10 tips to work 10x faster in Figma 

Figma Tips Move: V ctrl = command alt = option 1. Duplicate - alt + drag - ctrl + D - if you keep pressing ctrl + D it will duplicate at the same distance as your first duplicate 2. Resize - alt + drag at the side for it(the selected item) to grow from the center - alt + shift to maintain proportion - press k (don't hold) to scale - if "k" is already active, hold alt to maintain proportion 3. Resize Frames - hold ctrl so the frame will not use the constraints 4. Copy Text Style - ctrl + alt + c (on the text with the text style you want to copy) then ctrl + alt + v (on the text that you want to be the same style as the copied text) 5. Big Nudge (nudge - move an element a little) - shift + arrow key(the desired direction) - change nudge number: - hamburger menu - preferences - nudge amount - 8 pixel nudge (you'll always be within the grid) [if you work on an 8 pixel grid] 6. Hold Position - Click element and hold spacebar - this makes the element be placed on top instead of being put to a group (if the element is initially outside) - if the element is initially inside - it will be placed in a group but will be sent to back (sort of) 7. Layer Up/Down (how to move things up and down) - ctrl + [ (move down one layer) - ctrl + ] (move up one layer) 8. Rename (layer) - ctrl + R - can rename multiple layers if multiple layers are selected 9. Auto Layout - you can think of it as grouping elements that are related - to add auto layout to an element: shift + A - the selected element will be placed inside a new frame [changing child element order in an auto layout frame] - select child element + press an arrow key to move its position to the desired direction - we can also drag the child element to reposition it - aligning elements - select frame (with auto layout) - use arrow keys to align the elements to the left, center, or right [text resizing / word wrap] - go to text panel - type details (in the meatball menu) - change "Resizing" to grow vertically - then specify a fixed width for the text element [adding an external element in the auto layout frame] - drag the element - if element is bigger than the frame: - hold ctrl key while dragging the element (a blue line will indicate where the object will be placed in the frame) - to prevent the frame from growing wider - go to auto layout panel - change the resizing behavior to "fixed width" [Auto layout frames can also be turned to components(components are frames)] (so we can copy/duplicate it) - select auto layout (final) frame then do alt + ctrl + K to make that frame as a component [Placing an auto layout frame in a new regular frame] (for scrolling purposes) - select the auto layout frame - ctrl + alt + G 10. Templates - create/use templates if you're designing something similar most of the time

The "K" thing just changed my life. I just realized if I was spending 20 times longer resizing each component.

you look like a Pixar character. In a really good way. Like warm and good energy

Another tip: If you want to select the deepest element of a group, just hover the element and press cmd + click, and voilà! (This prevents you from perma double click group+group+group+...)

The space bar trick! Daaaaamnn, I've spent hours rearranging layers into the frames after moving them to create cool animations, and I didn't know this powerful trick. Awesome, you have a new follower from now on 😍

The "K" scale tool blew my mind. That would have saved me so much time on one of my assignments. Also, the holding "Command" while resizing a frame to disregard constraints was also super helpful. I would always have to add constraints to everything before moving which was a pain. Thanks so much for this!

Love watching you @Carola! This is one of the most entertaining, fun and useful videos I've seen in a while. Sharing with our design students and they are loving it! Hope to see more. 💜

thank you for the tuts. the 'K' and the 'space bar' just saved my life.

Your excitement is contagious :D

Copy style actually kind of blows my mind. I've gone years without that and I'm just so pleased to have it in my toolbox now.

that hold layer position tip! thank you soo much!

Girl, I've been looking for that resize advice for weeks!!!

That hold layer position and Zoom options are life savers 🔥🙏🏻 Thanks for those awesome tips 🎉🤩

favorite tip: the one with the spacebar, that will change my life

I recently (2 weeks ago) switched over to Figma from Sketch. I have found that autolayout is pretty powerful and something I want 95+% of the time I'm doing anything. The resizing sections of this video were helpful, thanks! Much of the other stuff is similar/identical to other tools, but still good to know. It's also good to know where the arrow sensitivity adjustment is. Again thanks!

Dropbox should immediately lock Carola into a ten-year contract. This is precisely the energy and passion every company needs. Outstanding.

Wow, this is great - The NUDGE is changed my life .... I was literally moving objects and text with one one pixel to match 8 grid... Thank you very much, Carola

Another very useful thing I would add is the swapping of elements by selecting two items and dragging one of the pink dots that show up in order to swap their positions between them. Great video, learned some eye opening stuff that I already started using today at work. Thank you!!

I've been looking for this k command all my life. Thanks Carola, you've earned a follower

The space bar thing 🥺🥺 I hate it so much when moving layers and they get grouped when I don't want them to, definitely going to change my life! Big ones to me are Shift + 0 (to see everything on the current page), Shift + 1 (to set the zoom at 100%) and Shift + 2 (to center the screen on the currently selected layer), never use them when I have a trackpad but always do when I'm with a mouse

That frame expanding tip without moving around the contents. Life changing!! I love your channel and will watch more content now. I don't like web design or figma but I need to learn it to become a better freelancer and you make it really fun to learn. The figma videos on their site are so boring and with the new autolayout changes I haven't found any good tutorials and it's very different than how it was before. I bet you're a busy person but it would be awesome if you had more tutorials on these subjects. You are a great RU-vidr. 😁

I spent my whole day figuring out how to get rid of that constraints. You are like a lifesaver

Today is the 2nd day of teaching myself UX design. I have a graphic design background but want to transition to UX. Your video is SOO helpful, there are so many similarities with the shortcuts but you definitely taught me a lot. THANK YOU !!!!

