Skip to main content
Mr.Biscuit
New Participant
January 23, 2021

LAUNCHED: True Aspect Ratio Lock

  • January 23, 2021
  • 214 replies
  • 31503 views

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

Travis_Yewell
June 26, 2024

This is a fundamental need in Figma. I have to break components and design systems to resize images consistently. I really hope this can be addressed.

ahainen
Active Member
June 26, 2024

Don’t worry everyone! There’s a bunch of AI garbage that no one asked for! Who cares about basic features that we’ve been asking for for years!

Dennis_N
Power Member
June 26, 2024

You don’t have to detach the component as there are workarounds like plugins. Probably one reason why Figma don’t see any urgency implementing this feature natively.

Kerry_Johnson
Active Member
June 26, 2024

Now with AI out of the way at Figma Config 2024, let’s hope they can focus back on what the users want vs their shareholders.

David103
June 27, 2024

I want this so bad. Auto Layout would benefit so much from this.

ahainen
Active Member
June 27, 2024

I dunno - “Keep the proportions locked on a thing that has specific proportions” just feels fundamental to me. I’m not making the leap to this being a feature that should be in plugin or component territory.

ahainen
Active Member
July 3, 2024

Is there any way that Figma will ever respond to this or a way to get them to respond? Even a, “No.” or anything? Seeing all these features shown off at Config and so little features getting crossed off these forum posts is very discouraging. Just feels like we’re yelling into the void

Nicholas_Lavis2
July 8, 2024

There is no way to lock the responsive aspect ratio of a shape or image. This is a really common requirement but really limits the effectiveness of responsive designs.

E.g. I have a 1:1 aspect ratio image on mobile, I want that image to be 1:1 on tablet. Right now this is not supported responsive behavior. Design file example / explanation here: https://www.figma.com/design/qW44TD0IYhiXzaaioioSe3/Repsonsive-image?node-id=0-1&t=zYHwDKI9qSR3KVpY-1

Nicholas_Lavis2
July 8, 2024

I’ve asked for this 3 times, it’s one of the top voted feature on this forum. Please do this soon, it’s such a common requirement when designing

ahainen
Active Member
July 8, 2024

Figma doesn’t care. Here’s some AI that you didn’t ask for!