I have a question about pushing overrides. (Example) a component is created. I decide later to add an image to the component. The image is only appearing on master component. I am looking for a push override to update all components. Id appreciate any help offered. Thanks, great video!
Is there a way to move a component across the entire document without manually selecting? As an example, if I have a pause button and I want to move it globally to the left on every artboard it appears on.
You can edit the master component. Just drag your item in your master component from the layers panel. Once your item is added it'll show up on every instance. Now you can just hide the item in your master component and manually go to the instance where you want the icon/text to show.
OMG! This is what I was looking for all this time from XD. Thank You so much for letting us know about this so fast. Now there can be nothing between me and XD. You are awesome.
Hi there, thanks for the video. I have a main component but am trying to insert a new element into one of the states - is this possible? I am really struggling to do this. Any help would be greatly apprecitaed! thanks!
Hey Elvis, you could try double-clicking to go inside the master component, then once inside create the new UI elements and then create this as a nested component. Sometimes I find it easier to start a component from scratch, and build the nested (inside) components first and then work outwards. Hopefully that makes sense 👍
This was fantastic, thank you. This was exactly what I was looking for as a feature in XD. Being able to define global components with this behavior was a big missing feature in my opinion.
Hi Dansky - What do I do when a Master Component has been made, but then more content needs to be added to it ( an icon or extra text to add). What is the procedure to do this and update all other components. Thanks
Anyone know how to accurately adjust component frame to revised content inside it?? 3:30 is a perfect example of this showing how first and last letter get cropped outside the component frame when text is enlarged... Yes you can drag the component frame out but it doesn't snap to the text edge inside it! This sucks for future alignment purposes. Only work around I found is measuring both sizes (frame + content inside), then matching W & H to the revised content and finally aligning X & Y axis ugh
Hi hoping you can help? :) I'm ok working with components in theory but when it comes to sharing a link to our dev guys only the master component comes through as downloadable asset / and components that have overrides on arnt downloadable so I end up going through the XD before I share it and deleting the master components and selecting all for output? this seems weird as I'd expect a override component to be an asset? :) thanks
Hey Yasya! A group makes it easier to move a collection of layers together at once, and so you can also apply prototyping actions to a single group, rather than to items individually. Components are reusable assets, whereby if you edit the Master Component, every other version of that component will be updated throughout the document 👍
Is there a way to add shapes to an existing component? It seems to me that you can only tweak the component's existing shapes. It looks like you have to destroy the component, add the shapes to the art board, then turn them into a component again, which you mean I'd have to change all the existing components to the new component.
how do you make a slider master component slide consistently through out all your artboards. E.g designing a volume slider for a menu system. every time i move the slider its never moves any of other copies of that component on my other art boards
Yes, you can ungroup a component and essentially break it apart, and then select everything and create a new component which will make it a new master component.
If I create a text as a component and then create an instance and add repeat grid to it, I am not able to fit the bounding box of each of the elements. Example: I wrote "example" 40px and made it a component, created an instance and added repeat grid sideways and typed home, new products, about... there is an overlap and placing them equally is not possible. How do I correct this?
Sometimes text or shadows become outside the master component rectangle and look like cut. See 3:59 minute. Letter G in phrase Getting Startes cut. How to deal it?
Can someone help? When I try to use instances of a button component it changes the type in the button to say whatever was in the master.... So if I want to change the style of a button that says "Read more" if I click on the instance I want to use (color change), it applies the style but also changes the words to say "Button" ...
Hey Jessica! Typically, I create my "master button" and will write words in it like "text here", move this master out of the way of any design work, and make sure that I'm always making duplicates from the master and only changing the words of these duplicates (Instances of a Component). If you edit the text in the "master button" it will update the text across all instances 👍
in my file Xd not appear Flip option when I select the object. rest all shape can be flipped just one is not able to flip. the option is disable, how to fix it?
Thanks! This is very helpful. Im taking a class that failed to mention the update about symbols and you cleared that up. SUBS. I Look forward for more content.
