#Features

Smarter default colors

Default Pencil and text colors are now smarter. When you draw or type, they are now black or white, depending on the background. Miggie shows this behavior in action.

HEIC Import

A new plugin from Rogie, this time for importing files in Apple’s default photo format.

Table Booking Animation

Smart and delightful use of animation in the UI. See also the original file at Figma.

Flower Patterns

Beautiful flower patterns built with Variants.

Quick responsive workflows

Speed up your design workflows by combining plugins Responsify and Breakpoints.
Quick responsive workflows

Figma and After Effects: Animated Bell Icon for Lottie

“Let your users know they’ve got notifications with this Animated Bell Icon that starts out in Figma, gets sent to After Effects to be animated, then exported as a Lottie file.”
Figma and After Effects: Animated Bell Icon for

Use component descriptions

Ana Boyer with a thread of multiple ways to use descriptions to improve your team organization and collaboration.

Custom note component for discussions

Love the idea of using custom notes instead of built-in comments for more permanent comments.

21 Best Figma Plugins for Designers in 2021

Molly Hellmuth and the UI Prep team installed and tested over 100 plugins to find the true gems. In this article, they recommend 21 plugins organized into 6 different ​“stacks”.

Tips for communicating better the information in Figma files to developers

Edward Chechique explains how to organize and communicate the information in your Figma files for better collaboration with developers.

Versioning components using variants

Greg Huntoon came up with a great approach for versioning components. Love how elegant and easy to use it is. Don’t miss the video at the end and the discussion in the comments.

30 updates: recent features and fixes in Figma

A recap of all updates to the editor shipped a few weeks ago.

Plugin API to write prototype interactions

This update allows plugins to create new prototype interactions in the editor. Check out a code sample by Anthony DiSpezio.

Measuring lines when duplicating objects

Cleaned up measuring lines when duplicating objects — you’ll now see two instead of four. And, they added some logic so it’s harder to accidentally not duplicate something, even if you let go of the key too early.

Scale mode shortcut

Pressing K in Figma now consistently brings up Scale mode but doesn’t exit it, so it’s more predictable.

Number of layers with a missing font

The missing font dialog now includes a layer count if you hover over an icon, making it easier to see the impact of a missing font.

New shortcut for strikethrough text

A new keyboard shortcut for strikethrough text — ⌘⇧X on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+X on Windows.

New tab shortcuts

Figma made the tab keyboard shortcuts in the desktop app more intuitive. Press ⌘1 on Mac, Ctrl+1 on Windows to open the file browser, and ⌘2, 3, 4 or Ctrl+2, 3, 4 to open subsequent tabs.

Drawing straight lines

Hold Shift to draw straight lines when using the Pencil tool in Figma and FigJam.

Create multiple flows

Compare, test, and present multiple interactive ideas from a single page. Check out a couple of quick tips for using the new feature by Miguel Cardona.

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