# Tips on Prototyping - Scroolling components and layers

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/tips-on-prototyping-scroolling-components-and-layers/5109>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/tips-on-prototyping-scroolling-components-and-layers/5109 "2024-04-17T14:50:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![godoicami](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/godoicami/32/4678_2.png) [@godoicami](https://community.penpot.app/u/godoicami)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/tips-on-prototyping-scroolling-components-and-layers/5109/1 "2024-04-17T14:50:59Z")

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Hey guys! I decided to use Penpot 2.0 for the redesign of a website but I am facing some limitations and doubts on prototyping features. I will use this forum to share them and hopefully I get a few tips and tricks on it. Though features requests may come up out of this forum.

(2) Can I define a vertical or horizontal scrolling of components contained in a board?  
I need to simulate a text scrolling into a text field but I couldn’t find how to do it:

Prototype link so you can situate each topic:

> **[Penpot | Design Freedom for Teams](https://penpot.eita.org.br/#/view/153d6bb7-b76e-8185-8004-343dab9f0c03?page-id=153d6bb7-b76e-8185-8004-343dab9f58be&section=comments&index=0&share-id=153d6bb7-b76e-8185-8004-366645ed838c)**
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**Author:** ![madalenam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/madalenam/32/4024_2.png) [@madalenam](https://community.penpot.app/u/madalenam)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/tips-on-prototyping-scroolling-components-and-layers/5109/2 "2024-04-23T07:51:34Z")

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> [@godoicami](#):
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> r horizontal scrolling of components contained in a board?

Hi @godoicami,

Thanks for the suggestion! We already have a [User Story](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/us/4519) in our backlog for this so hopefully this will be available soon!

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**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://community.penpot.app/u/Denis)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 9:51am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/tips-on-prototyping-scroolling-components-and-layers/5109/3 "2024-09-12T09:51:00Z")

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This topic is very known and also discussed here.  
[struggling with scrolling layout](https://community.penpot.app/t/struggling-with-scrolling-layout/1775)

Just to keep the topic together/in one place, there are many sites / requests now for this issue.