Learn Figma Auto Layout in 10 Minutes (Everything You Need To Know)

[@ArnauRos]

Download the free work file here: ✅ arnau.lemonsqueezy.com/buy/250a2944-c0ec-4648-9e8f-d6fbcf0cea0a

[@Gary31563]

I am not able to get the file on my figma. Can you kindly assist?

[@jintygibson4876]

It would be good to have keystrokes displayed on screen. I found myself not understanding what you where doing at times! Was still a helpful video! keep it up!

[@ArnauRos]

I’ll have this set up next vid thanks for suggesting!

[@drakZes]

Yes this tutorial was terrible. Couldn't follow.

[@cory_who]

My frames aren't aligning horizontally and I also can't tell what actions he's using. I love most of his videos but lost on this one SMH.

[@steelstunners1862]

Yep, I found myself thinking the same thing

[@maleficarum1899]

Finally! Somebody made quick and easy tutorial on auto layouts, not 1 hour of nonsence. Arnau you are a living legend

[@ArnauRos]

appreciate you!

[@shadaan1049]

I still don't understand why we use it

[@Hannielle.]

Thats how you know they know how to design with empathy for the end user 😁

[@steelstunners1862]

It took me 50 mins to go through this tutorial, having the keystrokes on screen would be great as in a few scenarios you just say something like "We align them just like that" but there is no explanation as to how so I think keystrokes would help us there.

[@lincatbug]

I've been stuggling so badly with auto layout and component properties... These 2 tutorials of yours made me a fulfilled human being. I may now die peacefully after wasting weeks on manual adjusting.

[@ArnauRos]

hahaha glad i could help!

[@yannistath]

Brother appreciate the effort but are you going way too fast, slow down a bit, doesnt have to be 10 min if you cant catch up. Totally friendly advice

[@ArnauRos]

Noted!

[@promicxoflife3389]

Use the 0.75 speed for viewing

[@weepeng]

Totally agreed.

[@thestretch]

Lost me within 10 seconds of making a frame

[@2011Kirat]

He speaks pretty fast

[@mannankhandelwal]

I struggled a lot with auto layout but finally I think I got the hang of it. You've presented the auto layout in the simplest words and its really easy to understand. Really helpful video.

[@ArnauRos]

Glad it helped!

[@Salcavila]

Thank you so much for the tutorial bro. I clicked your video to learn about auto layout. But you also taught me how to use absolute position and rename a lot of layers at once

[@ArnauRos]

Are you going to start using auto layout?

[@khadijaasehnoune351]

absolutely

[@muhammadbacar6051]

Not a habit but need to make it one. Seems this will be really useful for me in the future especially for webflow and it's new plugin where you can paste your figma design directly to webflow.

[@mudiasunny]

Yesssssss! Thank you

[@dailyabbiee]

You're cute🥰

[@vihangabandara4284]

I just wanted to learn about the auto layout but I was bored and wanted to look at cute boys' videos. So I found this video in which I can do both.

[@_nightfall_artist]

I just started to use auto layout. The other guys eating up 40 to 50min for small topic. You're amazing bro. Thanks Again.

[@Wolfhoundguru]

Love your channel bro!

[@ArnauRos]

I appreciate that!

[@bowiejackson]

You are a legend bro, whenever I deep dive into a topic, your videos provide me with straight to the point explanations!

[@play-cu5tv]

This is a turning point for me. Thank you!

[@yiranshan349]

thank you so much for the video! I am very new to figma, I didn't even know you can put an auto layout inside another one!

[@shubhsharma19]

Thankyou so much man, your channel is really underrated. ILY

[@ArnauRos]

thanks man, feel free to share it haha

[@kathlouise5308]

I'm so glad I found this. Thank you so much! I was so confused with auto layout earlier without knowing that I was doing a wrong approach.

[@ArnauRos]

Great to hear!

[@israruzumaki9345]

thANKS for existing

[@djarcadian]

Very helpful. As a noob to Figma I found this pretty easy to follow. Basically frames within frames, Shift+A and then play with the padding and alignment tools. It helps a lot to pay attention to how frames are nested within each other on the left.

[@ArnauRos]

yessir!

