Figma Resources

On a Mac or Windows PC, open the app menu, pick Check for Updates… and hit Install now when the prompt shows up. The…

Converting Figma to React comes down to one mapping. Frames become components and variant properties become props, while Figma variables go into the codebase…

The fastest way to get an image into Figma is Shift + Command + K on Mac or Shift + Ctrl + K on…

Which download you want depends on whether the design stays in Figma. Save local copy produces an editable .fig file, while the Export section…

Figma’s keyboard shortcuts work in Figma Design and FigJam files, according to the Figma Help Center. They handle tool switching, layer edits, layout, components…

Most files I open have three or four buttons that look identical and share nothing. Same blue, same 8 pixel radius, same label. Somebody…

Select a group, press Ctrl+Shift+G, and the wrapper is gone. The layers that were sitting inside it stay exactly where they were, same coordinates,…

Figma Design has no table tool. There’s a frame tool, a rectangle, a text tool, and then nothing that draws a grid of cells…

Figma keeps the conversation inside the file. You can type a message that trails your cursor, pin a comment to a frame, or open…

Figma handles superscript through a dropdown called Position, sitting inside the Details tab of the type settings panel. Select a character, pick Superscript, and…

Figma handles image export on its own. Select a frame, layer, or page, choose a format, and you get a PNG, JPG, SVG, or…

The setting that controls this lives in Figma’s Share prototype panel. Not a plugin, not an export, not a third party viewer. What you’re…

html Deleting something in Figma is one keystroke. The tricky part is being sure the thing you clicked is the main component and not…

What Is Figma The tool itself is a browser-based interface design and prototyping app. Nothing has to be installed unless you want the desktop…

A component is an element you build once and reuse everywhere. Figma keeps the original, called the main component, and every copy you drop…

The toggle sits next to the Share button in the top right. Click it and you’re back in Design Mode. That’s the whole answer…

The setting lives in the Prototype tab, inside a dropdown labeled Position. That’s the part that trips people up, because most designers go hunting…

Underlining in Figma runs through a single property called Decoration. It sits with the rest of the text settings, and it stopped being a…

Masks in Figma run backwards from what most people expect. The shape doing the clipping sits underneath whatever it clips, which is the exact…

html Every frame in Figma can hold auto layout. Switch it on and the frame starts managing its own contents, arranging them, spacing them,…

Blur in Figma lives in one place: the Effects panel on the right side of the screen. No toolbar icon, no filter menu, nothing…

Figma lets you store a color, number, string or boolean once and bind it to design properties and prototype actions. Edit the stored value…

Figma began deprecating simplified instances on March 23, 2026. Since then, every instance shows all component properties and layers by default (Figma Help Center…

Publishing a Figma library takes a paid plan and a Full seat, per Figma’s Help Center as of October 2026. Creating variables, styles, and…

Figma developer handoff happens in Dev Mode, the inspect workspace attached to the design file. Engineers get specs, generated code, design tokens and a…

If you’re working out how to use Figma for client presentations, the short version is that the file can do the presenting itself. Frames…

Dev Mode is not part of the free Starter plan. It takes a paid plan and either a Full or a Dev seat, and…

html Corner radius lives in the Design tab of Figma’s right sidebar, a few fields below fill and stroke. It rounds the spot where…

Figma’s free Starter plan gives you one team folder with room for 3 Figma Design or Sites files. Professional drops that cap and keeps…

Rotation in Figma is one number on a layer. Not a transform matrix, not a separate tool, just a field near the top of…