Slots coming March 5th | Figma Update

By Figma

Categories: Design, Product

Summary

Figma is rolling out a highly anticipated feature: slots. This will allow components to stay customizable without detaching, making menus, modals, and other UI elements more consistent even at scale. The open beta launches to all users on March 5th, after extensive testing across organizations.

Key Takeaways

1. Slots enable components to stay customizable without detaching, improving consistency at scale.
2. Figma beta tested slots with different organizations to learn and improve the feature before launch.
3. The Figma slots feature will roll out to all users in open beta on March 5th.
4. Figma prioritized slots development, even launching before the highly anticipated GTA 6 release.
5. Slots will make it easier to build and maintain consistent UI components like menus and modals.
6. The Figma community has been eagerly awaiting the slots feature, demonstrated by their comments.

Topics

• UI Design
• Product Development
• Feature Rollout
• Community Feedback
• Consistency at Scale

Transcript Excerpt

The feature you’ve all been asking for: slots. It's probably best that we start there. As previously reported at Schema, slots help components stay customizable without detaching, so components like menus and modals are easier to use and stay consistent, even at scale. And because you all keep leaving us comments asking, “But when?” Slots is rolling out to all users in open beta on March 5th. Yes that's right. The rollout starts next week. I know, I know, it took us some time to get this one out...