Auto reverse auto-layout order of display

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Auto layout is cool. Thanks Figma!
However, to change the display order, one has to manually change the order of each item in the Layer section, which can be annoying when dealing with too many items in the layout.

A solution would be to add three layout buttons, right below the current ones, that do just that: reverse the order of display.

Much love. I hope this helps!
Names of the button and much more on it on my personal blog on Medium: New Figma Auto-Layout Feature. The Problem | by Malik D | Mar, 2024 | Medium

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Jean17

Having the possibility to switch between auto-layout styles via Variables would be amazing as well

Rory_Byrne

New Member

Agree. Being able to set this like flexbox would be useful

Mueller_Bernhard_SCW_FIXY3

New Member

This would help… actually now!

Markus_Schmon

New Member

You can achieve something like that by mirroring the entire element and then replacing the items with their non-mirrored counterparts.

Unfortunately, this doesn't work with components that have both mirrored and non-mirrored variants. When switching variants, the items are mirrored.

So yes, a "reverse item order" function would be great for both axes (left→right to right→left and top→bottom to bottom→top).

Jasper Koenen

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You can achieve something like that by mirroring the entire element and then replacing the items with their non-mirrored counterparts.

Unfortunately, this doesn't work with components that have both mirrored and non-mirrored variants. When switching variants, the items are mirrored.

So yes, a "reverse item order" function would be great for both axes (left→right to right→left and top→bottom to bottom→top).

Thanks dude! You saved me 30mins of work

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