Repeat Grid overrides / inheritance (some styles differ in an item, rest still sync with other list items)
It will be great if repeat grid work in way like this:
I want to show how recommended item will look like. I'm double-clicked wished element title and turn off "Fill" checkbox in "Inherit" panel. Now I can change color only for this title, but if I will change font-size, for example, all titles will change it, because "font-size" checkbox is active. If I click "Fill" again, my title will be back to gray.
All checkbox is active by default — so behavior will be just like now and it will take full control and understanding what and when happens.
Mikhail Nikipelov
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Sapphire Leung
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXIJTUgJGc
I found this video and it shows how we can override the style of a repeated grid element BY making component inside the repeated grid element -
plainclothes
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You've got component states and local overrides. Clearly, this behavior is expected in repeat grids as well.
This feature request has been around since the early days when I first tried to struggle my way through XD. How can this not be implemented yet?
Another "almost there" core XD feature, 6 years on.
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Nadine Gin
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When I create a repeating grid, it is possible that I can change individual entries from the content. However, it is not possible to adjust the formatting of individual elements such as font color or font style.
Adjusting color or style is also not possible when I select only one word in a text box. It is always the complete text that is adjusted. Unfortunately, this is not practical and is a hindrance in professional work. -
Nadine Gin
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When I create a repeating grid, it is possible that I can change individual entries from the content. However, it is not possible to adjust the formatting of individual elements such as font color or font style.
Adjusting color or style is also not possible when I select only one word in a text box. It is always the complete text that is adjusted. Unfortunately, this is not practical and is a hindrance in professional work. -
Mahmood Zidan
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+1
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Diana
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Yeah! This would be amazing. I have to deal with lots of tables, and being able to make zebra tables without ungrouping my repeat list would be amazing.
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Anonymous
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This feature would be very useful!
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Jay
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On large scale projects, the "make the first item a component" is not an effective solution. For instance, simple color changes on repeated items affects all other list items.
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Panu Tunttunen
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I have needed this feature many times because the manual overlaying is very cumbersome. +1
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Jobin George
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Repeat grid can be overridden by making first element as component
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Chris Ryland
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It seems to me that there’s a really big missing feature of repeat groups: the ability to have a repeat grid member that is a complex structure, and not just a text or graphic whose contents can be enumerated in advance.
E.g., suppose one member of a repeat grid is a bar chart, with several elements (bars, labels). There’s no way to produce a set of variants in the repeat grid because the whole chart isn’t a simple text or graphic object.
I realize this would be a big architectural change to XD, but it would greatly increase the power of repeat grids.
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Anonymous
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Components are great, with the ability to change styles inside a local instance.
It would be great to enable the same overrides inside repeat grids.Currently we can change text and images inside each line of a repeat grid, but if we change the color of a text (or a shape) inside a specific line of a grid, it will change for the whole grid.
It would be great to be able to change text style and colors inside a specific line of a repeat grid.
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Anonymous
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The reason the shadow gets cut is because you are not allowing for margins, include a style-less box around your content, the shadow WILL appear :)
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Joshua Chauvin
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great idea here, this is a must have
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Anonymous
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this is great idea
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Rafael Silva
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Yes, it's missing this. I end up not using repeat grid because I have to manually make these overrides.
These proprieties and layer visibility overrides are a must in repeat grids and symbols, at least for me. -
Anonymous
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Repeat grid has so much potential and yet it undelivers time and time again because it's simply missing some usability upgrades. Come on Adobe, help us out here!
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Sander
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It is extremely annoying when you have a couple of items out of the ordinary and you suddenly can't use a repeat grid anymore because everything changes with it.
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Farshad Sadri
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That's an absolute necessity. Currently I just put items I'd like to look different outside grid. I also think the opacity of an object should be editable in just one instance.
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> If you have boxes with shadows, then the grid cuts off the shadow.
For shadows on bottom or right, make repeat grid a little larger on those sides.
For shadows on top or left, select element and shift it down or to the right.
Randy
