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.)

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.

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.

Joey Banks creates a button component using both Variant Properties and Component Properties.

Congrats to all ten winners! Highly recommend going through the list and checking out these fantastic resources.

Ridd shows why the new Instance Swap component property ​“blows the roof off of what we can do with components”.

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.

Figma’s Design Director Noah Levin introduces Product Designers and UX Writers who worked on new features. Great place to discover new talented people to follow!

Figma CEO Dylan Field kicked off Config 2022 with opening remarks and the launch of 15 new features, ranging from favoriting files to a new version of Auto Layout. At this point, I’m more excited about Dylan’s keynotes than Apple’s. Love how every Config makes our lives better by addressing real problems and small annoyances.

An excerpt from Dylan’s talk on how it took five years from the moment they started working on Figma to the first paid customers.

Interesting thread on a path that Dylan Field took from an intern and college dropout to the CEO of the $10B company.

Joey Banks published a community file with a few Auto Layout resume templates to remix, use, customize, and call your own.

Figma Designer Advocate Luis Ouriach talks to designers from Automattic about improving collaboration through inclusive workshops and processes.

The nomination process for the Community Awards is over, and now it’s time to vote for your favorite plugins and resources before Config on May 10th.

Charli Marie helps get started with using FigJam by introducing the tools for creating user flows, sitemaps, wireframes, and brainstorming activities.

Sho Kuwamoto, Director of Product at Figma, talks about user input.