#Tips & Tricks
Naming arrow Variants
Bonnie Kate Wolf suggests using Unicode emojis in front of the variant name for a quick preview.
A recent trick/tip that you share with everyone
As always, Rogie’s tweets gather a lot of fantastic replies.
Tips shared during Schema
Patrick Banta compiled a list of design system resources recommended during Schema.
Bulk edit layer names in Figma
Nadia Sotnikova on how to edit layers in bulk to ensure consistent naming in the design system.
Keep an eye on your resources
Search for “Resource Use” in Quick Action (⌘/) menu to show the status of resources in your file.
Zander Whitehurst
Zander posts short and fun Instagram videos about using Figma.
Stuff I wish I knew in Figma when I started
Rogie asks for great tips, and the community delivers in replies.A to Z of Figma: Tips & Tricks!
“In the following steps, you will learn some rapid tips and tricks for Figma. We’ll have a look at 26 Figma features, going from A to Z.”
Figma Tips
Designer Advocate Rogie built a plugin that helps you up your design game in Figma by watching short tutorial videos from the official YouTube channel.Reverse layers order in Auto Layout
I shared a tip on using 180° rotation to reverse layers order in an Auto Layout frame, so the first layer is top- or left-most.10 Figma Tricks I Wish I Knew Earlier
“I frequently stumble upon time-saving features that I wish I knew about sooner — hopefully, some of these are as exciting for you as they were for me when I discovered them.”Inside Figma: tips from the team that builds Figma
“A few weeks back, we asked ten Figmates across engineering, product, design, and research to share what they love most about Figma, including their favorite use cases and tricks. During a recent live stream, they walked through speed tips and keyboard shortcuts, brainstorming exercises, and their most-used templates — all in five minutes or less.”
Office Hours: Tips and tricks from the teams that build Figma
“We brought ten Figmates together to share their tips and tricks with you. We dove into features, covered getting started in Figma, plugins, and speed tips. You’ll hear from engineers, designers, designer advocates, product managers, and researchers.”
Figma tips: Batch Import Workflow
“Here is a quick workflow with multiple batch operations that can show you how to import, rename, organize, componentize and publish assets.”
Figma tips: Navigating Frames and Pages in Figma Design
“Quickly master your documents pages and frames using simple shortcut keyboard actions.”
Figma in 5: Design Systems: Components
In this part of Figma in 5, Rogie talks about Design Systems with a focus on components.
Use a 1×1 frame to add overlapping elements
A nice trick to work around some of Auto Layout’s limitations.
How do you create just a dot?
Steve Schoger looks for the best way to create a dot that responds to the stroke width. There are some creative solutions in the replies, but making a rectangle with width and height set to 0.001 is the best one.
Avoiding Figma file complexity
Johan Ronsse makes an argument against overusing advanced Figma features. After breaking down a few complex Variants into smaller Components or being unable to freely move an object in the layout built with Auto Layout, I tend to agree. With great power comes great responsibility.
20 Speed tips
Noah Levin, Design Director at Figma, collected 20 of his favorite tips and tricks for whipping up something quickly.