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Allow percentage values for min/max width on auto layout frames

  • June 12, 2026
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alex_personio

Frames should support a max width defined as a percentage of their parent frame.

I run into the same scenario repeatedly: I have several frames in a composition set to hug their contents, so the parent frame wraps them once they grow past its width. The problem is:

  • When a frame is set to hug, max width only accepts px values, which isn't responsive.
  • If I switch it to fill, the parent container never wraps it, because the frame no longer has an intrinsic width.

So the min and max width/height on auto layout children only accept pixel values, this makes them break down in responsive compositions, since a px cap doesn't adapt when the parent resizes.

The suggestion here is allowing percentages making these constraints behave the way they do in CSS, so you can use values like max-width: 100% or min-width: 50%

Today the only workarounds are hardcoded px values or restructuring layers, both of which fall apart as soon as the composition needs to respond to different widths.