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Moving (selected) thin and small objects


Cole_Lawrence

As a product designer
I want to move thin and small objects in Figma easily
So that I can easily reposition dividers and the like

On macOS, I’m zoomed out and trying to move the selected rectangle, but there is no where I can click to begin moving the rectangle without causing a resize.

I propose that we enable moving the item by dragging the dimensions “tag” (see [1 × 900] in screenshot).

5 replies

Cole_Lawrence

It is not too hard to deselect the object and try dragging without selecting, but it is less comfortable for me since I may not know exactly which item I’m dragging util I begin moving it.


Travis_Rogers

Wondering if there’s a solution yet for this. It’s driving me nuts. Exactly 3 years later and no one else is having this issue? I feel like I’m missing something…


Travis_Rogers

Would be great if we could just hold down a modifier key to suppress the resize functionality.


dvaliao
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • 4619 replies
  • March 4, 2024

Hey @Travis_Rogers, thanks for the feedback!

We’ll pass this onto our team for future consideration.


Julia57
  • Active Member
  • 41 replies
  • June 13, 2024

Yeah, definitely need this for the Divider or Separator component. It’s really hard to work with these now


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