Multi-Column Layout

Multi-Column Layout controls how exhibits are arranged within a section or subsection — stacked one after another in a single column, or tiled into a grid of 2, 3, or 4 columns. It applies wherever exhibits appear (Anatomy, Props, Layout, Modes, Styling), so a single setting reshapes the arrangement across the whole spec.

What It Includes

• Column count — choose 1 (single column), 2, 3, or 4 columns; applies to every section built from exhibits
• Native Figma Grid — multi-column output uses Figma’s own Grid layout, so columns hug their content and reflow the way any Figma grid does
• Artwork/content orientation — a single column keeps each exhibit’s artwork and content side by side (artwork left, content right); 2+ columns stack artwork above content within each exhibit instead
• Uniform column widths — after generation, all gridded artwork and content frames are normalized to a shared width, so columns line up evenly instead of hugging their own content unevenly

Examples

Single Column (Default)

With the column count left at 1, every exhibit lays out horizontally — artwork on the left, content on the right — stacked one after another down the section.

An Alert component's Appearance section in single-column mode: each exhibit — Informational, Basic, Success, Error — shows artwork on the left and its content list on the right, stacked one after another.

Multi-Column Grid

Setting the column count to 2 or more switches exhibits into a Figma Grid: each exhibit stacks its artwork above its content, and exhibits tile left-to-right, wrapping into additional rows once a row fills. Column widths are normalized afterward so every column lines up evenly, regardless of how wide any single exhibit’s content happens to be.

The same Alert component's Appearance section set to 2 columns: exhibits now stack artwork above content and tile two per row — Informational and Basic, then Success and Error wrapping to a second row.