Resizing artboard is stretching content on Mac

Hi. I’ve just installed 2025.1. Selecting an artboard then dragging the bottom of it would previously increase the size of the height of the artboard but keep the content on the artbaord in place. Now when I do it, it stretches out all the content on the artboard too. I can’t see how to prevent it. I need some help with this please.

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Hello! :waving_hand:

You can resize frames without changing their contents by:

  • Pressing while you resize your frame
  • You can also press Enter to enter Edit mode and resize your frame there.

Let us know if this helps!

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That did the job. Thanks! :slight_smile:

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Alternatively, set all of the frame’s children to a width/height other than Relative. If you select the frame and hit Enter, it’ll select all the children, then you can easily change in the inspector.

The same thing happends when updating the artboard size via the dimensions settings on the top right. Is there any way to change the artboard dimension from there without stretching the content?

Yes. Enter Edit mode on the frame with ⌘⏎ or Layer > Edit or the Edit button in the toolbar. If in edit mode, any way you resize will only adjust the frame‘s bounds, and leave the content untouched.

Thank you, this was driving me mad!