Elements Design Tokens

Design System code generation for Elements projects with Figma Tokens and Style Dictionary

Contents

• Goal of this library
• Supported platforms
• Installation
• CLI Usage

Goal of this library

At Elements we use Figma to create our designs. By using the Figma Tokens plugin we define design tokens by with all the values needed to construct and maintain a design system for a project.

With this library you can generate the theme code for a specific platform.

Supported platforms

• Android with Compose UI
• iOS with SwiftUI

Installation

You can install it globally:

$ npm install -g @makerstreet/design-tokens

Or as a dev dependency:

$ npm install -D @makerstreet/design-tokens

If you use yarn:

$ yarn add @makerstreet/design-tokens --dev

CLI Usage

elements-design-tokens <platform>

Flag	Short Flag	Description
--help	-h	Display help content
--version	-v	Display current version
platform		Values: android, ios

Android

elements-design-tokens android

Flag	Short Flag	Description
--input [input]	-i	JSON file with design tokens
--config [config]	-c	JSON file with configuration for the theme files

Config file

Contains configuration for the different theme files. Including where to store the file and which packageName to use

{
  "theme": {
    "typography": {
      "destination": "",
      "packageName": ""
    },
    "colors: {
      "destination": "",
      "packageName": ""
    },
    "spacings": {
      "destination": "",
      "packageName": ""
    }
  }
}

iOS

elements-design-tokens ios

Flag	Short Flag	Description
--input [input]	-i	JSON file with design tokens
--theme [theme]	-t	Theme name, ex. LightTheme
--destination [destination]	-d	Where to write the generated code