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Anjali_Gajera
Anjali_Gajera
August 24, 2024

Tables in Figma Slides Ideas for Improvement

  • August 24, 2024
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The current Tables feature in Figma feels quite limited. It would be fantastic if some basic functionalities could be introduced soon, such as:

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

These enhancements would bring Figma’s table functionality more in line with what we already have in tools like Keynote and Google Slides.

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    Gary_Vennarucci1
    Gary_Vennarucci1
    New Participant
    July 1, 2025

    ​@djv Any communications from the Slides team on future features/improvements to the tables options yet??? I see were coming up on a year since this  ​@Anjali_Gajera brought up this most important topic!

      jonasnaue
      jonasnaue
      New Participant
      July 9, 2025

      We have to at least have some sort of roadmap here :( I will have to pull my team off Slides if there’s no indication, we’re just doing horrible workarounds right now because we love the tool so much.

      djv
      Figmate
      djv
      Community Support
      July 9, 2025

      Hey All, thanks for the continued feedback here! 

      I synced with the team and can confirm that this is still on the team’s radar for improvement. While I can’t provide an exact timeline yet, I can share that the Slides team and the FigJam team are already combing forces to substantially improve tables in the near future. 

        RJ_Clarke
        RJ_Clarke
        New Participant
        July 22, 2025

        I just want to make the dang rows smaller to fit in more data.

        Seems like font size or line height doesn’t adjust it, and manually resizing stops at like 91 height?

          andrea-hg
          andrea-hg
          Active Member
          August 3, 2025

          Reposting from another thread of mine, just to have all suggestions in one place (and make some noise): 
           

          Would be great to have basic formatting properties for tables. Cell color is not enough to create certain data visualizations.

          • Stroke properties: color, weight, line type (dashed, solid)
          • Merge cells: just a must
          • Drop shadow: for table as a whole. At least in design mode
          • Headers: ability to select hoe many rows to display as header
          • Footers: same as headers
          • Alternating colors
          • Basic filtering or tagging
          • Support in design files
            Oscar Godson
            Oscar Godson
            New Member
            August 16, 2025

            Just adding a +1 that i was unable to use the table function simply because I can’t make the rows smaller? There’s default padding which is a lot of padding and it wouldnt fit on the page.

              jonasnaue
              jonasnaue
              New Participant
              August 20, 2025

              Hey All, thanks for the continued feedback here! 

              I synced with the team and can confirm that this is still on the team’s radar for improvement. While I can’t provide an exact timeline yet, I can share that the Slides team and the FigJam team are already combing forces to substantially improve tables in the near future. 

              Hey, I just want to emphasize how important this is to – seemlingy – alot of people. This is a feature that’s literally mission critical; we cannot use is in the state it is in. 

                rgrngr
                rgrngr
                New Member
                September 2, 2025

                Reposting from another thread of mine, just to have all suggestions in one place (and make some noise): 
                 

                Would be great to have basic formatting properties for tables. Cell color is not enough to create certain data visualizations.

                • Stroke properties: color, weight, line type (dashed, solid)
                • Merge cells: just a must
                • Drop shadow: for table as a whole. At least in design mode
                • Headers: ability to select hoe many rows to display as header
                • Footers: same as headers
                • Alternating colors
                • Basic filtering or tagging
                • Support in design files

                I would say at the least: 

                • Stroke properties: color, weight, line type, top, bottom, left, right
                • Padding: How is this missing?

                At this point, it’s easier to design in another (any other) app and import an SVG

                  jonasnaue
                  jonasnaue
                  New Participant
                  December 7, 2025

                  ​@djv – is there any update to this? It has been a year, this does not feel like you guys care at all...

                    AWStudio
                    AWStudio
                    New Member
                    December 11, 2025

                    ​@djv Need a way to make the row heights smaller to fit more rows on a page. Also Top, middle, and bottom text alignment options

                    AWStudio

                     

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