Auto resize content checkbox functionality

Hi everyone,

First off, congratulations to the Sketch team for shipping Athens! It looks lovely and I can’t wait to get some spare time to check out all the features it has.

I have a question about the legacy inspector checkbox Auto resize content. When checked, the contents of my artboard used to stretch with the resize naturally. I would normally uncheck the option to just increase the size of the artboard to fit and work on content out of sight, and then resize to the original artboard size.

Now that Athens has gotten rid of artboards, does anyone know how to replicate the functionality of unchecking the Auto resize content functionality on a frame?

Thanks a million

Hey @hone_w

Thanks for the lovely words! We hope you enjoy this new version as much we enjoy making it.

About this: “Now that Athens has gotten rid of artboards, does anyone know how to replicate the functionality of unchecking the Auto resize content functionality on a frame?” - One reason this happens, is because the layers within the frame are set to relative dimensions for width and height.

To resize frames without changing their contents, you can:

  • Press ⌘ while you resize your frame
  • Or press ⌘Enter to enter Edit mode and resize your frame there.

CleanShot 2025-05-28 at 08.59.44

Hope this helps! :pray:

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This definitely helped! Thank you so much for the prompt response. Just working my way through learning all the amazing new features.

Regards,
Hone

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