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I am thinking about going from Sketch to Figma.. Any inputs about that?
almost 5 years ago from Ktrn Dsrs, Lead Designer at POTLOC
Ktrn Dsrs, almost 5 years ago
Thank you!
Weston Thayer, almost 5 years ago Do you happen to know if Figma can automatically resize components to fit wrapped text? Here's an example of what I mean in Sketch:
Each list item is a symbol. The original (top) does not wrap. I have them stacked vertically with Anima's AutoLayout plugin, but when I override the text on one list item to be so long that it wraps, the symbol does not increase its height to accomidate the wrapping text. There's no command to do it either, I have to manually drag the height down and eyeball it.
Andrew Richardson, almost 5 years ago Not yet. The best solution I've found for this is to make body text scalable with the parent component so that you can resize it if the text is too big.
This is highly requested on spectrum though so I wouldn't be surprised if it's something they are working on.
Weston Thayer, almost 5 years ago Thanks! And there's no equivalent of AutoLayout's stacks in Figma yet right? This spectrum thread seems to confirm.
In Figma, I don’t know, butbin sketch, I use paddy to configure the spacing and auto size of a symbol.
I then uses Auto Layout to auto adjust list item spacing (I will try to send a demo of that trick tomorrow)
Dan W, almost 5 years ago Why not paddy for the spacing as well?
Here is how to do it using Paddy & Auto Layout
I love Auto Layout because for alignment this thing is a beast!!!
- Auto Layout: github.com/AnimaApp/Auto-Layout
- Paddy: github.com/DWilliames/paddy-sketch-plugin
Weston Thayer, almost 5 years ago Wow that's great, thanks for the video. That is indeed exactly what I need
The pleasure is mine :)
I've never gone "back" to Sketch, but do occasionally use it because co workers still use it.
I don't know how I'd survive without Figma's robust component/library system. I've amazed myself at how complex and creative I can get with "list" style content with a lot of child components. It feels as close to "atomic design" as it gets for design tools.
Not having to deal with actual files is a lifesaver as well. There's a huge amount of process discussion that happens around files within company servers and it's a pain point my entire team feels. Being able to send someone a single unchanging URL for an entire project is awesome. Cross platform compatibility is awesome as well. I can give someone on a Windows machine a URL and they can use that in another meeting without asking me for a bunch of jpgs for their presentation.
As you mentioned: the Figma team seems to be moving very quickly compared to other tools. They were one of the first to a holistic "team library", their latest API has had some very promising community projects and their upcoming Styles feature is looking good already.
For me it feels like a natural evolution. A while back we all switched from Photoshop/Illustrator mockups to Sketch and I feel strongly that Figma is going to be the next mass transition.