What We Brought to UXPin Over the Last Months

At its heart, UXPin is a design and prototyping tool that takes your designs to the next level by giving them that “real product” feel thanks to many, many features – from real inputs and data to interactions and variables. 

Bridging the worlds of design and development, UXPin also brings out to the best of both with collaboration for everyone. Over the last months, we have showered you with a host of product updates. Behind the scenes, we’ve been working hard to improve performance. In case you missed any of our updates, here’s everything in a nutshell.

We always listen to what you say

We always listen super carefully to what you say, taking every opportunity to make UXPin better. Over the last months, we have shipped many frequently requested features. And that makes us super proud!

Set different canvas sizes

Along with UXPin 2.5 came what we call Different Page Sizes. It’s the ability to set different canvas sizes for each Page separately within one Prototype. Before that, all Pages would always share the same size. Since we still receive some questions from you about it, we thought this tutorial would be of extra help.

Comments in editor

Comments in the Editor were among other frequently requested features. Thanks to that, giving and replying to feedback to the design while working on it is such a no brainer.

Undo deleted pages

Without a doubt, undoing deleted pages (just like you do it with email in Gmail), was something you often asked for. So we made it possible to recover deleted pages seconds after you remove them.

File import

Sharing designs between accounts has never been faster. The file import allows you to save your prototype as a .uxp file, share it with anyone to import it back and open it – without a UXPin account.

Color labels for pages

Color labels for Layers that came with UXPin 2.0 turned out to be so helpful that we went the extra mile and enabled the same for Pages. Right-click on any page in the Pages panel and choose a color label for it.

Elastic boxes and buttons

Boxes and Buttons expand as you type into them, making last-minute copy updates a breeze. Just uncheck the Fixed Width and Height option in the Properties Panel.

Selecting elements made easy

We’ve made it easier to select locked elements, elements that overlap or are hidden under one another.

New grids

With the introduction of New Grids, you have three different types of grids to choose from: column, baseline, and square. New Grids we also something we have tested inside and out internally before we gave it to more hands.

Jump between recent prototypes

To jump between recently opened prototypes, just click on the down arrow in the top left corner of the Editor.

Color picker

Making the Color Picker faster and more intuitive took us a lot of work, but the feedback we have received from you proved that it was worth it!

The Color Picker gives you instant access to up to twenty recently used colors. Each time you use a color, it gets saved at the bottom of the Color Picker. That’s also where you can switch between colors from any of your Design System Libraries.

Contrast checker

Along with the rebuilt Color Picker, came the built-in Contrast Checker to ensure your text reads easily. When you’re working with text, there will be two lines across the color picker. These are the dividing lines between colors that make the text on your design readable and those that don’t.

Spell check

Both in the browser and in the desktop app, UXPin’s spell-checking ensure your copy is free of any typos. It constantly checks your prototypes for any typos and allows you to fix them with a few clicks.

OS fonts in the browser 

Speaking of fonts and text, we’ve brought all OS fonts to the Editor. Depending on your operating system, you’ll now see all of them in the Font picker under Local fonts.

One home for all your pages

We call it the Overview –  a single place with a bird’s-eye view of all your pages that makes it so much easier to keep things nice and neat.

Editable SVGs

With this release, we’re also introducing editable SVG files. Quickly upload and edit the SVG files on your design. With this, you can upload and refine illustrations or icons without leaving the prototype to use a different tool.

Big and small nudge

With the Big and Small Nudge, it’s possible to configure how many pixels the element will move or resize when using the keyboard. Especially handy with the 8px grid.

Duplicate improvements

Such a small thing yet so powerful! When duplicating elements, UXPin will remember the last offset, saving you so much time down the road.

Input placeholders

Inputs act like the “real-deal” – no need for additional interactions or states to make the placeholder.

 

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