Glossary term
What is Layout guide?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Layout guide" means: Figma's overlay of columns, rows or a square grid on a frame that helps you line things up. Figma used to call it a layout grid. It is taught in UX Design With Figma: Design Apps People Love. Related terms include Frame (Figma), Visual hierarchy, Wireframe and Spacing scale.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Layout guide?
Figma's overlay of columns, rows or a square grid on a frame that helps you line things up. Figma used to call it a layout grid.
Where is Layout guide taught?
Layout guide is defined in UX Design With Figma: Design Apps People Love.
Which lessons cover Layout guide?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- UX Design With Figma: Design Apps People Love, lesson 3.3: Wireframes in Figma: gray boxes, real words and a layout guide
Which terms are related to Layout guide?
Next to Layout guide in the course glossaries: Frame (Figma), Visual hierarchy, Wireframe, Spacing scale, User flow, Touch target (tap area), Affinity map and Type scale.
Frame (Figma)Visual hierarchyWireframeSpacing scaleUser flowTouch target (tap area)Affinity mapType scale
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Layout guide?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- UX Design With Figma: Design Apps People Love: No design or coding experience.