Hi
I have a problem with my overlay function. When I click, drag and release the overlay option, the tap doesnt appear to select over layer. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Overlay is a great feature to me in many interaction design. but the only drawback is that it has to be back to previous artboard to have all interactions on the artboard back to normal. For example, I use an overlay to make an ON/OFF button, when I tap the button from ON to OFF status, all the interactions on the artboard are disable. All the interactions become normal after I tap the button back to ON status. This feature limits the overlay's application quite a lot!

I want my overlay to be of a custom shape, in stead of a rectangle, for eg: i want my overlay to have a rounded radius, because im simulating a popup on a website. Is there any way to do it?

I am using this feature and I love it. I work as a Front End UI Developer and we are using the tool for prototyping. I did notice that the dropdown will not allow anything past the breakpoint of the page (horizontally), when in reality a dropdown could potentially require scroll.

I am using this feature, but anyway to attach it to the element or object it's connected to? For example, I wanted to expand a filter section on my design, but when I scroll down the page, then click to expand my element, it loses it's place.

In regards to my comment below I think I see the problem. The overlay is in fact positioned correctly but the issue seems to be that item I am attempting to overlay should is abut closer to the fold so once you scroll the overlay displays in the appropriate fixed position but does not take the scrolling into account. This means back to duplicating artboards I guess?

So I read a few of the comments here and I don't know if it's just me but my overlays do not display where I position them. The tend to display much lower vertically then I position the horizontal alignment seems correct though? Any ideas?

overlays are grate! but i cant stack 2 of them on top of one another, it always closes the first one before opening the other one...

Thanks for the feature but there is a bug here. the hotspot markings do not work in "overlays"

Overlays are great! And would be utterly amazing if you could animate between two on-screen positions in the same artboard. That way you can have overlays that slide *almost* off-screen but stay at the edge where they can toggled to slide back in. But that again is almost like toggling different states, which we still sorely need for switches.

New Overlay feature is great, now I can even have a menu slide in. Would be even better though if the return link could be set to go back to the originator of the overlay link? When I try using one overlay for 3 artboards, it always returns to the first artboard I linked from. Also it seems that if you try to edit the return link symbol (I assume that's what it is), it just disappears?

BTW @Jess, you can make an artboard larger than the viewport so it will scroll and if you want a menu to slide in, just set that in the overlay transition.

I'm so glad this was released this month. I love the ability to create overlays and prototype all in the same app. Up until now XD really wasn't a viable option to replace Sketch + InVision. But now it actually makes more sense for me to keep my CC subscription. I can find PS and AI replacements, but as a UX Designer having all this integrated makes it well worth the subscription price. I can't wait to see the future improvements for XD. Now I just need to see how easy it is to use XD to generate dev resources. That's the other thing I use Sketch for.

This is a great feature with lots of potential!

I agree with Jess. Overlays should allow scrolling. Overlays prevent me from scrolling while active. They also appear in the wrong spot if I scroll first and then click the trigger because they are viewport-based.

Another related thought is that it would be nice if I could have multiple overlays simultaneously or at least choose what disables them. Right now it seems to make the screen static until I click anywhere to revert.

One last thought is that the overlay transition should allow something like "Slide Down from Leading Edge". Right now they slide down from the edge of the original artboard. This looks odd for things like dropdown lists as they fly in from off of the screen instead of just below the button. For now I'll just use "Dissolve" or "None".

Great, I'm so happy to test this new and long-awaited feature

Happy that Adobe included this feature, it's extremely important in my opinion, but I've had to revert installation because apparently, the new update doesn't work properly in the desktop preview mode, I couldn't see any link working after the installation, anyone has the same problem?

Thanks adobe!!!

Great — thank you!

Agree with Jess that the overlays need to be able to be positioned anywhere on the screen, not just in the viewport. Or maybe there is a way to do this and I'm just missing it...

SIDE SCROLL items would be super useful as well, and HOVER and CLICK actions

Hi would like to be able to move the OVERLAY item anywhere, not just in the viewport. I often have pop ups and such lower on the page, outside of the viewport.

Very cool - thank you! Designs become more functional now. In one of the next steps accordions and tabs would be great.