[pier25]

My biggest issue with Figma and most vector apps is how they handle groups. Only Illustrator seems to offer group isolation. You can double click on a group, enter the group and just edit the elements inside that group.

It's such a simple feature but it massively improves the workflow of working with vectors. Never understood why Figma, Sketch, or Affinity Designer never implemented it.

[designerarvid]

Figma has an isolation mode for individual vectors, press enter while it’s selected.

Not what you’re after, but working with groups in Figma can be handy.

Try cmd+click to select elements inside groups directly. Then shift+enter to select the parent group. You can do enter again to select all elements in the group. You can cycle selection in the group with tab. All of this works with multi-select, which can be very efficient.

IMO working with groups in Figma is much more powerful than illustrator Depends what you are trying to do, of course.

[pier25]

Maybe I'm missing something but pressing enter with the group selected doesn't really isolate the group. It's the same as double clicking a group.

Objects in front of the group are not removed/hidden and you can still select objects outside the group. Even worse, accidentally selecting an object outside the group exits the group.

Illustrator has a tool to select objects inside a group too although never use it.