Hey, after today’s update, the Auto Layout flow doesn’t seem to be working in the secondary components anymore.
Is anyone else experiencing the same issue? : (Â
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Auto Layout flow doesn’t seem to be working in the secondary components.
Best answer by AlicePackard
The best solution I can think of is to make a variant property on the main component with options for the various auto layout directions that you need (eg “vertical”, “horizontal”).
Alternatively, you could put those text layers into a Slot. The slot will afford you more styling freedom in instances! But you'd want to keep the text layers wrapped in a an auto layout frame within the slot so you can still adjust its direction.
I could see a future where Figma opens up auto layout direction as an overridable attribute… but I think it’d be a big challenge, and could cause other issues. Eg changing from horizontal to grid opens up a ton of new decisions at the instance level.
Hey ​
This looks like expected behavior to me. In your screenshot, you have an instance of a component named “Main.” It has never been possible to change the auto layout type, or direction, on instances—at least to my knowledge.
If I’m misunderstanding what the issue is, do let me know!
For some reason….I remembered that it was possible to change the Auto Layout flow on nested component instances. But if that functionality isn't available, I completely understand. Thanks for clarifying!
Do anyone know if this is something that might be supported in the future? It would be really helpful to avoid having to detach the nested component instance from the main component just to change the Auto Layout flow.
The best solution I can think of is to make a variant property on the main component with options for the various auto layout directions that you need (eg “vertical”, “horizontal”).
Alternatively, you could put those text layers into a Slot. The slot will afford you more styling freedom in instances! But you'd want to keep the text layers wrapped in a an auto layout frame within the slot so you can still adjust its direction.
I could see a future where Figma opens up auto layout direction as an overridable attribute… but I think it’d be a big challenge, and could cause other issues. Eg changing from horizontal to grid opens up a ton of new decisions at the instance level.
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