panel

What do you think about having a horizontal scroll on the layers panel? I can’t see the name of the layers and usually widen the panel to be able to see, but since I use a 13", this makes the canvas smaller.

312 replies

Gleb
Power Member
Oct 21, 2024 5:18 PM UTC

No, plugins can’t do this.

Akash_Dey
Oct 28, 2024 9:46 AM UTC

This seriously needs to be IMPLEMENTED! PLEASE!

New Member
Oct 28, 2024 3:57 PM UTC

Much needed function

Vijay_Sridhar
Oct 31, 2024 2:50 AM UTC

This is so simple and is really needed when I work on my 14" MBP! How has this not been implemented yet?

JB-C
New Participant
Nov 8, 2024 1:31 PM UTC

almost 5 years later, nothing changed… 🥶

Rinker_Todd
New Participant
Nov 12, 2024 9:40 PM UTC

Sometimes, though, we might inherit a file that’s deeply nested – so horizontal scrolling would help us understand and reorder that file, if so desired.

JB-C
New Participant
Nov 13, 2024 9:43 AM UTC

This! Thank you
And even resizing the panel is often not enough since it has a max width.
They added a tooltip to at least be able to read the layer name, but that’s a poor fix compared to the simplicity of adding an horizontal scroll.

Carlos_Eduardo_Fernandes_de_Al
Nov 14, 2024 5:02 PM UTC

Dear Figma, this has been an issue since 2021 (or longer!)!.

Please fix this!

Tom_Auger2
Active Member
Nov 20, 2024 10:03 PM UTC

My workaround was to spend $1,000 on an ultra-wide gaming monitor. Now there’s TONS of room for that layers panel.

😦

I doubt their cross-platform webview framework allows it, but having detachable panels (like Adobe has) that can be dragged to other monitors would also address the issue for some users…

Uzair_khan1
Nov 20, 2024 11:56 PM UTC

Hi Figma team
im just suggesting can we try to give horizontal option in layers section of the bottom when we have lot of laers and group layer is hidden insted of we increase left sidbar window size from drag its wrong i think
thanks