You can edit the master component. Just drag your item in your master component from the layers panel. Once your item is added it'll show up on every instance. Now you can just hide the item in your master component and manually go to the instance where you want the icon/text to show.
Hey man great video. I been searching some material about Atomic design on adobe XD. In sketch is more easy to organize symbols. You have some idea how to do this same thing in adobe XD ... HELLLP
Hi, thanx for the video. 1) try to show those new staff on a real and complex enough project 2) please youtubers, stop explain things what we already know for years (master comp or symbol doesnt matter, artboard guides, caps modifications etc) 3) show us problems of those so called new features. For example do you really find useful that asset panel? Can it be useful in a normal project? Can designers find what they need in that panel? 4) why masters are not gathering in one place? How designers control them after 20 artboards for example? 5) youtubers should stop saying those new staff “huge”, “new”, “game changer” etc. These are not new at all. 6) design youtubers should take responsibilities like show what is missing what should be there really. Make some research, tell your design workflow and problems you had, explain what you really need in XD. For nearly decades, I personally spent nearly 5K dollars for adobe products. And after that we had to use another tools like sketch, why? We had to wait for Adobe to show us a real solution but they did not. After that they put something front of us: XD. We thrilled first. But after 3 years they did nothing and today they are presenting this to us like something huge. We had to learn new tools, we had to spent money to new tools, we had to spent tons of time to make a workflow systems with them and today Adobe says “we added something big(already known standard things) to XD, we are grate and come back to use XD” They had Flash as well. They have tons of experience. They have scientists, thinkers, money everything. Actually Adobe can create something totally grate but they seems like playing with us. For recent 5 years I personally tried to explain what we really need. For example do you think that modern design tools should have some CSS ebilities like flexbox? Do we really imitate it with current tools? For example why the hell we dont have anima’s AutoLayout tool as embedded into software itself? Do you use it in a project? If not please try to use it patiently and try to use it well. After use it you dont believe what we missing here. This is only one example. But they present artboard guides as a huge additions... they say “we have gamepad controls this is huge” I really fed up listening. This is totally frusturation sadly.
Nice review.. Is it possible to hide/show part of the component using different states?
Hello Dansky… thank you!. Best for you!
Are there prebuild open source libraries available? Like Material Design Components.
Thanks! I had forgotten how to edit the main/master component
I have a question about pushing overrides. (Example)
a component is created. I decide later to add an image to the component.
The image is only appearing on master component. I am looking for a push override to update all components. Id appreciate any help offered. Thanks, great video!
It`s incredable how you videos are clear to understand.Congrats for the channel and thanks for this great video!
Felipe Felix yea really clear. Other do the same but more complicated
Felipe Felix yea really clear. Other do the same but more complicated
Wow, thank you. Now I know how to use components
Awesome! 😁👍
Best channel ever. Very simple and very benefical. Fully efficent :)
Excellent D, very well explained and comprehensive as ever, well done and thank you
Glad it was helpful David!
Is there a way to move a component across the entire document without manually selecting? As an example, if I have a pause button and I want to move it globally to the left on every artboard it appears on.
Thank you so much, this is really helpful ❤
You’re welcome Bilel 😊
Hey Dansky, Whats your experience with using nested components? I've ran into a lot of problems and can't understand where I've gone wrong
how can you add new elements (like icons, text, whatever) to a master component without actually ungrouping it as a component?
Would be so helpful
Interested to know this too, some guidance would be helpful
Wondering the exact same thing!
You can edit the master component. Just drag your item in your master component from the layers panel. Once your item is added it'll show up on every instance.
Now you can just hide the item in your master component and manually go to the instance where you want the icon/text to show.
@@prly007 please how Can i hide it?
Great explanation. Thank you.
You're so amazing for doing these tutorials. Thank you so much!:)
OMG! This is what I was looking for all this time from XD. Thank You so much for letting us know about this so fast. Now there can be nothing between me and XD. You are awesome.
Hi there, thanks for the video. I have a main component but am trying to insert a new element into one of the states - is this possible? I am really struggling to do this. Any help would be greatly apprecitaed! thanks!
