I’m having trouble with the Pen tool in Figma. Every time I try to make a straight line, it keeps wanting to create curved paths instead. The tool seems to automatically add bend points or control handles that make my lines wavy.
I’m pretty new to Figma and design tools in general. Is there a specific way to use the Pen tool for straight lines? Maybe there’s a keyboard shortcut or a setting I need to change? I just want to draw simple straight paths without all the curve adjustments showing up.
Any tips would be really helpful since I can’t figure out how to disable the curve behavior.
It’s all about how you release the mouse button. Click and immediately let go without moving - you’ll get sharp corners and straight lines. Move the mouse even a tiny bit while clicking? Figma thinks you want curve handles. I ran into this same issue when I switched from Sketch to Figma last year. Just make sure you’re doing clean, stationary clicks instead of any dragging motion. Pro tip: use the Line tool from the toolbar if you only want straight lines. It’s built for exactly this and cuts out all the guesswork.
Here’s the trick: single-click with the Pen tool, don’t drag. Dragging creates those annoying bezier handles that make everything curved. Just click once at your start point, then once at the end - boom, straight line. If you mess up and get curves, hold Alt and click the anchor point to kill the handles and make it a corner point again. The line snaps straight instantly. Took me forever to figure this out when I started with Figma - spent way too much time wrestling with curved paths I didn’t want.