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Contents of slots repositioning themselves at random

  • July 30, 2026
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broogle

We have an image container component that we use on many pages, which utilizes a slot. It had been functioning perfectly for a while but recently team members have noticed that the contents of the slots reposition themselves outside of the frame of the component at random. Today I observed this happening when I clicked the lock icon to lock the slot layer- no other actions were taken and the contents of the slot moved themselves to the upper left of the frame, outside of view and the actual component frame. The ‘undo’ action does not undo the repositioning. 

 

This is severely impacting our workflow as the images will reset themselves multiple times a day. 

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Gayani_S
Figmate
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  • July 31, 2026

Hey ​@broogle, thanks for reaching out! 

A few things that'd help me narrow down what's happening:

  1. If someone else on your team is viewing the file at the same time this happens, do they see the content in the correct position while it looks shifted for you (or the other way around)?
  2. Does running "Regenerate all instances" from the Quick actions menu bring the layout back, even if only temporarily?
  3. Does the slot's containing frame have a fixed size that's different from the size of the content you're placing inside it?

I've opened ticket #2043652 for this so we can take a closer look at your file directly. Could you reply with the answers to those questions over on the ticket? Our customer support team will take it from there.

In the meantime, our Use slots to build flexible components in Figma article has some helpful background on how slot content is meant to behave, in case anything there jumps out at you.


Thank you, 

Gayani