The resizing constraints in the layer do not function properly in combination with Auto Layout

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The layer resizing constraints don’t work properly in combination with autopartitioning, and there is no way to select horizontal/vertical resizing for multiple elements.

The sublayer has fixed dimensions(expected ‘Fill’) and the ‘constraints’ have all 4 checkboxes on all sides.

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Even though constraints are specified, the sublayer is not scaled proportionally to the parent layer and is fixed at one of the corners, most often the bottom right.

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If the sub-layer is without the ‘Auto Layout’ option, the size constraints work as intended, but it’s still not the same without ‘Auto Layout’.

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One more note: In my case there are N+1 text elements in the sublayer. Each of them needs to manually select ‘Fill’ resizing horizontally and/ or vertically. If I select all text items, the drop-down lists with the choice of resizing disappear in ‘Auto Layout’ - why is this so? Also, if the sub-layer is not ‘Auto Layout’, I can’t set all selected elements to a limit.

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I hope you have understood my point. Please fix these issues. Thanks in advance.

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Checked it in 11.0 Beta - now Auto Layout works properly, I’m glad :slight_smile:
The only thing left is a remark about selecting resizing for a selected group of elements

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It’s great to hear the 11 beta version resolved the issue :pray:

We’re still working on getting the auto-layout inspector to handle multiple selections. We’ve bumped it up on our to-do list and hope to have it ready in one of the next updates.

Also, if the sub-layer is not ‘Auto Layout’, I can’t set all selected elements to a limit.

To help us get it right, could you send us a quick screencast of how this works in another app you’re familiar with?

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