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Edit objects on the canvas in bulk

Written by Figma Man

Updated at June 19th, 2025

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Edit objects in bulk Multi-edit text Multi-edit variants

Before you Start

Who can use this feature

Available on any plan

Anyone with can edit access to a file can edit objects on the canvas

Want to get hands-on with editing objects in bulk? Grab a copy of the multi-edit playground file to practice while you learn.

Select multiple layers across frames, groups, and sections and apply the same edits to them in bulk. For example:

  • Update the string on a text layer, and other selected text layers will update as well
  • Create multiple groups of objects across separate sections
  • Add auto layout to multiple nested objects across frames
  • Insert an object into one variant that repeats across all variants in a component set

Edit objects in bulk

You can select multiple layers across frames, groups, or sections either via the canvas or the Layers panel. You can also bulk select matching objects. Learn how to select multiple layers and matching objects →

Once you’ve selected objects, you can bulk edit them at the same time. This includes rotating, grouping, masking, boolean operations, adding auto layout frames, and more. These actions work even if the selected objects live in different types of containers (frames, groups, and sections).

A couple of things to note:

  • Alignment: Hold ⇧ Shift and click one of the alignment buttons in the right sidebar to align objects to their respective parent frames.
  • Copy and paste: Objects copied from and pasted to multiple frames are pasted in the order that they are copied and will repeat if there are additional frames. Learn about how objects will be pasted →

Multi-edit text

You can update the content of multiple text layers at the same time.

  1. Select more than one text layer. Learn how to select multiple layers and objects →
  2. Click Multi-edit text at the top of the right sidebar or press Enter / Return to edit the contents. All selected text layers will update to match.

Multi-edit variants

Multi-edit speeds up your workflow when editing variants and component sets. When you edit a variant while having multi-edit enabled, matching objects will automatically get the same edits. 

To enable multi-edit:

  1. Select a component set, a variant, or a nested layer inside a variant. If you select:
    • A component set: Enabling multi-edit places a dotted rectangle around each variant within the set to indicate the objects you can edit
    • A variant: Enabling multi-edit selects other component variants in the set
    • A nested layer: Enabling multi-edit selects matching objects across other component variants in the set
  2. Click Multi-edit variants at the top of the right sidebar, or press Q.
  3. To exit multi-edit, click , or press Q. You can also double-click anywhere on the canvas outside the component set.

Check out the entire multi-edit video playlist →

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