Figma Tutorial: Variants in 11 minutes (With Demo File & Real Examples)

[@Mizko]

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[@Mizko]

Haha! Thank you Pat. Appreciate the gentle SMASH of the like button. Every one counts.

[@XMao-nc6tc]

The key is the naming of the symbols! Each "/" is a property, in an order like component/type/size/state -> e.g. Button/Primary/Large/Hover

[@Mizko]

Exactly! You're a quick learner and I'm glad you enjoyed the video 👌🏼You can also set the properties on the right panel. I forgot to mention that. I personally like to do it in the layers panel.

[@sparshkapoor8517]

Thank you so much for these lessons! But couldn't find the exercise files in the description though:(

[@Digital.Done.Right.]

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[@roykeemchi]

your battery life had me on the edge. thanks for this tutorial!

[@Mizko]

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[@chineezy]

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[@JaviAlaves]

Great example! Also: If you're creating something from scratch, you can also use the "+" button within the variants section to set up the component variants. This helps, specially in the beginning if you can't conceive all the possible variants and states of the component straight away to have to set them all up between slash characters.

[@Mizko]

100% Javier. I have to admit I forgot to mention the ability to create properties on the right panel. Thanks for pointing it out for everyone.

[@daryllee2560]

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[@Mizko]

Thanks Daryl!

[@citizenx3801]

Fantastic job on the video! You explained variants way better than anyone else. Thanks

[@delia3644]

I have now switched from sketch to figma and I was very confused at the beginning, i also watched a few tutorials and had not understood so much, but your way of explaining it in yours tutorials has totally illuminated me . Thanks you a lot ✌🏻🤗

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[@DavidQuan]

Smashed the LIKE button, and that camera work is sick as heck

[@Mizko]

Thank you so much! David!

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[@supriya3209]

I didn't even know this was possible. Great video as always !

[@Mizko]

This is only the basics! If you want to learn more advanced techniques, check out my masterclass - thedesignership.com/courses/the-ultimate-figma-masterclass/

[@asierferrara2652]

Thanks for the tutorial. Where can I get the demo file?

[@shaun4787]

I can't find demo file link in the description.

[@suhaibztv814]

You're highly underrated. Thanks and all the best!

[@kingbukie]

Thank you so much, I have struggled using variants for a long time and most videos assume these basic things that you have showed in the video

[@fuhg.3707]

Mizko, I must recommend that your Figma videos are so outstanding and comfortable to comprehend. I give you 5 💫

[@jetmartin9501]

Thx...nice video. Suggestion for future videos: 1) Variant Properties vs Component Properties - Differences, when to use one vs the other? 2) How developers can leverage Figma designs and how Designers can make sure that the designs have what the developers need to effectively use the design- Ultimately the design is just one of the steps along the way to create a Web site/Web app. Neither can be done in a vacuum. Having the designers understand what the dev team needs and having developers understand how they can make the most of a design is important for an efficient process. Thoughts?

[@gazijakiasultana6806]

Hey, Micheal! I was waiting for this tutorial and now I'm glad to get that

[@Mizko]

Gazi! Ask and you shall receive. I remember you mentioning this on either IG or in a KZbin comment. I'm here for you!

[@gazijakiasultana6806]

@@MizkoSorry, Micheal! I couldn't get your first sentence "Ask and you shall receive".

[@hamdanrejees3632]

Figma variants is so cool! Thank you so much for your content

[@Mizko]

Thank you!

[@访客一]

Mizko glad I found you helped me a lot thanks !

[@shaun4787]

I think I'm having issue with the X close icon being anchored to the upper right corner. Now if I set the auto layout to be vertical, I can't position X to the upper right corner. Instead, X will be positioned on the left side, aligned with rest of the input fields and the title. I could create another auto layout with in X. Set this auto layout to be horizontal placement. I can position X to the right edge. Then I run into another problem. The X is not at the same height as the main title, it's above the main title. I wish you explained how you positioned X. X is a very common UI element in any modal. Thanks.

[@divit21]

Yea lol same

[@JessicaXxMossberg]

A very late response, but if you click the X, and then choose "Absolute position" up in the right menu corner (a square with a + inside), you can place the X wherever you want without it being affected by auto layout

[@reinolds]

Hey Michael, just a suggestion if you can bring it to your channel is try to include English subtitles. I believe your content can be made more accessible to everyone. KZbin is already able to pull your caption and translate automatically. Thanks again for this video. Your channel is excellent! Congratulations

[@Mizko]

Very good point Reinaldo, you should definitely be able to turn on CC closed captions on my video. Does that not work?

[@shesanosan]

Quick shortcut for creating a component figma has a small component icon at the top click on the drop down and select " create multiple components at once"

[@aronjamesdelosreyes8550]

Fun and Interactive material!!! Thank you Mizko

[@Mizko]

Thanks Aron!

