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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

noella.choi
New Participant
November 28, 2024

holy hell. How is this still not a feature? You had time to redesign the UI that no one asked for, but can’t actually make this happen? It’s been years???

It’s so frustrating to have to manually calculate or use variables or create a billion components.

My images, unless set to fill, also stretches because it’s not locked. SMH. We need features that help our work now, not 1 or 2 year in the future. That fact that this post has been around since 2021 is astonishing.

dennsi
Active Member
November 28, 2024

Maybe lets just go back to Photoshop guys.

Uhl
Active Member
December 2, 2024

@dvaliao, @miggi: Should this idea be merged with True Aspect Ratio Lock?

Based on the feedback (including my own) it’s clear that people expect “constrain proportions” to work as an aspect ratio lock. Consolidating all feedback and votes into one thread might be helpful.

ahainen
Active Member
December 2, 2024
Burak
December 3, 2024

how much time do we have to wait for this? I remembered my ugly Sketch time. we were bagging for simple shts. same here. HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS???

HeyNoah
December 16, 2024

I absolutely agree! Definitely need this!

ahainen
Active Member
December 18, 2024

Time is of no concern to the Figma devs. They DO NOT want this feature implemented, clearly.

Shomiron_Das_Gupta
December 18, 2024

+9,352,633.9994

how many more before we can get this done, enough people trying hacks to get this solved. Its so misleading.

ahainen
Active Member
January 15, 2025

what are we even doing here? I come back here regularly just to lose hope. Oh cool, new fancy forum designs, just so that Figma wont listen to any of it

Marsy
New Participant
January 21, 2025

THIS IS NEEDED literally every time I do layout, why its not there yet???

You can use the ratio plugins - but they RUIN responsive prototypes (everything else being pushed below even when its set to “hug”)