Ridd warns that using component properties introduces a new type of responsibility for designers and explores what the most effective handoff deliverable actually looks like.
By now you’ve probably seen a few of these before/after screenshots like the one below:
— Ridd 🏛 (@Ridderingand) May 31, 2022
Pretty incredible, right?
Yes, BUT... pic.twitter.com/wE1HVHY2yI
Luis shows a neat trick on how to create an “infinite table” using component properties, where we can toggle on however many columns or rows we need in designs.
Tips time!
— luis. (@disco_lu) May 30, 2022
Using component props, we can create "infinite tables"
So we can toggle on however many columns / rows we need in designs
This prevents us maintaining large variant sets for every permutation of table 🍽
Community file to play with: https://t.co/WqNM5SMjSE pic.twitter.com/yhefqrNImC
A nice trick from Gleb on how to create a transparent fill that supports a background blur effect.
Epic @figma tip I learned from @edpratti (Material You file)
— Gleb Sabirzyanov ❤️ (@gleb_sexy) June 1, 2022
Transparent fill that supports background blur effect! 🤯🔥
1. Create a white fill
2. Change the fill blend mode to Darken/Multiply
3. Optional: create a style “Transparent”
1% or 0.01% opacity trick is dead! 💀 pic.twitter.com/U63DVuvTNQ
Follow Charli Marie’s live stream of working on a quote component and figuring out how to use Component Properties.
Molly Hellmuth with 5 step-by-step examples on how and when to use Component Properties.
💡Figma Tip: Start Using Component Properties
— Molly Hellmuth (@molly_hellmuth) June 1, 2022
Component Properties were Figma’s biggest release at Config2022. They’re shaking up how components should be built on a foundational level, in a big/great way!
Keep reading for 5 step-by-step examples on how and when to use them.. pic.twitter.com/o967PIedl1
Joey Banks on component properties: “In the past few weeks, I’ve had the chance to become more comfortable creating components that contain component properties. What has helped me the most has been to think of this new feature as an additional way, not a separate way, to further organize and create components and variants that scale with the library and system.”
A new plugin by Rogie King fixes the most common issues with importing and copy-pasting SVGs from Adobe Illustrator to Figma. Huge time saver if you’ve ever had to deal with these problems manually!
Miggi shows how to make a reusable and flexible tooltip component set using Auto Layout, absolute positioning, constraints, and component properties.
Joey Banks creates a card layout similar to iOS’s Wallet app with negative values within an Auto Layout container.
I'm so happy that @figma finally allows for negative values within Auto Layout containers, which make card layouts, like those within iOS's Wallet app, really easy to create! ↔️ pic.twitter.com/InlupvM3Op
— Joey Banks (@joeyabanks) May 24, 2022
Miggi plays with component properties, Auto Layout slots method, and Interactive Components to make some fun modular content prototypes.
This Week in Startups interviewed Jordan Singer, founder of Diagram and creator of the Automator plugin.
Another great shortcut from Miggie to avoid going into the advanced type settings menu — click on the “Fixed size” icon while holding Option (Alt) to enable truncated text. (With so much free space to the right, I wonder what’s the justification for hiding this option in the menu.)
Option (alt) + click on 'Fixed' text to convert text field to have truncate text behavior in @figma. #figmatip pic.twitter.com/aDhkDL7b3j
— Miggi (@miggi) May 19, 2022
Miggie with a pro tip on Auto Layout — typing in “auto” as the spacing value will change the spacing mode from Packed to Space Between.
One more late night @figma auto layout tidbit.
— Miggi (@miggi) May 19, 2022
If you type in "auto" as the spacing value, it will change the behavior from packed, to space between! pic.twitter.com/rnW1oqoOPy
Molly Hellmuth discusses five major changes to the Auto Layout introduced at Config 2022.
To answer some common questions about Component Properties, Tom Lowry re-recorded the little run-through that he did during one of the breaks at Config.
Ridd is rethinking his approach to content systems with the introduction of Component Properties.
Config was a gamechanger for "Slot" components...
— Ridd 🏛 (@Ridderingand) May 19, 2022
They're now more powerful than ever and I'm starting to rethink how I approach content systems in Figma...
Time for a deep dive👇 pic.twitter.com/1mID6OkAwV
Joey Banks creates a button component using both Variant Properties and Component Properties.
Creating a button component set in @figma, using both Variant Properties and Component Properties 🤓: pic.twitter.com/RhoB8WpXrH
— Joey Banks (@joeyabanks) May 19, 2022
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Ridd shows why the new Instance Swap component property “blows the roof off of what we can do with components”.
Wow, instance swapping is about to blow the roof off of what we can do with components 🤯
— Ridd 🏛 (@Ridderingand) May 10, 2022
Here's how 👇 #config2022 pic.twitter.com/PiO0DjB2g3
Joey Banks shares the features announced at Config 2022 that he is most looking forward to using and implementing in his work. Check out his post for a more in-depth take on Component Properties and advanced settings of Auto Layout.