Stacks (Flexbox)
What Is a Stack?
A Stack is a special type of Group that defines the layout of its child Layers.
How to Stack?
To Stack layers or groups, select them and click the Stack button in Layout panel.
Stack Properties
A Stack has 3 properties:
Direction: Defines if stacking of child Layers is Horizontal or Vertical
Alignment: Can be Top/Center/Bottom/Spread
Spacing: Defines the spacing between each child Layer
Direction
Defines if stacking of child Layers is Horizontal or Vertical.
Alignment
Can be Top/Center/Bottom/Spread
Spacing
Defines the spacing between each child Layer.
Collapsing
When you hide a layer, or override a symbol to ‘none’, the stack will ignore it while rearranging the other layers.
Notice how in the example below, the Body Layer replaces the space of the hidden Subtitle Layer when collapsing is checked in.
Stack Nesting
Stacks can be nested within other Stacks.
Symbol Resizing
If you have a single Stack Group as a Symbol, it will resize the Symbol instance for Overrides. This is optional, but default for new Stacks is On.
Negative Spacing
You can use negative values. Main use-case here is overlapping border.
Scrubbing Spacing
Click the spacing label and drag it to the sides for easier use.
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