0px layers now take up 1px space with Auto Layout

Hello All,
I am also experiencing the same problem with Figma’s latest desktop application. Autolayout recognizes zero frames. My goal is to create a strikethrough text effect using the zero-height/frame hack.

Here is what’s happening

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,
Sachin

@SachInteractz, you are using zero-frame incorrectly. And in general, it is no longer necessary to use it in your case. Just select the line and set its absolute position.

Hi @SachInteractz,

Like @tank666 said, I think you’re using them wrong:

• Using a 0 frame in Height on a Horizontal auto-layout… In this case, you would actually need/want to use a 0 width frame. But like @tank666 said, you don’t need to use this technique anymore, you can just use absolute positioning 🙂

Thank you @tank666 and @Bruno_Garcia1 absolute positioning is the best approach here.

Hey, I was just digging throughAuto Layout Tips & Hacks by @Gleb and found that in his strikethrough example he is also using a zero-height hack. When I copied the same frame and pasted it to my file the auto layout broke as it recognized zero-frame.

Here is what’s happening

Could anyone explain this to me?

Thanks,
Sachin

One can use zero-height in a but the direction has to be vertical.

Your problem is that you are using Auto Layout’s horizontal direction instead of vertical.

You need to set Auto Layout direction to Vertical. To understand the zero-height frames better watch my Config talk:

But you don’t need to use zero-frames anymore since auto layout now supports absolute position.

Yeah Thanks, @Gleb, and @tank666 you guys are awesome

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