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vdekkernl
Active Member
December 9, 2022

Use percentages for heights, widths, paddings, gutters in auto layout

  • December 9, 2022
  • 102 replies
  • 9488 views

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.

102 replies

James_DUK
New Member
August 20, 2025

+1

Krissan_Pattugalan
New Participant
August 22, 2025

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.

Krissan_Pattugalan
New Participant
August 22, 2025

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.

Krissan_Pattugalan
New Participant
August 22, 2025

100% this needs to be a feature, so we can design layouts with css capabilities in mind. 

Pal_Heick
New Member
September 10, 2025

+1
Come on, Figma - Focus on finishing crucial features in the existing product before opening avenues in Jam, Buzz, Marmelade etc. 

PF1
New Member
September 15, 2025

+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…

  • sizes
  • variables
  • max and min width
  • everywhere if possible! :’)
Sam_of_thunder
New Member
September 23, 2025

gotta use-case where this would be great. +1

Harry Irene
New Member
September 26, 2025

Really would like to see this added as an option. Would make building responsive layouts so much easier.

Gauthier2
New Member
October 1, 2025

+1 please !

Simel1
New Member
October 1, 2025

It would be very useful to use with auto layout. 

I regret that it is not already implemented.. So +1 !