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Sean_Sands
Sean_Sands
March 16, 2021

Define default padding for Auto Layout (or set to 0)

  • March 16, 2021
  • 77 replies
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  1. Describe the problem your experiencing and how your idea helps solve this
    When you create an autolayout frame, it always defaults to 10px. Many design systems call for an 8px grid and in many cases, users don’t want ANY padding especially where edge-to-edge designs are concerned.

  2. Ask questions to bring the community into the conversation
    What are everyone’s thoughts about the following solutions?:

  • Default autolayout padding based on the big nudge amount in your settings
  • Allow for tokenization of padding/margin grids and offer up autolayout parameters based upon those tokens
  • Allow users to override the padding to 0px at the creation of the autolayout frame by using an alternative key command like ctrl+shift+a (command on mac)

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    TULBURG
    TULBURG
    May 6, 2022

    But please let the lowest value be 0 not 0.1 🤦‍♂️

    Maria16
    Maria16
    May 17, 2022
    • I would like to set myself the default vaule
    • If not possible, I prefer the default to be 0px so that it is easier to recognize that a padding needs to be applied. Sometimes I overlook the 10px.
      Nick_Jaramillo
      Nick_Jaramillo
      June 8, 2022

      +1 for Default padding = 0

        BennyChew
        BennyChew
        June 8, 2022

        Same here. Default padding 0 highly preferred. All day long when I set auto layout I have to set the padding to 0.

          Jay_Moore
          Jay_Moore
          June 23, 2022

          Yes, thank you.

          Rant: All day long, I add auto layout and remove padding. So annoying. If we must default to padding, let me set default. Why 10? Use 8 grid standard. Encourage best practices Figma.

            Stefania
            Stefania
            August 3, 2022

            +1 for default padding to 0

              Cory_Mckinnon1
              Cory_Mckinnon1
              August 23, 2022

              Please allow me to control the default with a setting. I prefer 0, but others may not.

                dmho
                dmho
                August 26, 2022

                It’s very frustrating to have to reset everything to 0px every time an auto layout is added… would love to be able to configure a default somehow.

                  Noah6
                  Noah6
                  August 30, 2022

                  Lets get a 0 as the default 😃

                    Joe_Garlick
                    Joe_Garlick
                    Active Member
                    August 31, 2022

                    Another vote for set to 0! I also want my auto-layouts to always be ‘fill’ 99% of the time, I work in a lot of nested auto-layouts for responsive web design.

                    I would prefer the children added inside an auto layout to not lose their current auto-layout setting, usually ‘fill’ in my use-case, unhelpfully changed to ‘fixed’. Every time I make a nested auto-layout I have to strip out the default padding to 0, and then set the parent to ‘fill’ from ‘fixed’ and then also manually re-set all the children back to ‘fill’. I have done it so many times now it is automatic, but it is a lot of UI interactions that could be avoided with better default setting options. I do this many many times every single day. 🙂

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