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Raelee_Rossel
Raelee_Rossel
December 2, 2022
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Can you preserve scroll position when scrolling vertically but not horizontally in figma?

  • December 2, 2022
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I am trying to create a table that scrolls both vertically and horizontally. The table header needs to be able to scroll horizontally but not vertically, and the contents in the table need to scroll vertically and horizontally. I want the table header and contents to scroll horizontally together versus separately. Is there a way to do this?

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    tank666
    tank666
    December 2, 2022

    If I understand your case correctly, then:

    1. Create a frame (container) of fixed width and height.
    2. Set it to horizontal scroll in the prototype settings.
    3. Create the required number of table rows.
    4. Wrap all table rows except the first row in a frame.
    5. Set this frame to vertical scroll.

    Also, you can see a similar example in this post:

    If you want to fix both row and column, then:

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      Marissa_R
      Marissa_R
      September 27, 2023

      This is so frustrating. I am one step away from being able to prototype a table with both a sticky column and a sticker header row while keeping the labels inline with the content. Right header labels are either not sticky or not aligned with content when scrolling.

      These two mocks are as close as you can get with Figma’s options:

      Right header labels are not sticky: https://www.figma.com/proto/W9cpHk7RLzaciwgSI4HTtE/Table-Scrolling-with-stick-column-and-header?page-id=0%3A1&type=design&node-id=201-2989&viewport=414%2C-493%2C0.56&t=rTisAUT1Zd2jpOSz-1&scaling=min-zoom&mode=design

      Right header labels not aligned with content when scrolling:

      Figma – 27 Sep 23
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