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Spacing Consistency Checker: design QA in one click
A Figma plugin that finds padding and gaps off the 8pt grid in Auto Layout frames and fixes them, so handoff starts clean.
Purvang Mehta · Product designer
28 September 2026 · 1 min read
A 13px gap where there should be 16. Nobody notices in the design. Then a developer builds it exactly, and the product drifts off the system one gap at a time.
1
click to check and fix
8pt
grid it checks against
60+
designers use it
The problem
Spacing checks are manual, and easy to skip near a deadline. Exactly when a file needs them most.
What it does
- 01
Select your frames
Any Auto Layout frames in your file.
- 02
It finds what's off
Padding and gaps that aren't on the 8pt grid.
- 03
Fix in one click
Values snap back to the grid.
Where it is now
Published in the Figma Community in January 2026. More than 60 designers use it.
