Hotspot Default Animation Issue – why is this Slide Left by default?

[Lana]

I’ve been dealing with this issue for a while, and it’s getting really frustrating. Whenever I create a hotspot, the default animation style is set to Slide Left, which often causes interactions to behave incorrectly, sliding in the wrong direction. If I don’t catch it early, I end up with multiple messed-up interactions that take extra time to fix.

Interestingly, when I create interactions from objects or artboards, the animation is set to Instant by default, which works as expected. But for hotspots, it always defaults to Slide Left - why is this Slide Left by default?

Slide is trickier since it requires a manual decision every time - slide left, right, up, or down . If you’re not paying close attention, it’s easy to create a bunch of incorrect interactions before realizing the issue. I think “Instant” would cause fewer issues and be a safer default.

Anyone else experiencing this, or does anyone know a workaround?

Is there any way to set a default animation style for hotspots?

Sketch version 101.8
Mac OS Sonoma 14.7.1

[Cris (Cristiana)]

Hello @Lana

Thank you for this report, and welcome to our community!

We checked your report and noticed inconsistencies you mentioned, so we will be asking the team to take a closer look at this and see if we can modify the current behavior.

At the moment, there isn’t an option to set a default animation for hotspots, but we will request the team to explore this and match the behavior with the other interactions.

Thank you once again for bringing this to our attention! I will keep you updated as soon as we have more information.

Cheers!