Breath figures (BF) method is a dynamic templating method for surface patterning of polymers. The BF method represents a single-step technique for fabricating films with ordered microscale holes utilizing condensed water droplets as templates

which evaporate after they leave ordered imprints on the film surfaces. After the establishment of the BF methodology system

new research trends have been developed in recent years. Researches concerning the preparation of chemically heterogeneous patterns based on the BF method and structural/chemical secondary processing towards the original honeycomb-patterned structures have become two of the most representative research directions of the BF method. Gradually the focus of research shifted from BF methodology to how to utilize the BF method in developing new functionalities and structures. This review comprehensively summarizes the two most representative research directions of the BF method in order to give the insight of the future development of this technique.