Where Is the Inspect Tab in Figma?

It depends on your access to the file. Figma's inspecting guide splits it three ways:

• View-only access: the Properties tab lists the selected layer's properties.
• Can edit access: the Design tab does the same job.
• Dev Mode: the Inspect tab, with code, variables and the Assets section.

1. Select the layer on the canvas.
2. Right-click it and choose Copy/Paste as → Copy as code.
3. Pick the code option you need, such as CSS, iOS or Android, and paste it into your editor.

Measuring works too: select one layer, hold ⌥ / Alt and hover over another to see the distance. You can also export assets and comment. Dev Mode adds variable details, annotations, compare changes and export sizes for images. The full list of what each seat gets is in how to open Dev Mode in Figma.

Copy as code gives you one layer at a time. For a developer who needs spacing and anatomy for a whole component, a spec sheet on the canvas works for every seat. Figma design specs covers that, and AutoSpec generates one from a component.

• You're not in Dev Mode. Inspect only exists there. Press ⇧D / Shift+D.
• The Dev Mode toggle is missing. The file belongs to a Starter team, or you have a Collab or View seat. Use the Properties tab and Copy as code, or ask an admin for a Full or Dev seat.
• Nothing is selected. Most of the panel is about the current selection. Click a layer.
• The whole right sidebar is gone. See the next section.

Usually the UI is minimised or hidden, not broken:

• Minimize UI collapses the navigation bar and both sidebars. Press ⇧⌘\ / Ctrl+Shift+\ again, or click the minimise button next to the file name. While minimised, selecting a layer brings the right sidebar back until you deselect.
• Hide UI hides everything. Press ⌘\ / Ctrl+\ to show it again.
• Browser zoom can push the panels off screen. Reset the browser's zoom to 100%, or use the desktop app. People in the "Right Side Bar disappeared" thread fixed it this way.
• FigJam doesn't have one. FigJam files use a bottom toolbar and no static right panel.

UI3 is Figma's redesigned interface. Here's where the most-searched tools ended up:

• Inspect tab: Dev Mode's Inspect tab, or the Properties tab for view-only users.
• Toolbar: at the bottom of the canvas. The Dev Mode toggle is in it.
• Component and variant options: at the top of the right sidebar when a component is selected.
• Create component set: the dropdown arrow next to Create component at the top of the right sidebar. Generating every variant covers what to do next.
• Absolute position: called Ignore auto layout in the right sidebar. See absolute position in Figma.
• Constraints: in the Position section, and only for children of a plain frame. See constraints not showing.
• Variables: a Variables tab in the left navigation bar. See Figma variables not showing.

No. During the rollout there was a Go back to previous UI option in the help menu. According to Figma staff on the forum, UI3 became the default for everyone on April 30, 2025 and the option was removed. The "Get Back to Old View" thread is where that was confirmed. If the new layout feels cramped, Minimize UI gets you the most canvas.