[@chini613]

These videos are amazing, clear, crisp and to the point, absolutely love the work you are doing, would love to see a similar video for mobile apps if possible, like that would be super cool. Honestly, this is like my favorite channel right now because of how easy to follow your videos are. Thanks!!

[@boikanyok7314]

I'm a newbie when it comes to Figma. Very insightful and I look forward to the next video. Thanks

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks for watching!

[@swechapees]

Hey it's a great video clearly explained. I have a question at 7:08 time code, how is that you are able to apply the padding only to the top of the button when all the three elements(heading, text, and button) are with combined single auto layout.

[@ArnauRos]

Hey not sure what you mean here

[@llu2736]

As a junior designer this channel has been super helpful , thanks Arnau :)

[@ArnauRos]

Happy to hear that!

[@Veecenzo]

This is a game changer for me, I never knew how to manipulate auto-layout like this before. Great tutorial Ros 👏👏👏

[@snehashah7144]

This is very helpful...creating layouts that can be recreated in CSS/HTML

[@liyanaldsm]

This is very helpful. I was confused about using auto layout but your explanation is very easy to understand. Thank you 😀

[@ArnauRos]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Am_ro12]

Great video thanks, Arnau. Would have loved to see a nav included next time.

[@ArnauRos]

Noted!

[@nikaaduashvili4008]

Great content! Definitely need an updated tutorial of it with the new version of Figma.

[@peterngugi8899]

@ArnauRos this was amazing, well summarised, and to the point, and even learned something extra.👏🏽. This should be the it video for auto-layout

[@ArnauRos]

thanks man :)

[@ЕвгенияТаро-г4р]

Easy to understand, thanks for the video!

[@ArnauRos]

Glad you liked it!

[@amsDHBW]

After 5 hours of that stuff doing anything BUT what it's supposed to, I do it by hand .-. But thank you for a great tutorial! I'll definetly will come back a buch if times!

[@ArnauRos]

if you practice and practice it becomes faster than doing it by hand!

[@prakashbhol]

Excellent tutorial to clear your doubts..thanks buddy

[@ArnauRos]

My pleasure

[@Nina-nf6sn]

Love this Thankyou！ how can I delete frame but not the photo in the frame? You did it at 9:23

[@ArnauRos]

Use the ungroup shortcut! ctrl or command + shift + G

[@Nina-nf6sn]

@@ArnauRos thank you very much!!!

[@zyphr69]

Sooo cool exactly what i needed

[@DimuthuDhanushka-o8b]

You are a life saver ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@esquarcit]

Great now I have a good grasp of autolayout :)

[@ramindermahal8256]

This was great I had been struggling with auto layout now I finally get it

[@ArnauRos]

Glad I could help!

[@abbiewhiddett1147]

Such a helpful video! At 8:31 you rename multiple layers, how do you do this?! This would have saved me so much time

[@ArnauRos]

In Figma to rename layers it’s ctrl/cmd + R while selecting layers 🚀

[@toolatefc7685]

very descriptive bro

[@jitarthRai-r9o]

It helped a lot. Thankyou!

[@BrigitteJoseph-b8f]

This was incredibly helpful, thank you!

[@ArnauRos]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ifecoral]

Thank you so much

[@xarispapadimitriou5434]

That was an amazing tutorial, it has helped me a ton! keep it up!

[@ArnauRos]

Glad to hear it!

[@dk_mae6611]

I'm so happy!! Thank youuuuu❤❤❤❤

[@ArnauRos]

You're welcome 😊

[@yovanni]

Hello I hope all is good. I love all your videos. I love the way you present yourself quick question what program are you using to do your screen recording because I like it better than the way a regular loom looks can you help and let me know?

[@ArnauRos]

Hey, screen record is just quick time :)

[@BukkyOdunsi]

This is great , Thank you, although as a beginner i couldn't keep up at first but i gradually got it

[@ArnauRos]

Great job!

[@flashborn-band]

Awesome! I learned something new!

[@ArnauRos]

Glad it was helpful!

[@enteblu6799]

i really like your tutorials, they use real cases and explain things very well, some of these i already knew but still very good. thanks and youre a cutie too!

[@ArnauRos]

Glad you like them!

[@Fran43CG]

Thank you! Mysteries were unraveled :)

[@asafros12]

thank you, great explanation!

