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Auto Layout in Figma

Featured, Tools

Learning a new tool such as auto-layout can be confusing or challenging for many designers, but Figma offers some extremely powerful and useful mechanics that can drastically improve your designs. In this session, our Figma expert, Nathan Flores, walked through auto-layout and its ability to provide consistency, flexibility, and a guideline for future work.
Topics:

  • Why auto-layout is valuable (design system, consistency, auto-resizing)
  • Learning all things auto-layout
  • How to apply auto-layout to designs and use cases
  • Showcase a finished design that implements talking points

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