Layout grid overflowing the top content layer

Is this popup window nested in the frame which has layout grids enabled?

□ Frame with layout grids (customer information)
⮑ □ Frame with the modal (edit customer information)

If so, that’s expected behavior.

No, it looks like this:

Parent Frame (grids not enabled)
⮑ □ Frame with the modal (edit customer information)
⮑ □ Frame with cards with grids enabled (customer information and 2 more)

So I end up with 3 areas where the grids from the other layers are visible in the top layer. The screenshot shows 1 square on the left and 2 stacked rectangles on the right which mirror the cards dimensions.

Oh, it’s even more interesting. I discovered that one frame controls all the other frames with the grids set. When I toggle the grids visibility of a single frame, all the other are affected too.

I utilize grid styles pulled from the outside library, maybe that information will help?

Thanks!

The behavior you are describing is normal if you used View → Layout Grids setting to turn layout grids off. Once you turn layout grid visibility on for one layer, this setting gets enabled automatically, hence all other layout grids with visibility set to on (eye open) will be turned on. However, since you are using grids from the library, they shouldn’t have individual settings to turn their visibility on/off, so I’m a bit confused about what you are doing.

Regarding the layout grids showing through: I just checked and I can reproduce this behavior. I didn’t know it worked this way. If you think it’s wrong, you can create a feature suggestion here on the forum in #product-ideas category or talk to Figma support team about it via the support request form.

Thank you @Gleb, now I know that I’m not the only one. 😉 Yes, I think it shouldn’t work this way as it looks like the grids are set to the front layers which may confuse the devs. And mixes with the top layer grids when they have their own set. I’ll report that, thanks.

No, I’m using the eye toggle in the right panel and it applies to all layers with grids on (even if they have different style applied from that same library):

You are not the only one. Grids rock, but not when the wrong ones for underlaying layers show through.

Any update on this feature request?

@Jared_r Hi! You’ve commented on an outdated thread that I will be closing. Please create a new topic with more specifics on what you’re looking for when it comes to grids.