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Mr.Biscuit
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January 23, 2021

LAUNCHED: True Aspect Ratio Lock

  • January 23, 2021
  • 214 replies
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Can we get a true aspect ratio lock when the ‘Constrain Proportions’ is on?WX20210123-114719@2x A true aspect ratio lock means two things:

  1. When dragging on a node with ‘constrain proportions’, its width and height always stay in their original ratio no matter which direction you drag it.
  2. When resizing on the parent of a node with ‘constrain proportions’ that happens to be constrainedWX20210123-112532@2x, the node takes on the smallest of its supposed width and height, and calculates its ratio accordingly.

This would be so very helpful to polygon shapes that want to stay in that shape. Consider a spider chart. When you resize its parent, you don’t want the ‘spider net’ to squish squash; neither will you want a doughnut to turn into an oval.

*Resizing of the node’s parent layer is inevitable if you need responsive designs.

Pinned Reply By Celine_

Hey everyone, thanks for your patience! It’s fully rolled out now!

You can now lock the aspect ratio of almost any object in Figma – including frames, shapes, images, videos, vectors, and text – so that the proportions of that object are respected as you scale the object or its parent container.

 More info in the release notes here.

214 replies

dennsi
Active Member
February 20, 2024

Great concept! Is the icon below the lock for rounding to full pixels?

wgo
Active Member
February 21, 2024

Is the icon below the lock for rounding to full pixels?

Exactly – was just a quick shot to illustrate the functionality.

February 22, 2024

This deserves a medal 🏅

Josh_Rhode
New Member
March 7, 2024

I’m 99% certain Figma is not implementing this now just to spite someone.

neff
March 12, 2024

Coming from XD, this is also one of my biggest pain points.

PLEASE make the “maintain proportions” actually maintain the proportions.
It is resize a group that contains multiple icons.

Ian_Palmgren
Active Member
March 19, 2024

I have been asking for this four years. I continue to be dumbfounded that community doesn’t have its pitchforks and torches out rioting for this to be implemented. It’s just such a rudimentary and basic element of web design, I can’t understand how this hasn’t been prioritized.

dennsi
Active Member
March 20, 2024

I really like how Webflow solved this:

Erik_Wetendorf
New Member
March 25, 2024

+1 This is needed so bad.

Jung_Lee1
New Member
March 26, 2024

This feature would’ve been far more useful for more people than Modes.

Patrick_Keenan
March 30, 2024

+1 need this