Master Auto Layout in 20 minutes | 2023 Auto Layout Figma Tutorial

Summary

Este video tutorial profundiza en una de las características más poderosas de Figma: Auto Layout. A través de una explicación detallada, el video enseña cómo definir reglas para que los diseños se adapten automáticamente a cambios como texto adicional o elementos redimensionados, eliminando la necesidad de ajustes manuales. Desde la adición de Auto Layout con un simple atajo de teclado hasta técnicas avanzadas para crear diseños responsivos, este tutorial cubre todo lo esencial. Con ejemplos prácticos, desde botones simples hasta tarjetas complejas, se demuestra cómo Auto Layout puede acelerar el proceso de diseño y hacerlo más eficiente.

Takeaways

• 🖥️ Auto Layout en Figma es una característica poderosa que define cómo se comportan los diseños ante cambios como añadir texto o redimensionar marcos.
• 📏 Auto Layout permite modificar diseños sin tener que reorganizar manualmente, ahorrando tiempo y esfuerzo una vez se domina.
• 🔑 La clave para usar Auto Layout eficientemente es aprender a definir reglas previas que gestionen cómo los cambios afectan a los diseños.
• ✨ Dominar Auto Layout mejora la capacidad de respuesta de los diseños y agiliza el proceso de diseño.
• ➕ Para añadir Auto Layout, se pueden seleccionar varios elementos y usar el ícono de 'plus' o el atajo 'Shift + A'.
• 🔄 Auto Layout permite la fácil incorporación, duplicación y reordenamiento de elementos en un diseño, manteniendo un espaciado correcto.
• 🔧 Los ajustes de Auto Layout incluyen dirección de flujo, orden de apilamiento, posición absoluta, espaciado y alineación de elementos.
• 📐 Se pueden establecer dimensiones mínimas y máximas para los marcos en Auto Layout, permitiendo flexibilidad y consistencia en el diseño.
• 🌐 Ejemplos prácticos de Auto Layout incluyen la creación de botones con iconos, menús de navegación y tarjetas de contenido dinámico.
• 🛠️ Practicar con ejemplos reales es esencial para dominar Auto Layout y expandir las capacidades de diseño en Figma.

Q & A

¿Qué es el auto layout en Figma y para qué sirve?

El auto layout en Figma permite definir cómo los elementos dentro de un diseño se comportarán y se reorganizarán automáticamente cuando se hacen cambios como agregar más texto o nuevos elementos. Esto agiliza el proceso de diseño.

¿Cómo se puede agregar auto layout en Figma?

Se puede agregar auto layout seleccionando varios elementos y haciendo click en el ícono + en la sección de auto layout o usando el atajo de teclado Shift+A.

¿Cuáles son las principales ventajas de usar auto layout en Figma?

Las principales ventajas son que permite modificar diseños rápidamente sin tener que reorganizar todo manualmente, hace los diseños más responsivos ante diferentes tamaños de pantalla y permite diseñar más rápido.

¿Cómo funciona la alineación de elementos hijos en auto layout?

La alineación de elementos hijos permite definir 9 puntos de alineación dentro del marco de auto layout para organizar cómo se posicionan los elementos internos.

¿Para qué sirve la opción "Relleno de contenedor" en auto layout?

La opción "Relleno de contenedor" hace que el elemento de auto layout se expanda automáticamente para llenar el espacio del contenedor o marco exterior que lo contiene.

¿Cómo mantener un espaciado consistente entre elementos en auto layout?

Se puede definir manualmente el espacio entre elementos en píxeles en lugar de dejar que se ajuste automáticamente. Esto asegura que el espacio se mantenga igual al redimensionar.

¿Cómo duplicar elementos dentro de auto layout manteniendo las propiedades?

Se puede usar Ctrl+D para duplicar elementos y crear una copia dentro del auto layout que sigue la misma disposición. También se pueden copiar y pegar estilos entre elementos.

¿Cómo cambiar el orden de elementos en auto layout?

Se puede cambiar el orden de los elementos seleccionándolos directamente y moviéndolos con las teclas de dirección o desde el panel Capas.

¿Cómo quitar el efecto de auto layout a un elemento?

Se puede quitar el efecto de auto layout a un elemento redimensionándolo manualmente. Esto cambiará la propiedad a Fijo.

¿Cómo lograr que los elementos se ajusten al redimensionar con auto layout?

