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Specify center of rotation

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
March 19, 2021
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Is it possible to specify an objects center of rotation.
I cant for the life of me find it anywhere.

You could do this relatively easy in sketch.

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Jens_NielsenAuthor

Active Member

We finally got this feature! it only took.. check notes… 4 years!

John Cancio

New Member

It looks like they’ve finally added this feature, though I’m not sure when. I stumbled upon it just this morning, and at first, I couldn’t figure out how to make the anchor point pop up until I did the following:

Select the element you want to rotate.
Hover your mouse over either the top-right or top-left corner of the element until the rotate icon appears (it won’t work with the bottom corners).
Hold it there for a few seconds until the anchor point shows up, and voilà!

Qürnovi Nicolás

New Member

It looks like they’ve finally added this feature, though I’m not sure when. I stumbled upon it just this morning, and at first, I couldn’t figure out how to make the anchor point pop up until I did the following:

Select the element you want to rotate.
Hover your mouse over either the top-right or top-left corner of the element until the rotate icon appears (it won’t work with the bottom corners).
Hold it there for a few seconds until the anchor point shows up, and voilà!

Just press Alt+R in WIN or Option+R In MAC and it will appear!

BentoDon

New Member

Late to the party, but I have the answer to this question.
1. Make sure you have the latest version of figma
2. Select an element (Shape/text/etc)
3. Press Alt+R (WIN) / Option+R (MacOS) to reveal the anchor point

Enjoy!

P.S. Didn’t read all the way down the comments. Lol. Looks like this has been solved above already. 🤣

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