Mastering Figma: Create Dynamic Dropdown Menus in Figma Using Variables

🚀 Welcome to the ultimate guide on elevating your Figma prototypes! 🎨
In this tutorial, I'll walk you through the step-by-step process of creating realistic, dynamic drop-down menus using variables in Figma.
Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned designer, this video will provide tips and tricks to take your designs to the next level.
What You'll Learn:
Understanding Variables in Figma: Grasp the basics and power of using variables.
Designing Drop-Down Menus: Step-by-step design process for building visually appealing menus.
Implementing Variables: How to use variables to make your menus interactive and realistic.
Prototyping Like a Pro: Tips to enhance your prototypes, making them feel real and functional.
🌟 Enhance Your Design Skills: Learn how to create more engaging and interactive prototypes.
🛠️ Practical Techniques: Apply these skills in real-world projects to impress clients or streamline your workflow.
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[@AnnaMorgan-eg4qj]

How do you add another action to close the drop down afterwards?

[@clcreativedallas]

On click of one of the navigation items in the list, add an action that closes the drop down either before or after navigation. Can’t remember without looking which one you do first - close menu or navigate. But if I remember correctly the order matters.

[@humblez9849]

How are you able to add the effect of the Carrot changing with opening and closing the menu?

[@clcreativedallas]

You can use the variables to rotate the carrot. Add it as a secondary action.

[@humblez9849]

@@clcreativedallas I don’t seem to see a way to add a variable string to the rotation

[@Alx-Design]

This is really helpful thank you! But I am missing the final part of the interaction: click one of the dropdown options, the title of the dropdown changes to recent clicked one and the navigation to the new screen appears. How do you do all of that with one click? help pls! I am on a deadline and can't finish my prototype thanks to the d@mn dropdown interaction :(

[@clcreativedallas]

If I’m following, what you need to do is set the title on the dropdown that you are clicking to the page you want to navigate to.
If you want the dropdown to look different on that page - be highlighted to show that is the page you are on, then make that change on that specific page to the navigation. .

[@Alx-Design]

@@clcreativedallas thanks a lot!!! you have a new subscriber btw :) keep up with the awesome tutorials