Hay que asegurarse de que los elementos internos y contenedores tengan activada la opción "Relleno de contenedor" para que se expandan o contraigan automáticamente al redimensionar.

Outlines

00:00

🔧 Introducción al Auto Layout en Figma

Este segmento introduce el Auto Layout de Figma, una de sus características más potentes, permitiendo a los diseñadores definir reglas para cómo se deben comportar los diseños ante cambios, como agregar texto o elementos, o redimensionar marcos. Se enfatiza la importancia de comprender completamente el Auto Layout para hacer diseños más responsivos y agilizar el proceso de diseño. Se promete explicar todo lo necesario sobre el Auto Layout, incluyendo cómo añadirlo a los elementos, sus características, y ejemplos prácticos para facilitar su uso inmediato.

05:01

📐 Funciones y Aplicaciones del Auto Layout

Este párrafo detalla las funcionalidades específicas del Auto Layout, como la adición a elementos, la organización automática de elementos nuevos, la anidación de marcos de Auto Layout, y la duplicación y reordenamiento de elementos dentro de un Auto Layout. Se describe cómo estas funciones permiten una manipulación eficiente de los diseños sin necesidad de reajustes manuales constantes. Además, se explican las propiedades del Auto Layout, como la dirección del flujo de diseño, la ordenación de elementos, y la configuración de espacios y alineaciones, ofreciendo un control detallado sobre la disposición de los elementos en el diseño.

10:03

🔍 Profundizando en las Propiedades del Auto Layout

Este párrafo avanza en la exploración de las propiedades del Auto Layout, abordando temas como la alineación de elementos basada en el texto, las propiedades de redimensionamiento, y cómo ajustar el comportamiento de los marcos de Auto Layout al contenido. Se discute el impacto de las propiedades de redimensionamiento en la adaptabilidad del diseño, incluyendo cómo manejar dimensiones mínimas y máximas. Este análisis prepara el terreno para aplicar prácticamente estos conceptos en ejemplos de diseño.

15:03

🛠 Ejemplos Prácticos con Auto Layout

Este segmento se centra en aplicar los conceptos de Auto Layout a través de ejemplos prácticos, escalando en complejidad desde un botón simple hasta menús y tarjetas avanzadas. Se enseña cómo replicar componentes comunes de UI, destacando la importancia de la lógica y la estructura en el diseño responsivo. Se concluye con un proyecto avanzado que consolida el conocimiento adquirido sobre Auto Layout, demostrando cómo puede facilitar la creación de diseños complejos y adaptativos, animando a los diseñadores a practicar y experimentar con sus propios proyectos.

Keywords

💡Auto layout

Auto layout es una característica de Figma que permite definir cómo los elementos dentro de un marco se reorganizarán automáticamente cuando se hacen cambios como agregar más texto o elementos. Esto evita tener que reacomodar todo manualmente. El video explica en detalle cómo utilizar auto layout para crear diseños más responsivos.

💡Responsive design

Hace referencia a diseños que se adaptan automáticamente a diferentes tamaños y orientaciones de pantalla. El uso de auto layout permite crear diseños más responsives que se ajustan cuando se cambia el tamaño del viewport.

💡Design system

Conjunto de componentes reutilizables y reglas de diseño que permiten crear interfaces de usuario de manera consistente y eficiente. Auto layout facilita la creación de sistemas de diseño, ya que permite definir componentes que se adaptan automáticamente.

💡Layout flow

Se refiere a la dirección en que se organizarán los elementos dentro de un marco con auto layout (horizontal, vertical o envolvente). Esto define cómo se comportarán cuando se agreguen o eliminen objetos.

💡Alignment

La alineación en auto layout permite definir cómo se alinearán los elementos secundarios dentro del marco, ya sea agrupados, extendidos, o alineados a 9 puntos diferentes. Esto afecta cómo se distribuyen.

💡Resizing

Opciones de redimencionamiento en auto layout que definen cómo se comportará el marco al cambiar su tamaño. Incluye opciones como “llenar contenedor” y dimensiones mín/máx.

💡Padding

El espaciado interno alrededor del contenido dentro de un marco de auto layout. Se puede configurar para controlar la distancia entre el borde del marco y los elementos internos.

