Originally published at on January 5, 2022.
You’ll find three things to help you kickstart your next project’s design : in the next posts we’ll cover more concerning Figma auto layout.įeel free to visit our website where we are sharing generously, ready for commercial use Figma and HTML templates. That’s everything about the Auto layout feature in this post. Hit the - icon in the right corner of the Auto layout section. To remove auto layout from your frame, select your Auto layout frame and head to the right-hand sidebar in the Auto layout section. If now we resize the Parent frame, the Child frame will also resize. Finally, select the parent frame and add a 100px padding in the Auto layout section.Set the Child frame’s Resizing settings to Fill container width, and Fill container height.Select the Child frame and head to the Resizing section under Auto layout in the right-hand sidebar.In order to make our Child frame responsive to it’s Parent frame, we’ll use the resizing feature. The goal of this exercise is to have the Child frame resize in response to the size of its Parent frame. When we resize the Parent frame, the Child frame’s width remains fixed by default. Give it a Fill color of white, and transform it to Auto layout.Now, pick again the frame tool and draw a new frame within our Parent Frame with the dimensions of 800W 1000H.Set the Width to Fixed width and Height to Fixed height.Next, head to the Resizing section under the Auto layout panel.Select the Alignment and padding icon in the right corner of the Auto layout section and set it to center.Next, head to the Auto layout section in the right-hand sidebar.Change the frame’s color from the default white to the following color: #B8B8B8.Let’s pick the frame tool and create a rectangular frame with the dimensions of 1200W 1500H.To begin, we’ll start by creating a simple frame and transform it to Auto layout.
Where to find Constraints information in Developer HandoffĬonstraints are specified on the right-hand side of the Figma interface, under the Table tab of the Code Property inspector.In this quick post, we’ll take you through how to create a responsive layout using the sizing feature in Figma. “ Scale” Each Figma layer can have 2 constraints one per axis (X and Y). ConstraintsĬonstraints are added to a child object to specify how it behaves when its parent is resized. How you achieve the effect may depend on your own implementation, language or framework. The goal here is not to prescribe implementation but rather to describe behaviour. The explanations will be translated to CSS-equivalent vocabulary. This guide is meant for developers who use Figma’s developer handoff features and aims at explaining where to find, how to decode, and how to understand the decisions designers have made and encoded into Figma’s toolset.įigma can be used to design for Android, iOS, Web, or even embedded systems. This guide is updated for Auto-Layout V3 from my previous article of a similar name.Ĭonstraints, Auto Layout, & Resizing are Figma features used by designers to ensure structure and re-usability in our mockups. This article’s content reflects these changes. UPDATE: Figma fully revamped its Auto Layout & Resizing features in November 2020. This plugin allows the width and/or height of the frame to be set to a specific. Constraints, Auto Layout V3 & Resizing for Front-End Developers To precisely set the size of a frame, you can use the Set Layer Size plugin.