Components in Figma

Today we are excited to release Components in Figma. By bringing concepts like composition, inheritance and unlimited overrides from engineering to design, Components move us closer to a world where we are able to easily reason about design systems as we go about our day to day work.

Just two weeks after I started working at Figma — almost a year ago — we kicked off the project of building Components. As someone who comes from a background in both design and engineering, I’ve noticed the way we design is very different than the way we build software. People expect complex user interfaces that are alive, connected and always improving. How can we keep up as designers? Engineers have already figured this out.

Just two weeks after I started working at Figma — almost a year ago — we kicked off the project of building Components. As someone who comes from a background in both design and engineering, I’ve noticed the way we design is very different than the way we build software. People expect complex user interfaces that are alive, connected and always improving. How can we keep up as designers? Engineers have already figured this out.

Designing with Components

Just two weeks after I started working at Figma — almost a year ago — we kicked off the project of building Components. As someone who comes from a background in both design and engineering, I’ve noticed the way we design is very different than the way we build software. People expect complex user interfaces that are alive, connected and always improving. How can we keep up as designers? Engineers have already figured this out.

Style and Property Overrides

Changes made to instances can be thought of as overrides of the original Component’s style and properties. Let’s see what happens if we override the color and stroke in our instances, and then change the original Component:

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Changes made to instances can be thought of as overrides of the original Component’s style and properties. Let’s see what happens if we override the color and stroke in our instances, and then change the original Component:

• Sales Force Integration
• Custom Development
• Squid Development
• Sage Live Integration
• Microsoft Integration
• Success Stories

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Changes made to instances can be thought of as overrides of the original Component’s style and properties. Let’s see what happens if we override the color and stroke in our instances, and then change the original Component:

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Definition List Item

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