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Josh_Smith
September 26, 2022
Question

Move an element manually when in an Auto-layout (Absolute Positioning greyed out)

  • September 26, 2022
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I have a list of todo’s in an auto-layout frame. I need to access the X access to move one of the todo’s out out of frame to the right (for prototype animation purposes). When I select the todo the X & Y axis are greyed out though. I though of using Absolute Positioning but that options seems to be greyed out also. Can anyone explain when this parameters are greyed out and if theres a workaround for what I’m trying to achieve?

Thanks!

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tank666
September 27, 2022
UX/UI designer. Figma expert. Creator and developer of plugins and widgets for Figma and FigJam. Check out my resources in Figma Community: figma.com/@tank
September 29, 2024

I ran into this problem too. It’s frustrating that I lose control over both the x and y axis when using an auto layout. Why is this restriction necessary? Would it not be better to give people the the option to only align in one axis and not two?