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Dhairya_Shah
Dhairya_Shah
February 27, 2023
Question

Absolute position from Figma plugin

Is there any field returned by the figma plugin which will help identify the absolute position CSS property for the frame?

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tank666
tank666
February 27, 2023
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Dhairya_Shah
Dhairya_ShahAuthor
February 27, 2023

In some cases, layoutPositioning is set as AUTO, but the component uses Absolute positioning. Is there any way to handle such cases?

    Gleb
    Gleb
    Power Member
    February 27, 2023

    Do you mean that in UI an object has absolute position, but in the API it doesn’t? Can you share an example?

    Stephane_Popout
    Stephane_Popout
    March 3, 2023

    layoutPositioning property is applicable only for direct children of auto-layout frames.

    If there is no autolayout on the parent, then it’s also a position absolute

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