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Kerry_Johnson
Active Member
April 2, 2026
Question

Nested absolute positioned items don't work as expected

  1. Add Text
  2. Add Auto layout to Text
  3. Add Rectangle into Auto layout frame
  4. Ignore auto layout on Rectangle
  5. Set Constraints to Top + Bottom or Scale
  6. Enter several lines of text, notice the rectangle grows in size 👍
  7. Duplicate example above
  8. Add Group to Rectangle
  9. Enter several lines of text, notice the rectangle doesn’t grow in size 👎

Note: This is a simplified example; I required an absolute position group in my work to control overall opacity of several layers at once with one Figma variable.

 

I have tried the following:

  • Using frame instead of group
  • Setting constraint to bottom only
  • Flipping Rectangle vertically to maybe trick constraint
  • Keying in 100% to height and entering the height manually
  • Refitting it to 100% height by drag handle
  • Setting to scale constraint
  • Setting nested rectangle to scale constraint and vice versa with group
  • Reopening file

I believe the “Bad” frame below should work like the “Good” frame.

 

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Kerry_Johnson
Active Member
April 2, 2026

Can’t rename title; should be “Grouped absolute positioned items don't work as expected” for more accuracy.