💡Gaps

Se refiere al espaciado o distancia entre elementos dentro de un marco auto layout. Se puede establecer de forma manual o automática para que se ajuste responsivamente.

💡Order

Permite definir el orden de apilamiento (que elemento queda arriba) de los elementos secundarios dentro de un marco de auto layout.

💡Clip content

Opción para recortar el contenido de un marco auto layout cuando excede sus límites en lugar de extenderlo. Útil para evitar overflow no deseado.

Highlights

Auto layout allows elements in a design to responsively rearrange when changes are made, without having to manually adjust everything

You can add auto layout to elements by selecting them and pressing shift+A, or accessing the auto layout panel

Key auto layout properties include direction, alignment, spacing, resizing rules, and padding

Practical examples are provided for creating responsive buttons, menus, and cards with auto layout

Transcripts

or there is one of figma's most powerful

features which you cannot to frame some

components so you basically Define how

you want your designs to behave when

change is made for example if you add

more text or you are a new element or

you resize the frame you set the rules

on how change will affect your designs

and then you can freely modify it

without having to manually rearrange

everything again it takes a bit of a

learning curve to master it but trust me

once you get a grasp of it your designs

will be much more responsive and you

will be able to design much faster I'll

make sure to go over everything you

might need to know to really comprehend

on a layout so you can start using it

today

I really want to go over everything with

you guys so you have a very good

understanding of everything Auto layout

related so first we will be checking

what can be done with auto layout then

we will be going over every feature that

auto layout has and finally we'll be

going over some practical examples okay

so the first thing is how to actually

add Auto layout to something so

basically you can select several

elements and click the plus icon on the

auto layout section or you can click

shift a which I would recommend you

learn that shortcut because you will be

using this a lot you can do this both to

several elements or you can create an

online for a single element shift a and

you will be accessing the other layout

features okay so what can be done with

auto layer the whole point of this is

letting the auto layout figure out the

arranging of the elements so you set the

parameters beforehand and then you can

modify the design add remove or or edit

without you having to organize

everything again so so I can add a new

object to my other layout

I just have to drag and drop it and it

will figure out the the correct spacing

I can Nest an auto layout frame inside a

new water layout frame so if I copy this

outer layer and then select this other

layout and paste it it will arrange it

inside of that frame you can also

duplicate elements inside the auto

layout so I can grab the a

I will click Ctrl D which duplicates and

it creates a copy inside the earlier

which follows the same Arrangement and I

can easily edit that so I don't have to

create everything from scratch I can

also arrange the order of them very

easily so I if I want this element to be

the first one and this is the second one

it's very simple to do and finally I can

remove objects without it affecting my

layout okay now let's go to the earlier

properties I will be going over

everything you can edit when you assign

the earlier property and I'll be

grouping everything by categories just

so it's more easily for you to

understand so the first section is the

layout flow on the first properties

direction from this section you will be

able to pick in what direction the

elements will be arranged so I can make

it horizontal

vertical

or have the elements wrap around to the

next line when they don't fit the given

space so if I shrink this the element

will move to the next line next I can

Define the canvas stuck in order so I

can make the first one on top click the

three dot menu or make it the last on

top you can edit the order of your

Elements by directly selecting one and

moving it around with your arrow keys or

from the layers panel you can also find

the absolute position feature to do this

you have to have an auto layout frame

click one of the elements and this icon

will appear which is the absolute

position icon once you click it you can

freely move around that element to any

place you want next we have spacing and

the first feature in here would be

distribution or gap between elements

your first option in here will be manual

or specified spacing so if you go to the

gap between elements

input and you type 24 you will be

manually setting setting the value

between those elements or if you want it

to automatically adapt according to the

size of the frame that contains them

then you will click the drop down menu

click Auto and then if you resize the

frame that contains them space will

automatically adapt next we have padding

we can set whatever

value you want to surround the element

and you can also use the padding element

to create a margin around the the whole

element so if I apply another Auto

layout frame to this you will see

transparent space around it find it in

the spacing section you will have

another option which is Strokes in the

layout so this is how it looks when it's

included you can see the stroke is

inside of the frame but if I set this to

excluded again from the three dotted

menu I will click extrude from layout

you will see that the stroke is no

longer considered inside the outer layer

okay on to the next section alignment

the first feature of alignment will be

setting alignment on child objects so I

gave this a layout a background just so

you can more easily recognize what's

happening okay when the gap between the

elements is defined this is called

packed so the elements are packed

together and you can Define nine

alignment points inside of the auto

layout if you set the Gap to Auto in

this case the elements will cover the

whole available horizontal space and you

will only have three alignment options

which is up Center or button next you

can toggle off or on the text base

alignment so in this in this first

example it is turned off and the

elements are Center aligned if I

duplicate that go to the three dots menu

and activate it but will be used to

align the elements is the base of the

text another shape that contains them

okay on to the next section which is

resizing so when you first apply our

layout to something

the default resizing property selected

will be hog so what this means is there

are layout frame will hog the content so

let me give that a feel so you can see

it so if I keep typing in here the frame

will grow to contain there then if you

take a frame which is set to hog or any

other property and you manually resize

it so if you grab it and size it

yourself you will notice you will

automatically be changed to fixed this

will also happen if you manually enter a

value in its width or height next is the

fill container so for this property to

be available this must be inside of

another container so let me give this an

other other layout frame shift a you

will notice as I resize the outer frame

the inner one stays the same size

because it is set to but if I set this

to fill container it will automatically

fill the outside frame so no matter what

size I make it it will follow

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and finally the Min and Max Dimensions

let me grab this now let's assign this a

minimum dimension of

200 pixels and a Max dimension of 250.

