Any elements that you add to Figma from the Emailify plugin will automatically be added as native Figma components, which you can customize the style and content of; and any Emailify components inside your current Figma file can be accessed directly from the plugin by clicking the Library icon button in the header tabs row.

Does Emailify load components from the current Figma file only?

Yes. The Library tab loads Emailify components from the current Figma file you have open in Figma.

If a teammate opens a different file, Emailify will only show the Emailify components that already exist in that file. After adding or updating components in the current file, click Load all Emailify Components from this Figma file or use Refresh to scan the file again.

Adding components from your Component Library tab

Video Tutorial: Create a component library for HTML email designs in Figma

This video walks through how to design a Figma component library for HTML emails using the Emailify Figma plugin.

Clicking the Load all Emailify Components from this Figma file will find and load previews of any Emailify Figma components in your file; clicking any component in the plugin will automatically add it to the selected Emailify frame, just like any other category.

If you've added any new components to your Figma file since loading the initial components, you can click on the Refresh icon button in the plugin, which will re-check the Figma file for any Emailify components and include them in the list.

Organizing your component library with custom categories

Video Categories: Add custom categories for Figma email components

This video walks through how to add custom categories for Figma email components using the Emailify Figma plugin.

By default, all of your Figma components will be Uncategorized, but you can optionally create your own custom categories by clicking the Pencil icon button in the component library subheader tabs row.

This lets you create new custom categories, and then move components from any existing categories into any other category that you've added.

You can also remove a custom category at any time, which won't delete any of your Figma components, but will automatically move any components that were in that category back to the Uncategorized category.

Searching and sorting your Component Library

To quickly find a custom Figma component in the component library tab, you can use the Search input field to filter down your components list by the layer name of any Figma component.

You can also sort the list of components by any of these options:

Sort by Figma Layer Age

• Newest to Oldest ↓
• Oldest to Newest ↑

Sort by Figma Layer Name

• Figma Layer Name ↓
• Figma Layer Name ↑

Sort by Figma Layer Order

• Figma Layer Order ↓
• Figma Layer Order ↑

Sort Visually (Rows)

• Visually Top to Bottom ↓
• Visually Bottom to Top ↑

Sort Visually (Columns)

• Visually Left to Right →
• Visually Right to Left ←

Visual sorting groups slightly misaligned components into the same row or column. Layer-name sorting is numeric-aware, so names such as Hero 2 appear before Hero 10.

Adding metadata to your Figma components

You can add metadata to your Figma components by clicking your component layer in Figma, and then clicking the Component configuration icon button in the Figma right-hand side column next to the component name. This lets you enter some text for How to use this component and a URL as a Link to documentation.

If these are present on any of your Emailify components, the label for your component in the component library tab will automatically be linked to your documentation URL, and the description of how to use the component will appear in the tooltip of the component when the thumbnail is hovered over.