Rulers and guides in Figma - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to show rulers in Figma.

Figma

To enable rulers, go to the View menu and select [1].

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AHide Grid

BShow Rulers

CSnap to Grid

DShow Layers

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Selecting 'Hide Grid' instead of 'Show Rulers'.

Confusing rulers with grid options.

Choosing 'Show Rulers' from the View menu will display rulers along the edges of your canvas.

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medium

Complete the code to create a guide by dragging from the ruler.

Figma

To create a guide, click on the ruler and drag [1] onto the canvas.

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Adiagonally

Boutside the canvas

Crandomly

Dhorizontally or vertically

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Trying to drag guides diagonally.

Dragging guides outside the canvas area.

Guides are created by dragging horizontally or vertically from the rulers onto the canvas.

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hard

Fix the error in the instruction to hide guides.

Figma

To hide guides, go to View and uncheck [1].

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AShow Guides

BShow Grid

CSnap to Guides

DShow Layers

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Unchecking 'Show Grid' instead of 'Show Guides'.

Trying to hide guides by disabling snapping.

Unchecking 'Show Guides' will hide all visible guides on the canvas.

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hard

Fill both blanks to snap objects to guides.

Figma

Enable [1] in the View menu and make sure [2] is active to snap objects to guides.

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ASnap to Guides

BSnap to Grid

CShow Guides

DShow Rulers

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Confusing grid snapping with guide snapping.

Not showing guides while trying to snap to them.

Enabling 'Snap to Guides' allows objects to snap to guides, and 'Show Guides' must be active to see the guides.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to remove a guide.

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Select the guide by clicking on it, then press [1] or drag it back to the [2] to remove it. Alternatively, right-click and choose [3].

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ADelete

Bruler

CRemove Guide

DEscape

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Pressing 'Escape' instead of 'Delete' to remove guides.

Dragging guides outside the canvas instead of back to the ruler.

You can delete a guide by pressing 'Delete', dragging it back to the ruler, or right-clicking and selecting 'Remove Guide'.