Figma Slots - Makes selecting layers more difficult and unintuitive (Bug?)

Hi ​@Smith_Samuel_D, Celyn from Figma Community Support here.

Thanks so much for sharing this - and for championing Slots internally, that really means a lot. Really appreciate you taking the time to record and walk through it too.

The example you described, especially comparing it with what happens after detaching the component, is super helpful in understanding what you’re seeing here.

I can see what you mean about the selection behavior feeling inconsistent here, especially with elements across separate frames being picked up when a Slot is involved. I’m going to share this with the team so they can take a closer look.

In the meantime, just to help with the investigation, could you share a bit more about your setup?

• Are the frames overlapping at all, or fully separate on the canvas?
• Does this happen consistently across files, or only in specific ones?
• If possible, please share a direct link to the impacted file here, and invite support-share@figma.com with “Can View” access (this will not impact your billing and will allow us to reproduce the issue and investigate with Engineering)

Thanks again for raising this, keen to get a better understanding of what you’re seeing here.

 Hi ​@Celyn_L, thanks so much for the quick response!

Attached is a video of me re-demonstrating the issue in the main file, and then recreating the behavior in a brand new file. I did find a nuance while doing this demo -- the selection issue only happens if there is a Slot directly below the selection area. At first I thought it was if any Slot content (rectangles in the video) was below the selection area. This might explain why it hasn’t been more heavily reported.

Here is the link to that new test file where I recreated the issue: Link to File, and I have shared it with Edit access for the Figma Support team email.

To be clear on the behavior I would expect: I would not want the content to be selected if I cannot see it on the canvas (it is being clipped by the outermost frame). Additionally, and sort of separately, if my selection box is only within the bound of a Section, I would expect it to only select content within that Section.

Please let me know if there are any other ways I can help!

Hi ​@Smith_Samuel_D, thanks so much for taking the time to share another video and the file link, this is really helpful.

I’ve passed everything along to the team for a closer look and I’ll update you here as soon as I hear back with any next steps or updates.

Appreciate you digging into this and sharing those additional details 🙌

Hey ​@Smith_Samuel_D, thanks for your patience here. 

Just a quick update — the team is aware of this and is currently working on a fix.

I’ll follow up here as soon as I have more to share.

Hey ​@Celyn_L, wanted to followup and see how this progressed?

Hey, ​@Smith_Samuel_D 👋 Picking this up for my teammate. To check, you are still experiencing the same issues as outline in your original post, video, and follow up? If so, no need to repeat it all. Or if a new associacted/related behaviour has cropped up, let me know and I’ll add it to my questions for the Slots team. Thanks for sticking with this! – Jaycee 

Hey ​@Jaycee Lewis! Thanks. Yes, still having the same issues as defined in the original post.

Ok ​@Smith_Samuel_D Let me package up everything, post a quick recap here to make sure I have it right and I’ll get it to support for us. I’ll work on it today and post back by tomorrow pending something unexpected. Talk soon! — Jaycee

Hey ​@Smith_Samuel_D 👋 I have a ticket open for this issue. The ID is 2071182 and the subject line is Slot beneath selection area causes cross-frame marquee selection. I added a few questions to make sure support has what it needs to take a look. I also attached your two videos. Thanks again! — Jaycee

I’m glad you had the fancy words to articulate my issue, haha! Thanks ​@Jaycee Lewis!