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Attach a boolean property to a single variant? via Plugin API

  • December 25, 2024
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chriskuhrt

Hi, I’m trying to create a component through a plugin that has four variants, and each variant includes a boolean property. Couldn’t really find something?!

For fun, I tried giving the task to ChatGPT o1.
Beside some “code” it also wrote:

Note: In Figma’s newer component properties system, you can directly attach a boolean property to a single variant (so that you don’t need separate variants for icon on/off). However, the Plugin API (as of now) typically requires you to create multiple variant nodes if you want a boolean property to appear in the properties panel.

Is this correct?

Best answer by tank666

From the above, I still don’t understand whether you need a variant property with a boolean value or a component’s boolean property. In either case, you can use the addComponentProperty method, but for the first case, the value must be a string type, and for the second—a boolean type.

I don’t want to discuss the crap that AI bots write, but you can add a component property to ComponentNode or ComponentSetNode.

Also:

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  • December 25, 2024

From the above, I still don’t understand whether you need a variant property with a boolean value or a component’s boolean property. In either case, you can use the addComponentProperty method, but for the first case, the value must be a string type, and for the second—a boolean type.

I don’t want to discuss the crap that AI bots write, but you can add a component property to ComponentNode or ComponentSetNode.

Also:

UX/UI designer. Figma expert. Creator and developer of plugins and widgets for Figma and FigJam. Check out my resources in Figma Community: figma.com/@tank666
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  • December 26, 2024

Thanks for linking the other threads! It works.

That one helped:

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