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Boolean component property visibility binding missing in new Figma UI

  • June 30, 2026
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Paul Fouillet

Hi everyone,

I’m running into an issue with the new Figma UI released around July 2026.

In the desktop app / new UI, I’m trying to link a layer’s visibility to a Boolean component property inside a component, the same way we used to do before.

The problem is that when I select the layer and go to Appearance, I don’t see any option to bind the visibility to a component property anymore.
The only option I get is “Apply variable…”, which lets me link the visibility to a document variable, but not to a component property.

I created the Boolean property on the parent component correctly, and I tested different cases: selecting a layer, a group, a nested instance, etc. Nothing appears in the new UI.

However, when I switched to the web version, which still seems to use the old UI, I was able to do it without any issue.

So my question is:

Has anyone found where this option moved in the new UI? Or is this currently broken / removed from the desktop app?

I’ve attached screenshots showing the difference between the new UI, where the option is missing, and the old/web UI, where it works.

Thanks a lot for your help!

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djv
Figmate
  • djv
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  • June 30, 2026

Hi ​@Paul Fouillet, thanks for reaching out! 

I completely understand the confusions here, so thank you again for including your screenshots. From the first one attached, I noticed in the bottom toolbar that you’re actually in Figma Draw, not Figma Design. If you toggle back into Figma Design, you should be able to find the Boolean component property as expected under Appearance.

Hope this helps, but please let me know, if you run into any further issues with this! 

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