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Patrick
Patrick
Jul 2, 2024 8:22 AM UTC
Question

Auto Layout: Frames in instances turn into absolute positioned elements

In my main component, I have a state-layer, which has an auto layout applied to it. The frame inside is not absolute positioned. When I jump to my Instance, suddenly the frame is positioned absolute and i can’t change anything about it. This leads to a false behaviour of my components.

I guess it’s a bug or am I missing something?

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    Phu_Nguyen
    Phu_Nguyen
    Active Member
    Jul 10, 2024 5:11 AM UTC

    I am having that bug too. So annoyed.

    Celine_
    Figmate
    Celine_
    Community Support
    Jul 10, 2024 3:47 PM UTC

    Hey everyone,
    Thanks for flagging this! We would like our technical specialist to investigate it further. Please reach out directly to the support team by filling this form: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
    Be sure to use your Figma account email, share your video of the issue, include the link to the effected file, and share it with support-share@figma.com so they can take a closer look. Thank you!

    KennLucas
    KennLucas
    Jul 10, 2024 4:29 PM UTC

    I have seen a few posts on this in the last few days. You are not alone. Hopefully Figma starts acting on bugs instead of just telling everyone “we know, but you should go fill out a bug report.”

    Celine_
    Figmate
    Celine_
    Community Support
    Jul 10, 2024 5:14 PM UTC

    Hi there! Sorry for any miscommunication here - As mentioned, we would like to gather additional information in order to reproduce the issue from the users who are affected by this directly. (and also to check what changes you recently made in the file before you noticed the issue starting.)

    This will help us and the technical quality team to better investigate the root cause of the issue (and from the user’s end).

    Thank you for your understanding 🙏

    Brian_Saunders
    Brian_Saunders
    New Participant
    Jul 26, 2024 10:58 AM UTC

    @Celine_Figma I am also experiencing this issue and found some other similar topics. It’s an important one for me and I’m hoping to see it resolved because it is forcing me to detach components in my designs. If there’s any more info needed from the technical team I can provide.

    The issue I have is that I have a button component with a nested icon instance inside of it. In the main button component, the icon instance has relative positioning, but when I use the button component inside my card component, the icons receive absolute positioning from somewhere that I can’t remove. This causes the button instance to ignore the icon when set to “hug” so it looks broken.

    Celine_
    Figmate
    Celine_
    Community Support
    Jul 26, 2024 11:07 AM UTC

    Hey Brian! Thanks for the details! Can you please fill out directly this form with the details here.
    Be sure to use your Figma account email, also include a quick video recording if you are able to, a link to the file, and share it with support-share@figma.com as an Editor, so we can take a closer look. Thank you!

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