Tables in Figma Slides Ideas for Improvement

Hey @Anjali_Gajera, thanks for the feedback!

We’ll pass these onto the Slides team for future consideration.

Totally, Today I was creating this suggestion, but yours appears, so definitely consider this will be so useful.

Thank you for this thread. I totally relate to all three points. I Would just like to add “More options for border lines editing”

Agreed on all of these! Currently having to set up tables using lines, rectangles and auto-layouts since the tables function has limited customization capabilities. My method works but does take a little extra time every time I need to add, remove or resize a row/column, and it’s also a bit too complex for non-designers to figure out how to edit. Also, it’d be great if the tables function was also available in Design mode instead of just Slides mode. 

All of what’s been said above is really important. The Table functionality, as it stands, seems at odds with the functionality and quality of the other features that it’s a massive barrier to using slides. It’s kind of expected in a presentation type product. Hoping this gets addressed soon!

Completely agree. As a PM, I am trying to push for my org to adopt Figma Slides over MS PPT but tables is the one power function that is blocking us from making the switch.

My team has been loving slides for a day, until we needed to add a table (budget calculation)… We wanted to finally switch over from Keynote, but the extreme limitations are prohibiting us right now. 

One feature I think would be amazing would be basic formula operations inside the tables, such as adding etc. Keynote has this and we can’t really work without it.

My team would love to use figma slides but the table functionality is way too limited… Please Figma poduct team improve the table options to be more robust like the other three industry standard options.

Our Large Org team of designers finds too many limitations within the tables. Here’s a list to build upon what’s already been said above. You can also reference this figma plug-in for a exact samples of features I believe should be available in the native table options. 

• Custom Border options on cells and rows
• Distribute rows and columns evenly 
• Header row option
• Alternate row shading
• Merge Cells
• Adjust Text to align top, middle, or bottom in cells. 
• Cell Padding option

Figma UI Table Bulider Plugin; If they can do it, you can do it! 😉

https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1302552785487962460/ui-table-builder

Hope this gets addressed soon! 

TY

•	The ability to easily resize cells without needing to adjust font size
•	The option to merge cells
•	Top, middle, and bottom text alignment options

Figma is an amazing tool and I cannot wait to fully switch from PowerPoint, however the table functionality is so limited it does not make the switch possible - I still need to create tables in PowerPoint and import as image in Figma, which defeat the purpose.

Basic functionalities like merging cells, adding & deleting rows/ columns, adjusting rows/ columns width and height, adjusting text placement in the cells - are not possible today. It would be amazing if those could be added. As per today, this lack of feature hinders the use of Figma for business presentation sadly. 

•	The ability to easily resize cells without needing to adjust font size
•	The option to merge cells
•	Top, middle, and bottom text alignment options

Figma is an amazing tool, and I cannot wait to fully switch from PowerPoint, however the table functionality is so limited it makes the switch possible - I still need to create tables in PowerPoint and import as image in Figma, which defeat the purpose.

Basic functionalities like merging cells, adding & deleting rows/ columns, adjusting rows/ columns width and height, adjusting text placement in the cells - are not possible today. It would be amazing if those could be added. As per today, this lack of feature hinders the use of Figma for business presentation sadly.