Love it! Thanks Calora!

thank you so much for sharing!! that “k” tip is what i’ve needed in my life all this while

I'm brand new to figma and this video just changed my (figma) world. Thanks @Carola for putting this together. Now I need to go learn autolayout :)

Great video, love the energy and the happy mood! For tip 7, if you hold cmd & shift, you can move stuff directly to the bottommost or the topmost

Awesome tips! Thanks Carola!

Hold layer position changed my whole life. Thanks for this amazing video!

The keyboard shortcuts are the best part of Figma! Thanks for the awesome tips!

Love it! Thanks!

OMG the one about matching text styles

Thank you for the great tips and the template as well. Quite useful! And I love your energy, keep it up!

Love your energy, thank you for sharing this!

You are amazing! Thanks so much for these tricks. [hold layer position] is my new favorite move. 😀

Hey, what a great tips and I love your energy. Regards from Colombia!

Great tutorial! This is such a gem. So many wow moments and I really like your cheerful presentation too. Keep up the awesome work 💪🔥

Hey, I just wanted to thank you because I've recently started working with Figma and your video really helped me🥺 I wish you all the best!

I love your style of videos, you're so easy to watch! also, these are some great tips! Thanks fo sharing

Love your vid! It's helpful ! Thank you!

The nudge amount set at 8px is a life changer! Thanks!

Really useful tips. Been working in figma since 2 years or so, some of these were a good find for me. That "K" was a keeper.

SPACE this is a miracle, that's what I've been waiting for a long time, thanks!

I love the energy in ur videos, :)

The frame increment without moving all the contents was my favorite tip. I always drag out all the contents, resize the frame then drag the contents back into the frame. Thank you so much for the tip.

love it! thanks for sharing this

Recently started learning Figma and haven't even finished the video yet, but I had to say that first tip about copying/duplicating was ALL I WAS LOOKING FOR!!! OMG!! THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU!!! :P

Omg I just love your energy

The space tip to put something above the frame changes my life! Your video was helpful, thanks a lot :)

Omg! You helped me know multiple things already. I just got started with Figma and I'm knowing more. You are a blessing love from Nigeria 🇳🇬 👐🏽 and guys the thing about her explanation is most of what is explaining might not be what you want be on the cause of explaining you'll definitely learn few key functions! My God. Figma is great!! And Miss Carola is awesome 😘😘

Thank you for sharing!

Congrants, Carola ! I loved the tips. Super useful.

Love it! You are the best❤️

I'm a junior Figma learner and it's brilliant thanks ! my fvorite tip is #7 Layer up/down

As an UX design beginner, all of your tips you shared is useful for me. THANKS.

I am an absolute novice in this field. Writing out the commands and keys as you clicked was really helpful. Thank you ❤️ ❤️

scale and spacebar tips are game changers. thank you for the tips!

I'm new to Figma (started three days ago) do this is really helpful to me! Thank you for the video! ☺️

thank you for the tips!

Thank you for your tips ❤️

That was really helpful! Thank you Carola

thanks Carol!

Great tips!!!

This was helpful - thanks!!

Great tips video - All of them are great!

You are so awesome!! Thank you so much for breaking this down. I adore your personality as well :)

Immediately subbed. Great tips and awesome vibes. Love it.

Super cool! Thanks :)

Thank you so much for sharing these tips!!!

Yeayyy! Finally I found how to resize without mess the design 😂 thanks so much

love watching your videos, thanks for your impact

K for resizing is the best!

Thanks for sharing, very useful!

Thank you!!! Really usefull

Thanks, Carola! that was super useful ❤️

simply awesome

Cool, love it.

Teaching with nice smiles throughout the tutorial. By the way almost all the tips you shared in this video were super useful. Thanks Carola.

Great Tips! Thank you very much.

that scale tip for resizing was amazing, thank you so much!

"K" is so magical! Thanks for sharing!

Sooooooooooo great tips! Thank youuuuuu

Just amazing tips especially the spacebar ! thanks

Great tips! Thank you.🙂

Great video, thank you for sharing

Thanks for the content :)

Really helpful. Thanks

THIS WAS AWESOME

Really helpful, thanks.

It was awesome. Thanks

#2 is such a life changer! Thank you ;)

Thank you for sharing this!! Super helpful 🙌🥰

This is super cute way of doing things in Figma. Thank you, I learned a bunch of new things.

Great tips. Thank you for sharing

LOOOOOVEEE THIS!

this is so insanely helpful ty!

Thank you so much this was super helpful!! :)

The holding space bar to prevent objects from popping into frames / auto layouts was great to know. Thank you.

Thank you so much!

Love this Video, this was really helpful and you were so excited while you were explaining the Tipps. I love it! Hope you'll do more Videos like this.