Introduction to components

Welcome to the Components chapter! In the next lessons, you will learn how to use, edit and create new shadcn/ui components.

The shadcn/ui components are styled with Tailwind CSS classes. In our Figma kit, the components are built using variables from the Tailwind CSS collection, colors from the Mode collection and styles, allowing for consistent and systematic modifications across your design system. In this chapter, you can learn how to edit components in Figma.

Figma guides

While our academy primarily focuses on mastering our UI kit and plugin, we understand you might want to explore Figma's broader capabilities. For a deeper dive into Figma's extensive functionalities beyond our direct scope, you'll find links to their official resources below.

Components

The shadcn/ui Kit for Figma is built with components. These are elements you can reuse across your designs. They help to create and manage consistent designs across projects. You can learn more about Components and how to use them here.

Variants

The UI kit uses Variants, which allow you to group and organize similar components into a single container. This simplifies the component library and makes it easier for everyone to find what they need. Here are more details on Variants.

Auto layout

The system's components were built with the Auto Layout feature. Auto Layout creates designs that grow to fill or shrink to fit and reflow as their contents change—just like on a real website! You can learn more about Auto Layout here.

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Editing components
Discover how to modify a Figma component using the Badge component as an example, where we demonstrate how to adjust the border radius and padding.