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We use the absolute positioning tool, and then set the constraints to left and right, top and bottom :) Let me know if that makes sense!

I agree it is far more complex than it needs to be. Unfortunately, the Adobe/Figma deal is off, so doesn't look like there will be changes anytime soon!

If you want this amount of functionality ánd flexibility in a single component then there is no way to achieve this without having all these options and consequently all these steps. If you only need a simple static component then it's easy to put these shapes and texts together within a component without the complexity. You get to choose.

Didn't know the Adobe deal was off. What a shame! I was looking forward to a better GUI, like floating palettes, docking panels and all the flexible GUI smartness that Adobe have developed over the past several decades. Figma has a long way to go, still feels a bit like a prototype in many ways, especially as a prototyping tool ironically enough. Too quirky and over engineered. Hope Adobe returns to this topic.

Well, it's like this because no one at Figma have developed a better solution. It doesn't have to be this quirky and over engineered. Isn't the main success criteria in UI design ease of use? I hope to see that philosophy embedded into Figma as well. Some day this will be improved, and then the typical sales pitch is "now you don't have to do all the quirky and odd steps anymore cause now you just" etc. So it's very easy to admit weakness when the concept is improved. Until then everything is "very clever and smart" of course. Let's hope the improvement process speeds up cause right now stuff like this is a nightmare. You can hear the honest struggling going on in this presenters voice when adding frames within frames and working around obstacles and weird props procedures etc. 😲

It is just a tool that fulfills its purpose the best it can. It has had great success and adoption worldwide, actually. It beat Adobe XD by far (💀 RIP), and the learning curve is much smaller than most Adobe software (Figma is not hard to learn; how to architect good UI components yes). With so many free UI kits and the rise of design systems in many teams, you most likely will never have to build these from scratch to kick off your designs. Unless you are into design systems. The people who craft these components enjoy the process. It is normal. If you want simpler than this, you might need to dive into front-end development.@@Underhills