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Sean_Sands
Mar 16, 2021 9:00 PM UTC

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

  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)

77 replies

i-kat
Jan 12, 2024 11:38 AM UTC

+1 for 0 padding

joshmillgate
Mar 12, 2024 12:29 PM UTC

+1 for 0 padding

Sacha_WD
New Member
Apr 25, 2024 4:42 PM UTC

0px please!!!

Tutti_Brutti
Apr 30, 2024 2:42 PM UTC

+1 for 0px padding
omg pleaseeeeee stop making me delete 10px 10px 10px all day long. Please.

djv
Figmate
Community Support
Apr 30, 2024 8:56 PM UTC

Hey All, thanks for the feedback and sorry for the lack of acknowledgement here!

We’ll pass this onto the team for future consideration.

Jul 12, 2024 9:21 AM UTC

let me choose what the default auto layout spacing is, and let this default setting work with variables so i can link it to a specific pre-defined spacing variable

Laura_Fegan
Aug 21, 2024 2:05 PM UTC

+1 for 0 as default and being able to define (like with nudge amount)

Lauren_Blake
Oct 16, 2024 10:20 PM UTC

+1 for 0px padding! I kept thinking I messed up some default setting this whole time.

Bobby Kenner
New Member
Jan 26, 2025 9:49 PM UTC

I felt this too. It’s made worse by padding being more buried/truncated. Setting to 0 by default would be my ask.

Nils8
New Member
Mar 25, 2025 10:09 AM UTC

Bump !!!!
this is so anoying