This means you can view redline distances between the guide itself and other elements in the frame, as well as the parent frame.

Guides inside frames are recognized as another object in the frame.

When you select objects in the frame, you'll see the same blue highlights for the selected object. In addition, with a frame selected the rulers highlight in blue, calling attention to the coordinates of the frame on your canvas. When the guide intersects your frame it will begin measuring distances between the guide and objects in the frame. This distance is also reflected in the ruler. You will see the distance (in pixels) between the guide and the frame. With a top level frame selected, hold Option (macOS) or Control (Windows) as you click and drag out a guide. The dotted line acts as visual indicator that your guide is intersecting with a frame on the canvas. You can also create a new guide from an existing guide by holding Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows), then clicking and dragging from an existing guide.įigma has both canvas and frame level guides for positioning and aligning objects in your designs. Once you've enabled rulers, click and drag on the horizontal and vertical rulers to pull guides onto your canvas.

You can also enable rulers by using the keyboard shortcut Shift + R, or by using the quick actions bar. In order to use guides, you will first need to enable rulers on the canvas. They can be added to Frames to create useful templates to align content that might be changing. Guides are helpful when you're trying to precisely position layers or objects in your designs. Looking for more? Check out our blog post about Guides.

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