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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).

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.


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…


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


Hey @Travis_Rogers, thanks for the feedback!


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


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


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