The template for A4 frames creates frames of different sizes. How can this be fixed?
Good afternoon,
I encountered a strange problem while working with Miro.
In my project, I decided that I would work with A4 frames, so I went to the toolbar, selected the frame tool, and chose the A4 template. I thought that if I did this, all my frames would be exactly the same, which would help me later when exporting. But strangely enough, I was wrong. I noticed that they are constantly different, as you can see in the screenshot I uploaded. It shows two frames that I created one after the other within 20 seconds using the same A4 template.
As you can see, they are not the same size, and I don't know why. Please help me solve this problem.
Why is this happening and how can I fix it?
I would really appreciate your response!
Best regards Leonid
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Hi @Leonid
Fascinating! Spock once said “Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected, in this case I think interesting would suffice.” Well . . . for me . . . fascinating!
I played around with this a little bit. Sadly, I could not reproduce the behavior if I just kept to a single board, at a single zoom level, and made one frame after the other.
But as you can see here:
I could generate a variety of sizes if I switched between boards - or even stayed on the same board at a different zoom level.
So my guess is there is some internal variable that Miro uses (board zoom level or perhaps the size of existing frames on a board) to create fresh frames when the button is pressed. Goal: make the frames pretty on the board they are created on, even though the sizes on different boards will be different (depending -- my guess -- on viewport size and zoom).
I also noticed in your example that the frames look to be in landscape mode - that is something I could not achieve without rotating the frames.
So to make a long story short: I could not reproduce 2 different sized frames while staying on the same board and just waiting 20 seconds. But frame creation does have “whackiness” and I suggest just cutting and pasting frames - which for me is anyway easier than pressing the button.
Sorry - not a big help - but . . . FASCINATING!
Cheers, Ken
@Leonid The only insights I can offer is that I noticed that your landscape frame is, in fact, A4 ratio. When I create an A4 frame there is an option to change its orientation. Perhaps you were experiencing a glitch where the orientation is was flipped by default.
If it’s still happening, I would suggest opening a support ticket:
I could add two other things that I personally use all the time. First, by selecting all the items on the frame and the frame itself, you can easily resize the frame while keeping the aspect ratio. Second, you can activate the little number labels, so you can see exactly how big your frames are.
So . . . that gives me all the mega-power I need to move very fast with frames. I have well over 5000 frames in hundreds of boards.
