Variants

In this tip, we talk about what variants are and how to create them, including how to easily update variant naming.

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[praveenpsg]

Somebody give this lady every award there is for teaching.

[lavanyavasisht]

I really love how well this lady explains everything so easily. I had watched a lot of videos regarding variants and had a hard time using it but this video helped me a lot to understand the variant tool.

[loveworksinc.]

I believe tutorial videos should be this simple and coincise. Thanks

[johnemorton]

Relearning after a bit of an absence from Figma. Thanks for the refresher!

[remy]

Thanks for this! Really well explained. Didn't over complicate everything and so concise. I hate when it feels like a teacher is trying to sound smarter by making things more complicated than they are. THANKYOU!

[ris-ug]

This tutorial is absolutely outstanding and incredibly clear! It's hands down the best Figma tutorial I've ever come across. I especially love how you explain 'variants' by creating buttons as both 'Components' and 'Variants.' Unlike many others who only scratch the surface of concepts and leave you hanging, your approach is systematic, tidy, easy to understand, and truly enlightening. I'm impressed! Thank you for sharing this fantastic tutorial. You are the ultimate Figma expert!🥰💖💖

[TheWebCoder]

It's one thing to know a tool well for your own use, but the ability to teach others how to use it is an another skill entirely. That is why I love each video this person does, because she has mastered both.

[intervention_w_myself]

You are a great teacher and explain things in the very context the helps me learn efficiently..
Please keep making videos like this!

[michellerodriguez]

I love you so much, best Figma teacher ever!

[narendraprasath]

Nice explanation by the way👏. It's been almost 7 months since I started using nested components and implemented them in all design libraries (iOS, Android, and Web). A small request: during the selection of nested components, it would be helpful if there was also an option to select the (variant) properties. Text properties are sometimes all that is needed, but when it has more properties (nested components), it makes a mess.

[imstevencraig]

So good. Such a great video. Solid information and a great presentation style! Thanks!

[kamyarrastegarnia]

Thanks for the subtitles, I can note more efficiently.

[emerlander]

This is amazing. And thanks for the great video!

[nicole_flowing]

Omg, mind blown. So handy!! Thank you

[julieloichot]

Hi this is an amazing tutorial !
I have a question, I love using components and variants but sometimes I need/ want to keep an historic of the design to come back and see how it looked before. Is there a best practice to have in mind ?
copy it somewhere ? detach components ?

[CarlosAndresVelasquez]

If I need to rename the layer to also include boolean properties (like icon yes/no) what would be the best approach?

[bradmacdonald]

Great presentation, thanks. What would be a simple visual metaphor or analogy to help explain variants?

[urchinsify]

I felt like I went from lvl 3 crook to lvl 99 mafia boss real quick after learning this variants.

[djhaulix]

till 7 min it was clear but after that I lost my track and its really soo confusing. Probably my learning capabilities are low what I believe

[xhikpfp]

Im having an issue which I will explain using this button example (my situation is a bit different). Let's say my primary button has an additional size, called medium. None of the other button types have a medium size. When I go to use an instance of this component, even when selecting a secondary or tertiary button, the size Medium still shows up in the variant selection drop down, even though none of those types of buttons should have a Medium option. When I select medium, it defaults to a primary button. How can I have it so only the options that match the requirements show up in the variant drop downs?