“We’ve improved the experience for moving files. Now you can bulk move a group of files and find the right destination more easily.”
Constraints and a blend mode now display inline when toggled on, or the default is changed.
So much polish has been added to FigJam in the last few weeks! Now, you can change the color of connectors and their text independently.
Ok last one from us: Get your diagrams looking *just right*. Now you can change the color of connectors and their text independently.
— Kelly (@kly_cl) August 29, 2024
(this one is for all you ~particular~ designers out there) https://t.co/EjniX3Dhrv pic.twitter.com/4yhDYjkRNn
Users in Enterprise organizations with workspaces set up can now publish libraries to a workspace in addition to a team or the whole org.
Small improvements to FigJam keep coming — now connectors can connect to the edge or arbitrary spots on an object, not just the NSEW cardinal directions.
At Config, Figma shared a roadmap to make Figma work better for freelancers and agencies. Last week, they launched the first step towards this commitment. Now, you can transfer work to your clients on Pro plans. In the process, you can keep a copy of the work for yourself, and clients can remove collaborators when accepting a transfer to avoid accidental upgrades.
Quality-of-life improvement in FigJam — regardless of connector and shape styling, they will always have the same optical spacing. Also, alignment indicators now appear only when needed and are hidden when the object is being moved across the board. So much cleaner!
Joel Miller, one of the product designers behind UI3 at Figma, walks us through improvements the team is making based on the user feedback: Clip Content is a checkbox again, constraints are more efficient to use, pixel values are brought back to the resize controls in Auto Layout, more actions are shown for a layer, library information added for components, frame orientation controls are back, and blend modes improved. Kudos to the team for listening to the community!
We can’t be friends if you do not react to a new Figma drop in the same way.
If you’re on the Enterprise plan, workspace members can now pin files to the top of their workspaces. “Pinned files help users designate important, shared content so that workspace members can get started with the right resources.”
Day 8. Improved language support in the Tone Dial.
Day 9 brings new slick transition controls to customize the duration, easing curve, delay, etc.
Day 7 drop makes it possible to add all the slides into the deck with no need to choose right away.
Day 6 of new releases with an addition of rulers to Slides.
A few ways to see the pixel values on Auto Layout frames by KC Oh.
Multiple people noted that rulers are too detached from the content in UI3. “Scoping” rulers to frames makes common use cases easier, but I’d miss the ability to use them directly on the canvas.
Robert Bye highlights some details of the new desktop app shipped with UI3. I love the new calm tab icons!
Miggi reminds us that property labels in Figma UI can now be turned on or off.
Matt recorded his first reaction walkthrough of the new UI3 and Make Designs AI features. Regarding UI3, I’d also love an option to hide a floating toolbar and “Ready for dev” actions. (There are no developers in my personal workspace, and even at work we have Figma projects with only marketing assets that would never require development.)
Figma has several features under development that are available to users in beta. In this article, find out which beta features are available, what they are, their beta types, and how to access each one.