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Bruna_Gomes
Bruna_Gomes
May 14, 2024
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The top layer is not getting in front of the other

  • May 14, 2024
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I created an autolayout and I’m placing one layer on top of the other, so I hope that the layer is in front of this one. That’s not what’s happening.
Even when I select the Bring to front option, it moves my layer below the other one. Anyone else having this problem?

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    Best answer by zachshea

    Auto layout behaves a bit differently here. Normally you can rearrange your layers in the layers panel to set z-axis. With auto layout, the layer order instead defines the layout order.

    For auto layout, by default, layers on the bottom of the layer list are on top/have the highest z-axis value on the canvas. You can invert this by selecting “First on top” for canvas stacking in the advanced auto layout settings.

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    Hope that helps!

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    zachshea
    zachsheaAnswer
    Active Member
    May 14, 2024

    Auto layout behaves a bit differently here. Normally you can rearrange your layers in the layers panel to set z-axis. With auto layout, the layer order instead defines the layout order.

    For auto layout, by default, layers on the bottom of the layer list are on top/have the highest z-axis value on the canvas. You can invert this by selecting “First on top” for canvas stacking in the advanced auto layout settings.

    image

    Hope that helps!

      Bruna_Gomes
      Bruna_GomesAuthor
      May 14, 2024

      Thank you so much! I didn’t know about this option in autolayout. It worked for my project, thanks!!

        MiloW
        MiloW
        Active Member
        December 3, 2024

        Can you explain why is that so?
        Looks - on default - like yet another annoying thing Figma wants to do in a different way without a really great reason…

        zachshea
        zachshea
        Active Member
        December 3, 2024

        I think it’s because…

        When you add stuff onto the canvas (without auto layout), the last thing you add is on top of all else. Makes sense here.

        So using that logic, the last thing you add into an auto layout frame—which of course you would expect to go to the bottom of the list—also is on top z-axis-wise. So top=bottom.

        But sans all the logic we just see top=bottom and go… wait a minute. I agree the default should change here.

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