Hey Elvis, you could try double-clicking to go inside the master component, then once inside create the new UI elements and then create this as a nested component. Sometimes I find it easier to start a component from scratch, and build the nested (inside) components first and then work outwards. Hopefully that makes sense 👍
Thank you very much😊😊
So useful. Just bought my first UI Kit and was so lost before this
Awesome! So pleased it was helpful Anna :D
Dansky ... Thank you so much for the simple explanation ...
You explained it so well. Thanks a ton!
This was fantastic, thank you. This was exactly what I was looking for as a feature in XD. Being able to define global components with this behavior was a big missing feature in my opinion.
Awesome tutorial, straight to the point and easy to follow. Thank you.
Hi Dansky - What do I do when a Master Component has been made, but then more content needs to be added to it ( an icon or extra text to add). What is the procedure to do this and update all other components. Thanks
Anyone know how to accurately adjust component frame to revised content inside it?? 3:30 is a perfect example of this showing how first and last letter get cropped outside the component frame when text is enlarged... Yes you can drag the component frame out but it doesn't snap to the text edge inside it!
This sucks for future alignment purposes. Only work around I found is measuring both sizes (frame + content inside), then matching W & H to the revised content and finally aligning X & Y axis ugh
Really helps me a lot❤️
As always great video, Thank you Dansky)
Thanks Dansky
A t-shirt with the Photoshop logo to speak about Adobe XD ! Nice Dan :P
Thank you for making this video. I'm working on my design thesis and this helps me a lot:).
Hi hoping you can help? :) I'm ok working with components in theory but when it comes to sharing a link to our dev guys only the master component comes through as downloadable asset / and components that have overrides on arnt downloadable so I end up going through the XD before I share it and deleting the master components and selecting all for output? this seems weird as I'd expect a override component to be an asset? :) thanks
at 7:00 you right clicked on a master comp and selected reveal assets
XD is not highlighting the comp in my case. Any fixes or suggestions for that?
Is there a way to export this components to files on your Desktop and share with friends?
thanks - great video! This is really handy but what if I wanted to update the text across assets? Is the best way to do this as linked assets?
Thank you Dansky, love your teaching style.. make me feel I've got this!!
pinar canpolat You do! 😎
Dansky hi! What is the defferense beetween components and group?
Hey Yasya! A group makes it easier to move a collection of layers together at once, and so you can also apply prototyping actions to a single group, rather than to items individually. Components are reusable assets, whereby if you edit the Master Component, every other version of that component will be updated throughout the document 👍
Well done, thanks.
Great overview of the new features. Adobe XD is getting there, but I still prefer Figma. Mainly because of its collaboration ability.
Thank you so much..👍 I have been facing this problem from a long time.
Thanks Dansky, great videos, great content, I really like it and learn stuff!!
Is there a way to add shapes to an existing component? It seems to me that you can only tweak the component's existing shapes. It looks like you have to destroy the component, add the shapes to the art board, then turn them into a component again, which you mean I'd have to change all the existing components to the new component.
how do you make a slider master component slide consistently through out all your artboards. E.g designing a volume slider for a menu system. every time i move the slider its never moves any of other copies of that component on my other art boards
Is it possible to make an overide compenont its own master component? Basically doing a save as for a component if that makes sense.
Yes, you can ungroup a component and essentially break it apart, and then select everything and create a new component which will make it a new master component.
@@ForeverDansky Thank you but will I have to start over on the setting up everything on the Prototype side?
Thank you exactly what I want.
i love you my design god
Do you have a tutorial to create one group tabs, link them and copy and paste them onto another art board. Currently, I lose my links.
If I create a text as a component and then create an instance and add repeat grid to it, I am not able to fit the bounding box of each of the elements. Example: I wrote "example" 40px and made it a component, created an instance and added repeat grid sideways and typed home, new products, about... there is an overlap and placing them equally is not possible. How do I correct this?
Thank you!
Sometimes text or shadows become outside the master component rectangle and look like cut. See 3:59 minute. Letter G in phrase Getting Startes cut. How to deal it?
