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Managing icon component sizes
It's time to retire that icon wrapper component
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Icons
Properties
Variables
I've stopped flattening icon layers, and my color overrides are working perfectly
Collapsing SVGs into one layer is expensive, risky, and makes for a more fragile icon collection
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5
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Icons
Properties
Variables
Library file page-organization strategies (pros and cons)
one component per page is not the only (or best) solution
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3
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Libraries
Organizing-things
Organizing-things
11 uses for variables beyond light and dark mode
tired: light/dark, wired: density
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Variables
Preserve directional icons' orientation on swap
Why swapping arrow-right for arrow-down still shows an arrow pointing to the right
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1
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Icons
Remove the "direction" property on your arrow icons
And thumbs, chevrons, trend lines...
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2
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Icons
Properties
Prevent icons from cracking when outlining strokes
there's two different workarounds!
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Icons
Use branches to keep file memory low
It turns out layers and large variant sets aren't the only things eating up file memeory
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Branches
File memory
3 reasons to use variables for validation styling (instead of variants)
reduce memory usage, improve component usability, and a third thing!
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Variables
Tutorial: build WORKING radio buttons, tabs, pagination, and breadcrumb sets in your Figma library
A workaround for managing prototype-ready materials in your library
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7
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Prototyping
Libraries
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