Text alignment and vertical alignment in Figma - Practice Problems & Coding Challenges

Challenge - 5 Problems

❓ visualization

intermediate

Identify the correct horizontal text alignment

You have a text box in Figma with the text aligned to the center horizontally. Which visual result matches this setting?

A Text is aligned flush to the left edge of the box.

B Text is aligned evenly between left and right edges of the box.

C Text is aligned flush to the right edge of the box.

D Text is aligned diagonally across the box.

💡 Hint

Think about how center alignment positions text inside a box.

Center horizontal alignment places text evenly between the left and right edges of the text box.

❓ visualization

intermediate

Choose the correct vertical alignment for text

In Figma, you set vertical alignment of a text box to 'Bottom'. What will the text look like inside the box?

A Text sits at the top edge of the text box.

B Text sits in the vertical center of the text box.

C Text sits at the bottom edge of the text box.

D Text is evenly spaced vertically with equal padding above and below.

💡 Hint

Vertical bottom alignment means text is placed at the lowest part inside the box.

Bottom vertical alignment places the text flush with the bottom edge of the text box.

🧠 Conceptual

advanced

Understanding combined text alignment effects

If a text box in Figma has horizontal alignment set to 'Right' and vertical alignment set to 'Center', where will the text appear?

A Text is aligned to the right edge horizontally and vertically centered inside the box.

B Text is aligned to the center horizontally and at the bottom edge vertically.

C Text is aligned to the right edge horizontally and at the top edge vertically.

D Text is aligned to the left edge horizontally and vertically centered inside the box.

💡 Hint

Think about how horizontal and vertical alignments combine independently.

Horizontal right alignment places text flush right, vertical center alignment places text vertically centered.

🔧 Formula Fix

advanced

Fix the unexpected text clipping issue

You set a text box in Figma with vertical alignment 'Top' but the text appears clipped at the bottom. What is the most likely cause?

A Text color is the same as background, making it look clipped.

B Vertical alignment 'Top' causes clipping by design.

C Horizontal alignment is set to 'Center' causing clipping.

D The text box height is smaller than the text size causing clipping.

💡 Hint

Check if the text box size fits the text content.

If the text box height is too small, text will be clipped regardless of alignment settings.

🎯 Scenario

expert

Designing a responsive text box with vertical and horizontal alignment

You need to create a text box in Figma that always keeps text horizontally centered and vertically aligned to the middle, regardless of resizing. Which settings and practices ensure this behavior?

A Set horizontal alignment to 'Center', vertical alignment to 'Center', and enable auto height resizing.

B Set horizontal alignment to 'Left', vertical alignment to 'Top', and fix the height manually.

C Set horizontal alignment to 'Right', vertical alignment to 'Bottom', and disable resizing.

D Set horizontal alignment to 'Center', vertical alignment to 'Bottom', and fix the width manually.

💡 Hint

Think about how alignment and resizing options affect text positioning when the box changes size.

Center horizontal and vertical alignment combined with auto height resizing keeps text centered inside the box as it resizes.