Launched: Negative values in Auto Layout

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Hey everyone, just wanted to chime in and say thanks for all of this feedback! While we don’t share timelines, and can’t go into too much detail of our roadmap, I can assure you that the team is aware of this and is definitely looking into this as a future improvement to auto layout. Keep the feedback coming! :blush:

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I want negative values to be able to put icon on image, so like in code I could say I want this icon on the image from 16px from left and 16px from top. Would be amazing o.

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Meh

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+1 Negative padding needed big time as requested in original post.

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Please, I need negative padding!

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HI @Eddie_Velez , in that case, I think you’re facing a problem very similar to mine when positioning items through the z-axis.

There’s a feature request open for editing the z-index of elements, you can take a look, leave your use case there and upvote the discussion so we can make the Figma team aware of this issue. Z-index property that is independent from Auto Layout - #11 by Roger_Junior

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I would sell an arm and a leg to get this feature. Please try and release this! :sweat_smile:

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@Brian_Clay
I would kiss you if I knew you for requesting this

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Please Figma we need it!

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Agree! Freedom of speech, transparent elections and negative values in Auto layouts XD

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+1 this feature would be super helpful

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Plus - it won’t keep the negative spacing if you remove elements in the instances, so it doesn’t really work for most usecases.

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I would pay a lot of money to get this :sweat_smile:

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Dear Figma, I really really really need this feature! :pleading_face:

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Dear Figma, I really really really need this feature! +1

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Technically you can independently control a border if you use a shadow with a blur of 0.

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Hey There!

I’d love the ability to use Auto Layout to create an overlap of two components. Like this for example:

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Currently, I group the components and manually adjust the positioning.

Love to get people’s thoughts on this!

Thanks,
Adam

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Check this out: Figma quick trick: negative spacing in auto layout | by Anton Kuznetsov | Feb, 2022 | Bootcamp

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I can not wait anymore!! :dotted_line_face: :woman_facepalming:

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One year and 736 votes later… still nothing much I’m afraid. Must be one hell of a refactor needed then for this small feature…

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