Shortcut to bring back floating panels in UI3

Removing floating panels after we’ve gotten used to them is quite disappointing, especially since we can’t get them back. It would be great to implement an option in theme preferences to enable them again. Some users ‘didn’t like’ them, but there are others who did.

Having that as a customisation option would seem like the developers and designers at Figma are undecided. I think they’ve decided now that this UI provides a better user experience.

I am a Japanese Figma user.
Today, the design of the left and right panels of Figma (UI 3) was changed. Is it possible to revert this to the previous design?

This design is not cool. However, having a ruler on the right side of the left panel is functional. I think it would be good if users could choose which design to use.

Figma should consider adding an option to turn floating panels on and off. It’s not ideal to simply revert the UI changes and potentially frustrate the other half of the user base.

The design team invested over a year in creating this new UI, and giving users the choice to enable or disable floating panels seems like a reasonable request that respects their efforts and user preferences alike.

Bring back my floating panels, pls! I loved them very much <3

I was quite undecided about floating panels. At first I liked them, I liked the whole idea behind it. Then I had a few quibbles with it, like rulers showing up behind the panels. I thought that docking panels made sense in the end.

But now that I had some time with both, I gotta say I prefer the floating panels a lot more. These docked panels somehow feel claustrophobic. Like, now I get a tiny little window through the UI so I can look at my designs. With floating panels they were, well floating on top of my design. It really did feel like I had more real estate, even if it was imaginary.

Make America floating again! ah… I mean panels 😀

I’d like to see an option, also resizing and moving them; including where to dock them if you want them docked would be great.

Hey @Masa1, thanks for reaching out!

Try using the shortcut: Shift + \

please bring it back

Thank you for your reply.

Isn’t that the shortcut for “Show/Hide Pixel Grid”?
What I want to know is how to change the design of the left and right panels (see the image above).

If you know, please let me know.