[@ArnauRos]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alfiartya23]

You know what, your explanation is very clear! I understand about how Auto Layout works now. Thanks for this helpful video 😄🙌

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful :)

[@irzq_z]

Do we need layout grid any more or the auto layout will be enough?

[@ArnauRos]

the grid helps autolayout work more effectively

[@Diicasti]

Been looking for a video like this! And it was made a year ago 😮 thank you so much! I’m subscribing😊

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks for subbing!

[@sk8trsurfr]

Great explaination!

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks!

[@wholockianfangirl3335]

This was so digestible, thank you! I haven't been able to understand auto layout until now

[@ArnauRos]

Awesome, glad it was helpful

[@KolbeinnnóiÖldusson]

What buttons did u press on your keyboard to change the direction?

[@isaacsanchez2003]

This video made it click for me after watching many videos of how to use auto layout, using the figma to webflow plugin i can design so much faster now! ❤❤❤

[@ArnauRos]

Great to hear!

[@robertclarke4096]

Thank you Arnau.

[@ArnauRos]

My pleasure

[@rschinchore]

Really nice! calm and perfect pace!!!

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks Rschinchore :)

[@koolabhinay6898]

Bro, how to use a double auto layout? For example in notifications and all that, please make a tutorial on this in the new updated Figma

[@indigo_edits-4O]

It helps me a lot ,thank you so much for making such a excellent tutorial for us , I really appreciate you struggles and keep it up

[@ArnauRos]

Happy to hear that!

[@cook2030]

Very insightful/helpful, I've increased my productivity a hundred fold, Thank you very much!!!!

[@ArnauRos]

Awesome!!

[@goyatea]

Thanks for sharing mate, once you duplicated several desktop, could you merge all of them in one to have a single clean frame?

[@ArnauRos]

Not sure what you mean here, but if you're referring to if you could put all the sections into one larger parent autolayout frame, definitely!

[@desig1rl]

ur content is good but u go SUPER fast in advanced mode. i had to rewatch this 10 min video 10x lol

[@cbubbb]

You were right! No transitions and another great video. Thanks! 🎉😊🙏

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks!! Glad you checked out another vid :)

[@irenedeprov]

mind blown 🤯

[@henryfiifiquainoo9122]

You just made everything easier for me. Thank you so much!

[@ArnauRos]

Glad it helped Henry!!

[@sairavindra50]

simple an on point ! where do you get these kind of creatives to keep in your figma designs? do you create the by yourself or do you use stock images from online ?

[@ArnauRos]

for the layouts i use tilebit.io , for the images I use unsplash plugin in figma

[@KingaJackowska-f3s]

6:53 how did you do this horizontal flip?

[@ArnauRos]

Shift H!

[@des7638]

Dope man Good job and thank you

[@rafaelkoester]

Hi, thanks for the Video. Do you directly start to design with auto layout? Or after you have your design ready? I understand the value of auto layout, but to start quick with designing and make variations I find it to time consuming.

[@ArnauRos]

If I have a reference of what I'm building I go directly to auto layout, if I'm building something really creative then its good to start without autolayout. You'll find that once you learn autolayout making variations becomes faster with it rather than without!

[@swathirao6273]

How did you add vertical gap between those three content frames ? I am not able to add

[@ArnauRos]

You should create a autolayout frame wrapping the three content frames

[@swathirao6273]

Thankyou so much

[@55Makk]

Super helpful. Thank you

[@ArnauRos]

Glad it helped out!

[@malihaparveen2224]

Amazing tutorial! Easy to understand and implement in my designs.

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks Maliha!

[@Pawlkoko]

amazin tutorial, thanks!

[@ArnauRos]

thank you

[@YOUSRALINABOUDCHICHA]

Thank you ! it was really useful

[@modernizemysite]

You are awesome! Thank you!

[@ArnauRos]

Thank you for watching!!!

[@zottelpony1084]

why do you use a frame for the button instead of using a rectangle? Thanks for the good video!

[@vadim_sharapov]

Hi, it is usually better to use frames because they can have almost the same properties as a rectangle (in that example, fill). If you would want to use a rectangle and make an auto-layout, that would make it into two objects inside the auto-layout. If you convert a frame with the text to auto-layout, it becomes an auto-layout with one object inside - text. I know it can be confusing, but in most cases, it is much much better to use frames for 90% of the cases. When it comes to components, it will help you scale whatever you are building into a UI Kit, then a UI System, and then a Design System. With a rectangle, that is impossible. Hope that helps :)

[@shabbirabdulhussein8748]

Really nice video, thank you!

