

If there is a layer blocking your measurement, you can: If you're having trouble measuring to a nested layer, we recommend you check the Layers Panel for any of the above layers. This includes masks, locked layers, and layers with low opacity fills. Overlapping layers may prevent you from being able to measure the distance between nested objects. Right-click > Flatten, or use the keyboard shortcut: To snap the bounding box to the shape's true boundary, you can Flatten the shape. Polygons and stars: If you have shapes with an odd number of sides, an object's bounding box may extend beyond the shape's dimensions.You may also need to adjust the text resizing property. If you're wanting to measure to the baseline of the text, we recommend updating the bounds of the layer to match the baseline. Text layers: Figma will measure the distance from the text layer's bounds.You will notice this more on objects with Center or Outside stroke. Strokes: If you have strokes applied to an object, Figma will measure to the object's bounds and not the outer limit of the stroke.There are some situations of types of objects where this behavior may not be what you expect. Object boundsįigma will measure the distances between the bounds of each object - the bounding box that surrounds an object or layer. If you are working with similar or low-contrast colors, and want to see the measurement line, you can toggle the Fill visibility of the low contrast layer. Note: It's not currently possible to change the weight or color of the red measurement line.
