When developing a website in Adobe XD measurements are bigger than expected in the design

[elvencat11]

Hi! I have a huge problem. I had to design a website based in another one, so I made a screenshot of this other web so I can have it as a base, (my screen is 1920x1080). I made a 1920x1080 document in adobe XD and pasted the screenshot there. Then I designed my website following the sizes of the elements of the screenshot and everything seemed fine. BUT. When I sent the developers link to the programmer, and he began coding it, we had the surprise that everything seemed MUCH BIGGER that expected, around 25% bigger. He followed all the measurements in the prototype so it was not his fault. I am new to adobe XD and I really don't understand what had happened and what should I do to solve it. Can anyone help, please?

[chris.griffith]

A lot of variables in play here. Double check that the dev's browser is not zoomed it. I have seen issues where they have it zoomed in and forget about it. Then look at one element, a title or something. Use the browser's devtools to see the entire CSS that is being applied. That might be the clue you need to solve this.

[Chris W. Griffith]

A lot of variables in play here. Double check that the dev's browser is not zoomed it. I have seen issues where they have it zoomed in and forget about it. Then look at one element, a title or something. Use the browser's devtools to see the entire CSS that is being applied. That might be the clue you need to solve this.

[elvencat11]

Hi! thanks so much for the reply.
I am afraid its not that developer's browser was zoomed, the problem was with the prototype itself. I don't know why but doing it at 1920x1080 makes everything 20% bigger than expected. So, in order to solve it, I had to make everything again (fonts, icons, elements and even the canvas) 20% smaller, this way they the development prototype had the correct parameters.

I am afraid this is a huge bug of adobe xd. Another problem we faced is that developers needed the parameters in % but the prototype only showed them in px/pt/dp. It's a shame because I really liked the program, but with all this stuff I am seriously considering moving to Sketch or another prototyping software...

[HARSHIKA_VERMA · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

Sorry for the delay in response. We had a similar discussion that happened in past here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-xd/which-unit-does-adobe-xd-use-for-pixel-sizing/td-p/8228778#:....

Please check and see if that helps.

Thanks,

Harshika