Advanced Figma Tips & Tricks 2024: Discovering Little Hidden Gems

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As usual, Figma did not fail to impress and come out with some fantastic new features and hidden gems hiding in plain sight. So here are my top Tips & Tricks to make life with Figma even more fun!
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00:00 - Introduction to moonlearning.io
00:22 - Open Dev Mode Directly in VS Code
00:37 - Shift+D to Toggle Dev Mode
00:46 - Toggle Auto Layout ‘Auto’ with Cmd + X
01:13 - Variable Scoping in Bulk
01:30 - Quickly Create Variables with Shift + Enter
01:47 - Alias Variables
02:01 - Styles to Variables Converter quickly convert styles to variables
02:50 - Boolean Variables Magic with Modes
03:39 - Variant and Props Playground
04:00 - Press R to Reset Prototypes
04:09 - Shift + Space for In-File Preview
04:16 - Applying Min and Max to Parent Frames
04:36 - Hold and Slide to Lock All Layers
04:47 - Alt + L to Collapse All, Enter to Select Children
05:01 - Multiple Grids within a Single Grid Style
05:19 - Prototyping Flow Links for Overview
05:39 - Presentations with Scrollable Prototypes
06:06 - Set Rules for Slot Components with Preferred Values
06:25 - Cmd + Y to Clean Up
06:37 - Copy as PNG Without Exporting
07:03 - Use % for Line-Height
07:32 - Variables or Styles Cheatsheet
08:20 - More Tips and Tricks