Frustratingly repetitive to remove "fixed" layout options every single time

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Every single time I add an element to the page, I am forced to go through the same identical steps:

  • Change from Fixed layout to Column or Row (if it’s not a text element)
  • Uncheck “Fixed width”
  • Uncheck “Fixed height”
  • Remove min width
  • Remove min height

It adds so much extra work for what seems to be no reason at all. These default settings seem to stem from a pre-responsive world, and I can’t imagine any good reason to make users go through this monotony every single time they place an element.

Is there a way around this that I’m unaware of? Has the Bubble team given any thought to changing this? (Or possibly even allowing Layout settings to be applied to saved styles?)

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I can’t agree more with you. Vote for that!
Also, we need dynamic orders for elements.

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wierd, me it used to do that, but now when i add a group its usually the same as the parent group and fixed width and height are unchecked and there is no min or max width/height

make sure you are fully updated and on the current version of bubble.

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You sure you’re not talking about duplicating elements? My workflow is to click on the Visual Element I want in the sidebar, and then click into a parent element on the page where I want to place it. The element does not inherit the parent’s layout traits in any case I’ve tried. And I’m on the latest version of Bubble.

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Where can I vote for this?

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maybe when i make a new group it comes in fixed. but i know for sure they fixed the default formatting when i group elements together. that used to be annoying where it would save the reletive space it was taking up as “minimum width” and id have to delete it each time.

i dont typically make groups on their own, im usually grouping elements together to get the desired layout.

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In my case, I normally use styles to pre-define my group styles which helps me a lot to save time.

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But styles don’t affect Layout.

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Oh, I see. Yes, that method works for me too. I just typically build things from the outside first, rather than building all the internals and then putting them into containers.

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ill just make one big collum group, and then when i want certain things to go horrizontally ill group them up into a row group.