# Version control: Three ways Figma explored horizontal scrolling

DevFeed: [Version control: Three ways Figma explored horizontal scrolling](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/version-control-three-ways-figma-explored-horizontal-scrolling-10189.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/version-control-three-ways-figma-explored-horizontal-scrolling/>)

Author: Jenny Xie

Published: 2025-04-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [virtualization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/virtualization.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>)

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## AI overview

Figma's design and engineering teams explored ways to add horizontal scrolling to the Layers panel. The article explains how dynamic layer behavior, virtualization, variable text lengths, multiple scroll directions, and complex interactions shaped three prototypes that were ultimately not shipped.

## Source excerpt

What seemed like a straightforward request--add a horizontal scroll bar to the Layers panel in Figma--presented unexpected challenges. Here's how the design and engineering teams iterated and prototyped to find the right solution.