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Naughty nested component... it misbehaves mysteriously

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By Usability Jeff
| forum.figma.com
I have a small help component with two variants: expanded and collapsed. It’s designed to sit at the bottom of a left nav. It starts out collapsed, and if the user clicks it, it will toggle open. Click again and it closes. It works fine by itself. I have a left nav component with variants for open and hover and closed. The left nav contains all the nav menu items plus the help component at the bottom.
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Did "on drag" just break today?

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By Usability Jeff
| forum.figma.com
I’ve got a table component where the first column is always fixed and the rest of the columns can drag left (“under” it). As soon as the dragging starts, I show a drop shadow effect under the right edge of the fixed column. When the user drags all the way back, the drop shadow disappears. This all worked perfectly yesterday. Today I notice that the user can only drag an inch to the left before the drag interaction stops. This leaves several columns still clipped off to the right.
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"On Scroll" for prototyping

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By Usability Jeff
| forum.figma.com
250 Every vote helps for this dying feature request - also related to prototyping! Really important for correct usability tests on desktop: Scrollbars in presentation view for scrollable elements. (changeable if they are permanently visible or just when the cursor enters the respective area) is a must when testing for desktop. There is no chance or workaround since no plugins work in this view. Your vote and/or comment would help a lot: Display scroll bar in prototype preview mode
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