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks for commenting Shabbir!

[@HelloWorld40408]

Thank you

[@niloosiahvosh986]

amazing I'm so glad. thank you so much

[@ArnauRos]

Glad you like it!

[@johannefuruseth6501]

Im making a page from scratch in Webflow with my own design - should I still build as you do with autolayout in Figma? Thanks!!

[@ArnauRos]

Hey, yes! Its important to have your design ready in Figma before going into Webflow

[@shamnadshah1622]

Nice tutorial, I was creating the atoms first and press shift+A yet. I haven't autolayouted a rectangle or frame and started putting things in it. This really helps too

[@ArnauRos]

Glad it helped!

[@michelarteta9412]

Great tutorial

[@ArnauRos]

Glad you think so!

[@MarkManuel-s6x]

when you created the second 623/623 frame, how did you know to make it 623/623?

[@ArnauRos]

Sorry I'm not sure what you mean here do you have a time code I can look at?

[@BabatolaSamuelayomide]

When i created a frame within the desktop frame, the frame was not responding with the desktop when i held on shift to adjust the size of the desktop. I was doing something like a code along. i dont know if there is a slower lengthier video for autolayout

[@heavypizzas6004]

Hi, at 2:22 there was a cut. How do you get the new square frame to auto centre in the parent desktop frame? When I try it, it's not horizontally centred, even though I followed every step up to that point. Thanks!

[@heavypizzas6004]

Just subbed. Looking forward to learning Figma off you. I've already done a LinkedIn Learning basics course, so just building my skills from hereon in. Thanks for your channel.

[@ArnauRos]

Hey, so the parent frame is autolayout with fixed horizontal and hug for vertical. I then click F and create a new frame inside of is using shift option to scale equally. Hope this helps

[@JackTse]

Nice tutorials - subbed

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks for the sub!

[@asaverohit]

The video for auto-layout was simple and easily understandable. Do we need to create groups of similar contents first before applying Auto-Layout?

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks Rohit :). I never use groups, only autolayout and frames!

[@teenylupini]

just before 02:30 you mention making it fixed width. This part confused me because suddenly the frame was on the left hand side... I dont understand what you did here?

[@ArnauRos]

Hey, check how your autolayout is positioned if the pieces are moving when you set it to fixed width

[@likhikaroutray5575]

This video is really helpful. If possible please make a video regarding design to dev workflow if someone uses figma to webflow plugin. Great video keep these coming.

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@rahulrajeev9]

Well explained!

[@ArnauRos]

Thanks Rahul!

[@yangdongjun]

great tutorial thanks !🤙 btw, using auto layout does not mean to the responsive design right? the navigatior works different in mobile and desktop like that.

[@ArnauRos]

You'd usually create a new design for mobile!

[@NguyenThanhNhaFPLCT]

thanks you so much !

[@ArnauRos]

Welcome!

[@SandipKumar-og6xm]

Hey bro Which Mic you are using?

[@ArnauRos]

shure mv7

[@khanayan-v7z]

Hey Arnau, does every element in the design has to be made in auto layout?

[@ArnauRos]

I do everything in autolayout, its faster for me

[@khanayan-v7z]

@@ArnauRos Sounds great thanks

[@EmmanuelRohi]

This is very helpful. Thanks 👍

[@ArnauRos]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SwooshModels]

Hi, genuinely question. Why would you code everything while a figma page can get turned into code with an extension?

[@ArnauRos]

well figma is used for many different applications, easy marketing sites can be done with framer/webflow, but if you're designing for an app, or a webapp, or a very custom project you can help your devs get organised :)

[@fvelen]

absolute positioning - missed that my whole life!

[@novaart2297]

Nice and fast , ty

[@giuliodigiusto7501]

How do you insert lorem ipsum placeholder text? Is it a plug in?

[@ArnauRos]

there is a plugin for it yes!

[@anabannaish]

I couldn't understand what you had done after putting in the first frame for a photo around 1:47 and then it didn't work for me

[@ArnauRos]

Let me know if you still need help!