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Paul_Methot_Head2Head
May 14, 2021 5:04 PM UTC

Linear Gradient Percentage Marker

Thought that I’d suggest adding a percentage indicator on the linear gradient colour selector. When I’m adjusting the colours in my linear gradient track, I’d like to know the precise location where my colours are on the track - a feature currently not included.

If the far left of that track is 0, the far right is 100, and I have a colour marker near the middle then I’d like to know if my middle marker is at 50, or 51, or 49. This allows me to be precise with my colours when creating new gradient templates that I can then use throughout my projects.

Thanks

19 replies

luiscamino
New Participant
Jun 28, 2021 4:07 PM UTC

I thought I might add the link to an old Spectrum post from 2017 (yes, two thousand seventeen) also asking about this:
Gradient Fill - Defining location in percentages · Figma (spectrum.chat)

Mike_Powers
Aug 26, 2021 10:36 PM UTC

Came here to suggest this same thing. Seems to me a very basic feature that many designers use. I’m hopeful that we’ll see it in a not-so-distant-future release…?

Torgny_Hylen
New Member
Sep 14, 2021 8:16 AM UTC

YES! please for this feature.
Really irritating you cannot mathematically input the positions for each colour stop in the gradient. With all the other amazing things Figma can do, this seems like an oversight.

Ilya_Tsoy
Jan 20, 2022 11:50 AM UTC

+1 for this feature, seems basic enough, and still no way to input precise values atm 😦

Joshua_Litchfield1
Feb 11, 2022 8:37 PM UTC

+1 for this feature as well. Kinda surprised it’s not here.

Floris
Feb 19, 2022 11:36 AM UTC

Hey designers!
I’ve been using Figma for just a few days and it is my new absolute bestie, but there’s one thing that bothers me. When creating a gradient, one of the most basic features is using percentages to place keypoints. In the case of a linear gradient, the beginning would be 0 and the end would be 100. This way you can place keypoints precisely and since I’m a perfectionist I can’t stand having to guess where (for example) 50 is and maybe getting 49 or 51. This is a really basic feature that even Pixlr has (which I recently switched from to Figma) and it’s just a small quality-of-life thing that’s very important. I would like to see this added soon since it would make Figma even closer to perfect!

Nifel
Mar 6, 2022 12:22 PM UTC

+1 for sure. This is such a basic feature that I’m surprised it hasn’t been implemented yet.

Apr 21, 2022 3:17 AM UTC

I agree – this feature would be great and prob pretty quick to implement

ryanleichty
May 9, 2022 3:27 PM UTC

Missing core functionality

Timj
New Participant
Oct 29, 2022 2:11 PM UTC

This keeps getting missed there are multiple ideas for the same thing with various votes if they were amalgated it would help