Practice - Section C: Mastering Intermediate Software Techniques
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
In Figma, what is the main purpose of Auto Layout when designing a button component?
* Answer: To automatically manage the padding and spacing around the content (like the text label) so the button resizes correctly when the text changes.
* Hint: Think about what feature ensures the space inside the button remains consistent even if you change the word from "OK" to "Submit."
💡 Hint: Think about what feature ensures the space inside the button remains consistent even if you change the word from "OK" to "Submit."
When creating variants for a button, which state is typically included to indicate that the button is temporarily non-functional (e.g., while data is processing)?
* Answer: The Disabled state (or the Loading state).
* Hint: This state is crucial for usability and gives visual feedback that the user cannot click the button.
💡 Hint: This state is crucial for usability and gives visual feedback that the user cannot click the button.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
When using Combine as Variants in Figma, what is the primary change you are managing between the components?
* Type: mcq
* Options: Resizing the screen, Grouping different components, Changing a specific property (e.g., color, state) to show a different appearance, Importing components from a library.
* Correct Answer: Changing a specific property (e.g., color, state) to show a different appearance
* Explanation: Variants manage different appearances of the same component based on defined properties (like State, Size, or Type).
* Hint: Variants show different looks for the same object.
💡 Hint: Variants show different looks for the same object.
True or False: Constraints determine how an element reacts (resizes or remains fixed) when the frame size is changed.
* Type: boolean
* Options: True, False
* Correct Answer: True
* Explanation: Constraints (e.g., Left/Right, Scale, Top/Bottom) are the rules that dictate an element's responsiveness to frame resizing.
* Hint: This is the primary feature used for responsive design in Figma frames.
💡 Hint: This is the primary feature used for responsive design in Figma frames.
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Challenge Problems
Push your limits with advanced challenges
Nested Component Hierarchy & Usability:
* Task: Design a hierarchy for a reusable Input Field Component that includes a Label, the Input Area, and a small Error Icon (a third nested component).
* Challenge: Create the naming convention for the component set that allows a user to toggle the Error Icon on or off without deleting the icon layer.
* Solution:
* Hierarchy: Input Field (Auto Layout Frame) $\rightarrow$ Label (Text) + Input Area (Auto Layout Frame) + Error Icon (Nested Icon Component).
* Naming Convention: The component set should have a property called Error? with boolean values: True and False. The variant where Error? = False would have the Error Icon layer set to Hidden (using the eyeball icon in the layers panel). This allows the designer to toggle the visibility instantly from the properties panel without altering the master component.
* Hint: To toggle visibility in a master component, use a boolean variant property and hide the layer in one of the variants.
💡 Hint: To toggle visibility in a master component, use a boolean variant property and hide the layer in one of the variants.
Responsive Design Constraints (Application):
* Task: You are designing a data card (300px wide) that sits inside a 375px wide frame (mobile screen). The card contains a title that needs to always be anchored to the left and a percentage completion number (e.g., 85%) that needs to always be anchored to the right.
* Challenge: Explain the Constraint setting and the Auto Layout behavior needed for the outer card frame and the nested text layers to ensure the title stays left and the percentage stays right when the card is resized from 300px to 350px.
* Solution:
* Outer Card Frame (Auto Layout): Needs to have Horizontal Resizing set to Fill Container so it stretches when the 375px screen frame is resized.
* Nested Text Layers (Constraints): The Title text layer should have constraints set to Left (fixed distance from the left edge). The Percentage number text layer should have constraints set to Right (fixed distance from the right edge).
* Auto Layout Behavior: When the card resizes from 300px to 350px, the space between the Left-constrained Title and the Right-constrained Percentage number will increase, ensuring they always appear on the respective edges, providing responsive functionality.
* Hint: Separate the elements you want to anchor left and right inside the Auto Layout frame and set their individual constraints within the frame.
💡 Hint: Separate the elements you want to anchor left and right inside the Auto Layout frame and set their individual constraints within the frame.
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