Bug: Pen tool inside autolayout frame goes absolutely haywire



When I try using the pen tool to draw a line inside a frame with autolayout, the vector node gets placed wayyyy outside the frame, at a seemingly random point.

Hi @tallneil, Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention and for sharing those helpful screenshots.

I’ve done a test on my side and managed to replicate the same behavior. I’ve looked into this further, and it seems like it may be linked to a longstanding bug we’ve been aware of.

While we can’t promise anything, your post has been added to our files which will definitely help to highlight the issue. For future updates and bug fixes, I’d recommend keeping an eye on our Release Notes

Your support in this really means a lot to us. We truly value feedback from our community!

Thank you,

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Thanks @Junko3!

Side note - Is this post filed under the correct Figma Forum tag? Should “Ask the community” be used for bug reporting?

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Hi @tallneil, Thanks for waiting!

Our community does’t have a specific category for bug reporting but you can add tag to a post, so feel free to use the “Ask the Community” section.

If you’d like to report a bug in the future, I recommend submitting a bug report directly to our support team via this form: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
When submitting, please make sure to use your Figma account email, share the link of related file with support-share@figma.com as an Editor(This won’t affect your billing at all), and include a recording of the issue if possible. So that our support team can take a closer look.

Thanks for being proactive and helping us improve!

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