Retain Place-Freely position when adding elements on top

[stefan_s]

I've just discovered the layering possibilities of place-freely! It gives us the ability to influence the Z order on a Y-Parallax heavy waterfall website.
Every time we add new rows above, though, the place freely objects shift their position. Which is probably perfect for certain layout situations. In our case it means going back and reposition the affected images with each design change.
It would be great If they had an option to wouldn't keep their position relative to the surrounding space.

[arminunruh]

wait a few days for the new "horizontal grid" setting! im working on it at the moment

take a look at the story on www.instagram.com/laytheme

using a horizontal grid, elements can be positioned quite freely, however, they will still be bound to rows, so when you insert rows on top, they will move down

[stefan_s]

Thanks Armin. I just saw the new permanent Layer window. If I change the order of images (non "place-freely ones) does it affect their z-index?

[arminunruh]

yes it will

[stefan_s]

@arminunruh Thank you so much for the Horizontal Grid / Layer Updates. That is sooo helpful!

[arminunruh]

im happy you like it! :))

[fgenerotzky]

Hi, i am also using horizontal grid and place freely at my index page, had no problems till mid of last year. Now I can't put new rows on top, every new blank row will be added at the bottom. is there a new bug?

[arminunruh]

hey so if your images are "place freely"
then if you add a row on top, it wont actually change the position of the place freely items. it will only add a row.

can you check if this is the case for u please

[fgenerotzky]

hey Armin, thanks for your reply.
Yes, I can add new rows and the position / layout of the project thumbnails aren't changing. that's fine.
The problem is that the new rows are not placed at the top or in between, but always at the end of the page. So it isn't possible to put new stuff on top without dragging every existing item / picture manually down to make room.