I'm having the same exact issue, anyone knows how to fix this?
I like how you align your camera view to right XD panel
Can someone help? When I try to use instances of a button component it changes the type in the button to say whatever was in the master.... So if I want to change the style of a button that says "Read more" if I click on the instance I want to use (color change), it applies the style but also changes the words to say "Button" ...
Hey Jessica! Typically, I create my "master button" and will write words in it like "text here", move this master out of the way of any design work, and make sure that I'm always making duplicates from the master and only changing the words of these duplicates (Instances of a Component). If you edit the text in the "master button" it will update the text across all instances 👍
in my file Xd not appear Flip option when I select the object. rest all shape can be flipped just one is not able to flip. the option is disable, how to fix it?
Thank you, man!
I have a problem adding an icon to a master component, it does not appear on the other components and doesnt allow me to group it with the master
Thank you Danksky! Good energy :)
Thanks 🌹❤
Thanks! This is very helpful. Im taking a class that failed to mention the update about symbols and you cleared that up. SUBS.
I Look forward for more content.
Nice one, just what I needed.
Great vid bro! Thanks for sharing. 👍
Super helpful thanks!!!
How do i create copy element from the master component like you in window XD ?
and what if i want to change the text to all the buttons on my artboards?
how can you add new elements (like icons, text, whatever) to a master component without actually ungrouping it as a component?
You can edit the master component. Just drag your item in your master component from the layers panel. Once your item is added it'll show up on every instance.
Now you can just hide the item in your master component and manually go to the instance where you want the icon/text to show.
great, what happen if you delete the master component?
Awesome!
Awesome 👍🆒 tutorial
very helpful bro....
You're the best
how can i turn an instance to a separate master.
Thank u
Amazing feature. Just beautiful.
3:59 You can do anything to these ones. But how do you fix the cropping?
Hey man great video. I been searching some material about Atomic design on adobe XD. In sketch is more easy to organize symbols. You have some idea how to do this same thing in adobe XD ... HELLLP
Awesome
good Tutorial
Thank you for info, now let me take over the world
how can i add sth in master component
tnk bro
How Relocating master components in one file to anither file?
Try copying/pasting master components from their ‘master’ file into your design project file, they should link back to the master document 👍
Hi, thanx for the video.
1) try to show those new staff on a real and complex enough project
2) please youtubers, stop explain things what we already know for years (master comp or symbol doesnt matter, artboard guides, caps modifications etc)
3) show us problems of those so called new features. For example do you really find useful that asset panel? Can it be useful in a normal project? Can designers find what they need in that panel?
4) why masters are not gathering in one place? How designers control them after 20 artboards for example?
5) youtubers should stop saying those new staff “huge”, “new”, “game changer” etc. These are not new at all.
6) design youtubers should take responsibilities like show what is missing what should be there really. Make some research, tell your design workflow and problems you had, explain what you really need in XD.
For nearly decades, I personally spent nearly 5K dollars for adobe products. And after that we had to use another tools like sketch, why? We had to wait for Adobe to show us a real solution but they did not. After that they put something front of us: XD. We thrilled first. But after 3 years they did nothing and today they are presenting this to us like something huge.
We had to learn new tools, we had to spent money to new tools, we had to spent tons of time to make a workflow systems with them and today Adobe says “we added something big(already known standard things) to XD, we are grate and come back to use XD”
They had Flash as well. They have tons of experience. They have scientists, thinkers, money everything. Actually Adobe can create something totally grate but they seems like playing with us.
For recent 5 years I personally tried to explain what we really need. For example do you think that modern design tools should have some CSS ebilities like flexbox? Do we really imitate it with current tools? For example why the hell we dont have anima’s AutoLayout tool as embedded into software itself? Do you use it in a project? If not please try to use it patiently and try to use it well. After use it you dont believe what we missing here.
This is only one example. But they present artboard guides as a huge additions... they say “we have gamepad controls this is huge”
I really fed up listening. This is totally frusturation sadly.
2:02 OMG, I was so scared :v
This video has not made any changes in my design criteria.