[@aronjamesdelosreyes8550]

@@Mizko very thanks to you sir because i was new in UX and UI Design and this content is a big help for my study as a self taught 😇 big thanks sir Mizko for this kind of content

[@noel-laurenhernandez4308]

You are a great teacher. The way you explain and check for understanding is great. Teacher approved! Thank you very helpful!

[@mythilymegha2823]

Just love it ! Thanks for the wonderful tutorial

[@glennephraimp5178]

9:00 while trying to make the third dialogue box(the horizontal one). The autolayout is not getting adjusted as per the dialogue box mentioned by you. Either the dialogue box is getting aligned completely vertical or completely horizontal (i.e the placeholder text box gets aligned right side towards the main text). I am able to get the above image only by adjusting them manually. If I do that the placeholder layers are not falling under the frame layer but they make a separate layer. Can someone help me out with this if you have done it !?

[@extraordinary7660]

so happy cause my first language is not english but i can understand what you said like easy to heard hihi thankyou hope you make more great videos

[@katerinasevcovic6329]

Excellent videos with instructions, not everyone can do that! Wish I have found you sooner, it would have save me hours of frustration and moving each single element manually! Thank you!

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[@ewanvevo5491]

Thank you bro. I've learned a lot of thins in this video. 🔥🔥

[@ricardomontano7955]

Mizko, Thank you for your great effort to explain, you are phenomenal. This video and the one that follows do not have the subtitles option activated... You can activate them and upload them again. Thank you

[@jackmak9941]

Mizko, you are a legend! thank you for sharing

[@mahdikhalili2]

Finally understood it 😊. Nicely explained.. Thank you so much @Mizko

[@Mizko]

Glad it helped!!

[@mahinuxu]

Great experience! Learn a lot of things :) BTW I enjoyed you expression.

[@misterhanwee1030]

Smashed the LIKE before I watch this

[@akarsh1996]

Finally understood it 😊. Nicely explained..

[@Mizko]

Thank you Akarsh!

[@MaheshGunawardena]

Crystal clear bro. Keep up the good work. 👍👍👍

[@marjanraheem-l3u]

Hi ! can you please tll us about the demo file bescause we can not find it in the description box .And we realy like your videos they are very helpfull and its good that we are getting them for free But the things is that we cannot find the demo file but in every video you say it is in the description! It whould be good to hear from you!

[@adedijiadedoyin7316]

Bro you a wizard... Thanks

[@Mizko]

🙏🏼

[@brandinglab100]

You are my new best friend. Amazing Content.

[@Mizko]

Haha! Thank you Russel :) I'd happily be your best friend. Thanks for the support and kind comments.

[@besmirajeti493]

Hi Mizko, I am a very beginner UX,UI Designer and your tutorial videos are helping me a lot, I just wanted to thank you for sharing all these videos with us and I also want to ask you about the files you say they are in the video description but I can't find them, can you just reply and help me find them. Thanks!

[@anshikagupta276]

where is the file?

[@briansimpson9818]

Hello my fellow Australian :) i have just come on board with figma. Loving your videos so clear and concise. Has the download file been removed? Am i missing something?

[@katlegoseanmahaye3309]

I also struggle to find these demo files

[@jon1santos]

blue lines!! awesome

[@varsha8591]

Thank you so much! I was struggling to understand this.. Explained it beautifully! :)

[@IAmJakeDewar]

Really loving your content man, thanks so so much for creating! Do you have any books/readings you'd recommend to someone just getting into UI design? Cheers

[@Mizko]

Hey Jake! Thank you and appreciate it. For UI Design, I recommend: The Design of Every Day Things Don't make me Think Hooked - How to build habit forming products Also I'm about to drop my Ultimate Figma Masterclass (been brewing for a few months now). It covers an end-to-end process for designing within Figma and many UI design principles. Pop your email into mizko.net/courses - There's around 3,000 people on the waitlist!

[@doadesignz]

This was extremely helpful

[@uwaistghozihamad-1661]

where is the demo file anyone can help me please

[@fotiseliopoulos394]

Hi!! I know its been some time from the creation of this vid, couldn't find the tutorial material for this and other vids. Maybe looking in the wrong area ... 🙂... Also seems that Figma has changed some of its layouts since you've uploaded this vid. Anyways keep up the good work, your ability to pass your knowledge on is great.

[@jesusa5618]

Thak you for this very helpful video!

[@ifeoluwaboboye6543]

Thank you so much @Mizko

[@estherabimbola894]

link is below? where d hck is it? i'm always searching for it for the designs. All i see is a bunch of payments

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You're the best !

[@windunes]

Love it!!!!!😃 Thank you so much for the invaluable tips!💝

[@mjmattu]

oh wow this is so useful

[@Mizko]

Enjoy Matt :)

[@tamarushka]

Thank you for all your work! (i can't open the demo file, any updates on this?)