so you will notice I assigned these

properties to the inner frame but it's

still set to fill so it will still try

to fill the container but it will

respect the Min and Max Dimensions as I

said so you will notice it won't go

below 200 pixels and it won't go over

250 pixels okay finally let's go to the

examples I divided this in three

categories the first one being an easy

one then a medium and then an advanced

one I try to make this very common

components so you are very likely to use

inside your UI designs so the first one

is a very simple button with an icon so

I already placed the icon in here you

can grab those using the iconify Plugin

or you can download them you can search

for Icon libraries inside the community

section there's a lot of ways to get

icons by the way I will be making up

useful plugins video very soon so stay

tuned for that okay so the idea is

trying to replicate the elements on top

uh try to follow along and try to do

this by yourself when we're done so let

me write a text let's make this 24

medium

set the values to be right okay once you

have the text and the icon with shift we

will select both elements then shift a

to create another layer and the first

thing you gotta set is the distance

between the elements 10 pixels so set

that let's set the alignment to Center

let's give this a fill color stroke

let's adjust the padding which is 40 on

the sides and 16 on top and bottom and

finally let's adjust the Border radius

which is 8 pixels

and there you have it okay onto the

medium difficulty let's try to replicate

this enough menu so let me grab the logo

let's grab the button we just created

okay so we're using Auto layout you have

to use logic in the situation and first

analyze what you're trying to achieve

and you also need to analyze uh how

how the elements must behave when

resizing so your designs are always

responsive to any kind of screen so if

we check this element you will see if I

grow it horizontally it makes sense for

the logo to stay on the left and then

the text links on the bottom elements

stay grouped to the right so let's try

and replicate that okay so the first

thing I'll do is creating the text link

so let's complete one and then duplicate

that so we don't have to set the

properties to all three links just to

one of them okay so let's give this

element on other layer so personally

what I try to do always when I have a

button on an app menu next to some text

links is try to emulate the padding of

the of the bottom in the text link so

the spacing between button and text

links doesn't look weird so if this one

is 40 and 16 I will try to

I will basically do the same for this if

it looks too weird just adjust it

accordingly but that's kind of a rule of

thumb for this case okay now we have our

about us text link created so I'll drag

it while holding shift and ALT and then

hit Ctrl D to duplicate it one more time

and you can see all three of them keep

the earlier properties I said okay now

to achieve the resizing properties of

the number you will have to think of

this as two separate groups the first

one being the logo in the left and the

next one being both the bottom and the

text links on the right so the next

thing I will be doing is grouping all

these elements with auto layer manually

set this to 24 right okay so now we have

our group consisting on the elements

that will be anchored to the right and

the other group which is just the logo

to the left our next step is to create

the other layout that contains both the

logo on one side and the group of button

on textlings on the other so you can now

think of this as one single element and

this is another single element so select

both of them shift a

Center align the center align this as

well this looks fine but if you try to

resize it you notice what's wrong with

it it doesn't grow accordingly so you

will need to set this to auto

and now it works perfectly and there you

have it you have an order Group which

spacing is set to Auto so the space

between the logo and this whole group

and then you have this inner group which

spacing is set manually to 24 pixels

because you don't want the gap between

these elements to grow according to the

screens because they might get to a

point where they are so separated that

they don't look like a group anymore so

you're gonna keep that Gap consistent

the one that should adapt is this one

okay let's get in some final details uh

this actually you can notice it has a

padding and hours doesn't so it's 24 on

the sides and 12 on the top give it a

wide feel and give it the drop shadow by

the way I have I had some Styles already

set up in this like the colors and the

drop shadow just to save you guys some

time okay and finally let's move to the

advanced section uh basically a card

like this one is one of the most

complicated things you can do with auto

layout but once you can do this you have

