This makes it easier to use components in designs for different screen sizes. And then you don’t have to calculate every time what 40% or 60% of the width is.
This also makes it easier to design scalable applications that grow with the width of the screen.
Posting to add another note that this would be an INCREDIBLE feature addition!
Please add this obvious feature, Figma. It is universally requested by industry professionals.
7 votes, I thought more people want this.
over a 100 people liked your idea now ;)
another vote for this feature, and I actually expected it to be in by now.
With every new Figma product, percentages become an even more powerful feature. Please prioritize this!
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This would be more helfpul to me than any new shoehorned in AI features.
Subject: We Need Percentage-Based Sizing in Auto Layout NOW!
To the Figma Team,
It's deeply frustrating that the request for percentage-based units in Auto Layout, a fundamental feature for responsive design, remains ignored. The current system is rigid and forces countless workarounds, hindering our ability to design efficiently.
This isn't a minor feature; it's a core requirement for modern UI design. The community has been pleading for this for years, as you can see here: https://forum.figma.com/suggest-a-feature-11/use-percentages-for-heights-widths-paddings-gutters-in-auto-layout-35075?tid=35075#post169705
Please, prioritize these long-standing pain points over shipping new features. We need the tools to do our jobs properly. We need percentages in Auto Layout. Thanks
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It’s honestly shocking to me that this hasn’t been in there from day 1. This would be far more used and useful than the AI features getting jammed in.
August 2025 and still I cant have responsive objects/containers based on %? Can someone tell me how to make bar charts scale based on container…? This seems it should be an easy concept but apparently I'm missing something?
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How does this not have thousands more likes?
This ability is trivial in code. So, even if it’s not trivial in development, I think its a sssuuuper important feature in the figma app. We should be able to mock what you can develop, without having to throw in a bunch of work arounds that make the exported code so much more messy.
August 2025 and still I cant have responsive objects/containers based on %? Can someone tell me how to make bar charts scale based on container…? This seems it should be an easy concept but apparently I'm missing something?
You would have to create the bar chart manually, then group it. Then you would put that group into an auto layout and select “fill” for the sizing option. This should pull and stretch the whole bar chart as a single object. Make sure if you have any text in your bar chart, that it’s set to point type and not text boxes, so that you wont get any strange clipping and text wrap.
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Come on, Figma - Focus on finishing crucial features in the existing product before opening avenues in Jam, Buzz, Marmelade etc.
+1 make it happen please! “It’s on our radar, they said”!
Don’t forget to make it possible to use percentage values in max- and min-width and also in variables!
We need the ability to use percentage values in…
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