[@inthigenti]

me too

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[@JessicaXxMossberg]

In the horizontal modal, how do you get the input fields to be next to each other while the headline remains above them to the left? I can either just have all objects lay horizontally or vertically

[@brandonaristizabal8156]

Like button smashed! Super helpful tutorial 🙏🏼 Any way to name components quicker? Maybe a plugin?

[@Mizko]

I forgot to mention you can actually name the components in the right hand side panel. I am not sure if there are any plugins right now!

[@kosmomalignaggi4877]

Does anyone have the link to the demo file? Or if anyone could please direct me to where i could find it that would be much appreciated. Thanks

[@reyhanereyhani1133]

Awesome, thank you

[@funmibi-ojo]

hiii, thanks again, great content, #learning a lot

[@Mizko]

Glad to hear!

[@dlanigerr]

Where is the example file?

[@citpw]

How to get the micro interaction going within variant? I see a lot of examples just shows using variant in design but not when prototyping. I mean the ones when you play you can see the button being hovered, pressed, etc. Thanks in adv.

[@Mizko]

Hey CP, I have a video about this - kzbin.info/www/bejne/anykiZawgN1knpY :) If you haven't applied for the Interactive Component BETA access you can also do it via: forms.gle/tAxqMQNXuNU4NYmj9 Hope this helps :)

[@ankajoubert5394]

@Mizko, this is great but where do I add the animation on the default state to animate to hover? Do I do it before I group all the Btns into Component 'library'? Argh mine doesn't work. So yes the components can be swopped between default and hover, but now i want to use the default state as a menu item and on hover, it must 'swop /change' to the hover state? Am i missing something here?

[@sylviaxuconnor497]

why only use frame and not rectangle Mizko?

[@Mizko]

It wasn't clear? Frames give you better control of how you want to position elements on the inside

[@SamCo99]

you the best!

[@Mizko]

Thanks Sam!

[@chukwukelueebuka4774]

Thank you so much

[@thanos9574]

most useful one

[@carlvanderpal5321]

Where's the demo download file, as promised in the video?

[@ayoolamuideen8379]

will I have access to the figma design system if I buy the master course?

[@Mizko]

Hey Ayoola, sorry for the delay. The design system is seperate

[@pantaleonklaudimerf.4612]

Hello, Where is the demo file? I can't find it in the description box. Thank you!

[@Phantasmentia]

I don't see the link to the design file for some reason.

[@katlegoseanmahaye3309]

Hi Mizko absolutely loving your work man. I'm struggling to find your demo file, which Link is it?

[@ryookada7004]

Hi Mizko, Thank you very much for the great content! I have a question regarding to the wireframe and UI components. Questions: At what point in a project do you usually make the design system / UI library? When you're in the phase of making a wireframe, do you start putting together components (i.e. buttons, forms, etc) so that you can design them in the next phase? Or do you make a wireframe from scratch, without creating any component, and then start creating UI elements after that? Thank you very much for your time!

[@reinolds]

Thaaaank you so much!!

[@Mizko]

Thank you! For supporting. Appreciate the comments.

[@meetagianani7078]

What if you want to make a change to a button and want it to reflect all your variants? what do you do then?

[@Mizko]

Change the master component :) right click “Go to master component”

[@amcds2867]

Hi, where is the link to Brad Frost's Atomic Design Framework you mention early on in this video?

[@TheHollygirls]

Can a constrain of a component be modified?

[@AlexiosDeva]

i love you man, but the figma community already did that for me, still love you tho

[@ahmadbaghereslami796]

thanks

[@sabrinah3183]

Is the interactive component still in beta? I'm not able to prototype my variants, the "change to" option does not appear in the actions options for the interaction. Superb content by the way, will be working my way through all your figma vids

[@Mizko]

I don't believe so Sabrina. Check the comments section, I've left a link to the application form!

[@alenachuyankova]

Please, can you show how to make it possible when the user is clicking "add to card" the basket icon is changing like something is there?

[@displaymonk]

combine variant is not appearing in my Figma file

[@Mizko]

really?

[@xain339]

hey, sorry may i know wher can i access the demo figma files so i can follow along with the videos? thank you so much!

[@varunparashar31]

Hi Mizko, Is there a way to add keywords to the Figma variants so that it is easy to search from the assets panel?

[@embiidobi7287]

The Demo file is not in the description

[@doxenbridge]

Anyone know where he put the demo file?

[@frasticahasnaamira645]

pls someone tell me, should i build this or after i build all my ui screen?

[@tarunjawla9463]

where's the demo file its not in the description??

[@MsAsom]

I'm sorry but I can't see the link to the demo file in the description? where can I download it?

[@JuniorLoup]

HI I love your videos and i'm learning so much with it. But i'm I the only one who doesn't know where to download the figma file ???

[@Mizko]

I'm sorry, the free service I was hosting all the files expired and I had to remove all the links.

[@carlachristopherson4051]

@@Mizko You should probably say that at the beginning, as I (any probably many others) just read through this whole string trying to find the link because you mentioned it at the beginning of the video.