basically mastered this feature so I

really encourage you to try and build

this by yourself

so let's analyze this and when you see

me manually resizing things I'm

basically

recreating what will happen when the

screen changes size if you have for

example a grid of these cards you want

those cards filling the screen according

to the dimensions of it so in this

example these these cards should grow in

size accordingly to the screen so you

see if I make this card bigger this

favorite icon will stick to the right

side of the card and also the text will

try and fill it you see if I shrink it

the picture will shrink in size the

favorite icon will still be anchored to

the right side but it will obviously

shrink

to keep the distance from it and the

paragraph will also shrink so the text

will start going to the next line also

you will notice when I shrink it below

the size of the of the frame that

contains the chips they will wrap to the

next line

okay so let's get started I'm gonna grab

this picture I'm going to start creating

the chips so

this is a very cool little trick if you

want to copy the properties of something

you can direct select it with control

then Ctrl alt copy select the element in

which you want to paste those properties

and Ctrl alt paste and you see I get the

visual properties of that text our

layout fill color padding and Border

radius

okay I have this first one then let's

duplicate it to keep the properties and

edit

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set up download layout for these three

so as you saw in this case we need to

wrap to the next line when the space is

not enough so let's skip that you don't

see it automatically wrapped because

they fit in the space but if you shrink

it you will see it's working properly

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Ctrl alt copy Ctrl alt paste and I will

use my lorem ipsum atom just to generate

a paragraph for this you can install

that from the community it's called

Laura mipson you just have to create a

text box open the add-on Auto generate

and it will create that and finally

let's scrub the heart icon

and paste it somewhere in here

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okay next let's make the header which is

the skater's name

on our layout frame with the icon and

set the gap between to Auto so when we

resize it each of them is anchored to

one side next let's scrub the header

with the icon the year and the paragraph

term in the paragraph and create one

frame for that that 222 on the vertical

spacing and then group that with the

chips which is set to let's just make it

38 okay let's check what we have in here

so I have to make this fill container so

it grows accordingly to the whole group

also this

fuel container so when I resize the

frame we should have the correct

Behavior we have to set this to fill

container for it to work and there you

go

let's now give it correct fill 24 24 on

the padding

color and now let's make it another

layout frame with the picture let's Now

set the gap between those to zero

let's set this to

fill the container so you always have to

test your components you're building so

you have to manually resize it and check

Its Behavior if it's not working as

intended you have to go back and check

what settings you missed in this case I

missed

fuel container on this one let's add the

effect the radius

which is 12 you will notice if I type 12

in here

click enter you will still see no round

that's because I have two active clip

content so the con so the content

outside of that clipping is no longer

visible oh everything seems to be

working fine now

but you always have to remember to check

it both horizontally and vertically you

can see that vertically it doesn't work

you you see if in the in the example

when I shrink this the the picture

shrinks but the the card says the same

so I'm gonna set this to

fix height and then set this to

fill container so when I move this yeah

we get our desired Behavior if you want

to go an extra step let's set a minute

Max with for this main width of 300 oh

and actually you can see I screwed up

you see the actual content the outer

frame is actually set to fill but the

paragraph isn't so let's make it it's

also said a Max width of 500.

okay and there you have it

so that's it guys remember our layout is

a very potent feature figma has I really

encourage you to try to build some stuff

by yourself is that the only way you're

gonna completely rub your mind around it

and once you do so you're gonna see your

designing capabilities expanding so much

you're gonna be able to design faster

are you going to be able to design

everything that's on your mind and this

key to opening up the whole potential of

figma to you so go ahead and find some

cool reference and try to build them

yourself and see you on the next one

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thank you