How Do You Get Guidelines in Figma?

Figma is a design and collaboration tool used by thousands of professionals in tech, marketing, and design. It’s popular for its intuitive user interface and fast prototyping capabilities. Figma also offers an extensive range of guidelines to help users create beautiful, consistent designs.

Guidelines are pre-defined design elements that can be used to quickly create consistent UI elements. These elements can include brand colors, fonts, icons, grid layouts, typography rules, spacing rules, button styles, and more. By following the guidelines in Figma, designers can quickly craft organized designs that follow best practices.

To access guidelines in Figma, first open the project you want to work on. From the Project menu at the top left corner of the screen select ‘Guidelines’.

This will open a sidebar with a list of all the available guidelines for your project. Select one or multiple guidelines to add them to your project.

When you add a guideline to your project you will be able to see it in both the canvas and layers panel on the right side of the screen. You will be able to edit any of these guidelines by double-clicking on them or selecting any individual element from within them.

You can also create your own custom guidelines in Figma. To do this click on ‘Global Styles’ from the Project menu at the top left corner of your screen. This will open a sidebar with all of your global styles such as text styles and color palettes that you have created earlier. Here you can create new global styles or edit existing ones according to your needs.

Getting started with guidelines in Figma is easy and fast once you know where to look for them. With just a few clicks you can access existing projects’ guidelines or create new ones according to best practices for your specific designs.

Conclusion:

Getting started with guidelines in Figma is easy once you know where to look for them. You can access existing projects’ guidelines through ‘Guidelines’ from the Project menu at the top left corner of your screen or create custom ones through ‘Global Styles’. Once added they will appear both in the canvas and layers panel allowing you to quickly create consistent UI elements according to best practices for your specific designs.