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Would like to pan with hand tool while comment tool is active

  • August 9, 2024
  • 2 replies
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When marking up a file with comments (comment tool active), if I hold space and activate the hand tool, when clicking to drag (pointer turns into hand icon) instead of dragging a new comment is drawn on the page. Guessing this is a bug not a feature?

Just would like to use the hand tool shortcut without creating new comments - this forces changing back to the move tool to cancel out each time

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djv
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • August 13, 2024

Hey @Matthew_Durso, thanks for the feedback!

I just played around with this, and as a workaround, with the comment tool active, your can use the H shortcut to bring back the Hand tool to pan. Then, click C to bring you back into the comment tool.

I’ll definitely pass this onto the team for improvement though!


Erik_Kemper
  • New Member
  • January 20, 2026

While the comment tool is active, f you press the H shortcut to bring back the hand tool, it just puts an “H” in the comment and doesn’t give the pan tool.

An option for the dev team might be to NOT put the cursor in the comment tool immediately, but rather require the user to actively enter the input field. That way, users can review comments while panning/zooming to understand context of the comments prior to actually adding their own input.