Change default canvas stacking in auto layout

This drives me insane too! Should be such an easy thing for Figma to add as a setting default to adjust! Please “fix” this Figma, as I see its current state as an oversight and a bug rather than a thought-through feature decision.

+1 to this please!!! First on top as default, or at least give me the option to set it.

Right now, Figma automatically stacks new layers in Auto Layout with the “Last on top” in the Canvas stacking. While you can manually change this for each frame, there’s no global setting to make "First on Top" the default.

Having to adjust this every single time slows down the design process. It would be much more efficient if Figma allowed users to set a global preference for stacking order—just like how we can customize nudge values.

Honestly, "First on Top" feels like it should be the default, with an option to switch if needed. This small change would save a lot of time and make Auto Layout much smoother to work with.

+1 too, been having this problem for a long time.
I have to change the canvas stacking 1by1 in each prototype :(
please give me the option to set it

Totally agree with all the posters here. I honestly can’t think of a time when I wanted last on top to be the setting. So I finally got tired of changing it every time and was looking for how to set the default and low and behold I see that I’m not alone and am dumbfounded that there is no way to set the default for this! Figma, when are you going to add this simple little setting change? And why no response to all the feedback?

I liked the original, is that the same as voting up?

I have to change from last on top to first on top in multiple places in every prototype I make. It’s strange that Figma doesn’t have a setting to adjust this default.

Up voting this!

Seriously how hard can this be? There is never a case where I want “last on top”. Its ridiculous. Thanks for UI3 though 😂

Doesn’t make sense to have bottom elements on top. First on top should be the default option.

Very much agree

Hi ​@figma_admin 💁🏾

Please. It’s just confusing and such a hidden setting. 

totally agree with this

Absolutely. I assume it’s the Figma team trying to reestablish a new way of thinking of layers.

Years of using layer-based design software has taught us that the higher the layer in the list, the higher it’s position in stacking index. Not sure why they’d fight it!

Please @Figma this is very much needed, I am glad someone pointed it out… It is very unintuitive, please fix it ASAP.

Is there an update on this? Maybe a global setting or something?

While I do use "last on top", "first on top" is way more common. It’s pretty annoying having to change it manually every single time.

Also, it leads to mistakes in designs because honestly, when you're in a rush, it's easy to forget to switch the setting…

Yes! Please! Such a  unnecessary nitpicky thing to change just for the sake of being cool…

In the meantime, you can set all your objects to ‘first on top’ at the same time, saves a ton of time. Also elements set to ’first on top’ will carry that setting to all copies, saving even more time.

Time that wouldn't need to be saved in the first place, let's be honest.

I was also very confused, then I searched and discovered all of you who have the same need.

10 months time, Figma team is still ignoring us~
Please treat it as a global preference, it makes so much sense to let user make decision. 

Additional frustration: 

Outside of Autolayouts, using the ] shortcut you can move things up in the layer order, putting them on top/in front  of the items below it in layer order.

But within in autolayouts, whilst using the ] shortcut still moves them up in the layer order, adding Ctrl-] shortcut to put them straight to the front jumps them all the way to the bottom of the stack. It seems counter intuitive, hugely inconsistent and needlessly confusing.