So I’m already able to add Colors, Frames with a Grid, and an Image via my plugin to a new Figma file.
But is there an easy way to add a Component with variants etc?
These would be my need:
Is it possible to build the component in Figma, extract the relevant JSON data, and seamlessly integrate it into my plugin? Or do I need to recreate the component entirely from scratch in code? via Shared Node Properties | Plugin API
Best answer by tank666
If I understand you correctly, you can use the figma.createComponentFromNode(node) method to create a component from an existing node, and then combine them as component set variants using:
If I understand you correctly, you can use the figma.createComponentFromNode(node) method to create a component from an existing node, and then combine them as component set variants using:
This could be it! How did I missed that?! I’ll let you know if it works as hoped. - Thx!
It worked! Thanks!
It seems that the layers panel always expand after creating the components via the API. Apparently there is no way to collapse it back again?!, accept manually of course.
thank you for your patience despite my inability…
i was too focused on the layer panel and its wording and didn’t think about the fact that i might be looking more at the “children” (nodes).
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