Tips to
fasten
Figma
workflow.

Small but awesome tips to work faster in Figma.

When to use Frame vs Group

Group

When resizing a group, its child elements will scale as you would expect vector artwork to scale.

Frame

When resizing, a frame’s bounds will be resized independently from its child elements. So each elements can have different constraints.

Learn more about Frame & Group

Full function progress bar component

We can use this component for any state of loading, from 0 to 100%.

Create a parent frame and make sure “Clip Content” is checked.
Create a child frame with auto-layout applies for a text layer.
Change text to define different loading states when using.

Paste above a layer

The fastest way to bring an element to a dedicated position, by paste above on layer.

Copy an element with “Copy + C”
Select a layer
Press “⌘ + Shift + V”

Better way to swap a symbol

Navigation to the Assets tab
Search for a Symbol / Component you want to replace.
Press “Option + ⌘”
Drag that symbol and drop it to the area where you want to swap the symbol (The dropzone is highlight with a Purple border)
Done.

Steal a style of an element

Along with duplicating an element, we can copy the style. It’s super helpful when we want to overwrite an element in a component.

Select element you want to copy. Press Ctrl/Cmd + Option + C to copy element’s style (color, shadow, border radius,…)
Select destination element, Press Ctrl/Cmd + Option + V to pasted

Set default color when adding a new text

Every time we add a new text element, Figma set the default color to #000000, which is very dangerous when we don’t pay attention to change color. Because it’s not in our color palette.

To set the default color for our text.

Add a new text with a color we want.
Go to the Menu “Edit -> Set Default Properties”
Done. Now every time we add new text, the style match without Design System colors.