“Yeah, unfortunately there is no masonry layout in Figma so you have to fake it like others shown. Just remind the devs that you want the content to populate left to right, top to bottom, and not top to bottom, left to right as you would have to in Figma to fake it.”
“Here you go: [https://www.figma.com/community/file/1211353149077070779/bento-widget-templates](https://www.figma.com/community/file/1211353149077070779/bento-widget-templates)”
“Is there a way to create the Pinterest layout in Figma? Using the wrap Auto-layout makes each object in the row be aligned to the top instead of just the first row.”
“I created an animation using the figma agent on the motion tab. Now is there no way to connect that motion to the prototype? like when the button is clicked that will trigger the motion?”
“Figma has been a browser-based, WebGL application from the beginning. That wasn’t an accidental implementation detail. Evan Wallace and Dylan Field were explicitly interested in seeing how far they could push graphics and professional creative tooling on the web.”
“The #1 fix here is breaking your work out into separate files that import libraries. Even if the Figma team optimized the app further, you'd still inevitably hit a point where your file is too large.”
“Figma has always been primarily a web app. It relies heavily on webgl for rendering and web protocols for multiplayer collaboration. I think any native app would have to follow these tenants or be a complete rewrite, which seems impractical.”
“Yeah, I use the same Gemini/Anthropic models to convert Figma into react components so I can copy them and apply design tokens, or creating variations, or helping me in token documentation of existing components (in Figma Make). Its faster, I have only used Figma like 10-15pc this year.”
“To get the best performance out of figma, I ended up installing the Thorium browser and keep it in its Vanilla state (no extension, no Google account sync, nothing) just to run figma and make sure you login with email and password not with your Google account to avoid unnecessary logins.”
“Penpot is good, especially if open source matters to your team, but for a fast-moving SaaS project Figma still has the bigger ecosystem, plugins, components, and easier handoff.”
“I know figma is feature rich and way more accessible. But because of time constraints, I planning to integrate & explore multiple AI models for designing.”
“was reviewing some old figma files from when we were standing up our agency (circa 2019)...some of u guys like DR copywriting but i was moving different”
“Haha, I use it to overcome Figma’s own bug: if you copy the section with interactive prototype inside, all the connections in the new section are tied to the original section, which drives me nuts.”
“In such a scenario the UX designer can utilize such a bookmarklet to get a quick copy of the existing dashboard into figma to then iterate on the UX and try out different approaches for that specified feature.”
“One thing Figma make was really good for was generating a bunch of micro animations for hover states. I could then just hand the file link to cursor and use them in my prototypes”
“Honestly, I feel like it’s doing a better job for my workflow than Claude right now. That said, I haven’t used Claude Design extensively enough to make a completely fair comparison.”
“@figma I don't know if a fix is possible, but when Figma is slow (slow machine or heavy file), I go edit text and start typing. But it's still entering edit mode, so shortcuts like N or D still trigger and jump me elsewhere to start dev mode and takes me out the flow.”
“Gonna for early iterations, Claude for incremental changes to the prototype, bring it back into Figma when we hit a wall with Claude and need to think more creatively.”
“Idk, devs and PM are used to working with Figma, and it's easier to track and fix minor changes. Plus if there are new components that aren't in the design system, it's easier to finalize them in Figma.”