Settings

What is included under Settings tab

Written By Lukas Pavelka

Last updated 6 days ago

License item

Both versions, as FREE as the PRO version, contain a "Settings" tab with a Figma User ID, language , and “Clear local storage“ button to be visible.

Figma User ID is needed to order PRO version of the plugin. To order PRO version, you can use this link.

From version 4.0 of the plugin, you have multiple translations. The plugin supports these languages:

  • Czech

  • English

  • German

  • Spanish

  • Portuguese

  • Russian

  • Chinese

Other new functionality is to possibility to clear all local data saved to your local storage. Plugin is able to store local data like styles or extra properties from Settings. If you click on mentioned button, a popup will be visible, and all data will be cleared. This action cannot be undone.

User Prefix

From version 4.5 you can find a new Feature called “User Prefix“. This helps you to specify custom prefix that will be applied to all your designed screens with prefix “screen_“. You do not need to have selected. Plugin will automatically recognise all screens with this prefix.

The functionality has a limitation. Only 2 chars are allowed! After filling this field, do not forget to click on “Apply prefix“ button. Then your prefix will be visible in every screen, like below:

Extra properties item

Only available under PRO version!!!

On the screen, you can see 3 sections - General, Import and History. Means, that every property related to Layout Builder tab is included in this section. During importing of YAML screen, these properties are related.

General properties

  • Font Reducto - After export to YAML, font size of all labels will be decreased about 5px down, if the property is enabled.

  • Hidden Controls - If you have invisible controls in your selected screen in Figma, enabled property will include them in exported YAML code.

  • Replace RECT by HTML - This property is related to “Generate Prefixes“ button. If the property is enabled, all rectangles found in your selected screens will have HTML prefix. Otherwise, RECT prefix will be used.

  • Replace CONT by BTN - By default, frame with one text child will generate BTN prefix after clicking on “Generate Prefixes“ button. If you enable this feature, this condition will be skipped and CONT (container without auto layout), HORCONT (container with horizontal auto layout), or VERCONT (container with vertical auto layout) will be generated.

  • Inherited Parent - If you change a name in a frame that children contains same word, activated property will change the word in every child under a frame

Import properties

  • Paste in Screen - If you select some screen in Figma, the imported control from the “New Control“ screen in plugin will be placed inside a selected screen. Otherwise, plugin will find a last X and a last Y available for pasting on your Figma page.

History properties

  • Keep history in storage - enabled status keeps all executed actions in storage and will be visible in Summary of History tab.

Reset to Default

A new functionality in this plugin is a reset button. The button can return switchers to the default values. This action cannot be undone.