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Edit the width of nested components using zero-frames as resizers
Here's a hint: space between is an overrideable attribute...
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Workarounds
Auto layout
Layer architecture
20+ FigJam cursor-chat trigger words and 5 secret emotes
Spice up your FigJam communication game
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FigJam
✂ Placeholders are for people who know trying to predict the future is a losing game
reject the allure of the crystal ball, embrace not knowing, and know peace
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Composability
Properties
How to rescue your Figma file from the depths of hell and live to tell the tale
Let's get your file memory back.
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File memory
Layer architecture
The 6 Auto Layout stumbling blocks you need to understand to master this feature once and for all.
Because "just practice" and "learn flexbox" aren't good enough.
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Auto layout
How to customize the size of Figma embed iframes
For when the default 800x450 just doesn't cut it
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Live embeds
⍚ Base components are still useful, just not in your UI library
Just because they've fallen out of favor with design system folks, doesn't mean they're not useful!
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Composability
◈ Interface Representatives are the center of the Figma component universe
And understanding how they relate to the other 6 types will unlock a whole new level of workflow precision
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7 types of Figma components, named and explained
You're already use first type... but what about the other 6?
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12 ways to make your Figma components more delightful to use
Designers strive to make usable products. And components are themselves tiny products... let's make 'em usable!
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Auto layout
Composability
Naming things
Properties
Layer architecture
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