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Figma tips

1. Using existing library

  1. Create your project file.
  2. Let's say you need a table. Goto table page of your library file and copy all table elements and variants.
  3. Paste the copied stuffs to your project's component page, i.e., table.
  4. Copy an instance of the local table to your working page.
  5. If needed, modify the local table components with your custom content.
    1. To add more columns
      1. Select the header rows
      2. Goto main component
      3. Copy table head and paste ctrl+c/ctrl+v
    2. To replace a text cell with custom cell
      1. Create a custom cell, e.g., MyTable/MyCell
      2. Select the text cell, select another instance in property menu: local/workingpage/MyTable/MyCell
    3. To Clone the finally modified row
      1. Detach a row
      2. Copy the modified row
      3. Right click the detached row, paste to replace

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