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Collection board for components not keeping ovewrites

  • March 29, 2025
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April M

I’m looking for a solution to an issue I’ve been facing.

I currently have a collection board set up to swap components based on the brand. For example, when building with Brand A, I have the components configured so designers can switch to Brand B assets, such as headers and footers, using the appearance panel.

Brand A has a different icon library than Brand B. I’ve created a base component with instance swaps that target the appropriate icon library, which works great. I set up the layers in these components the same way, with the same names so that the colours are inherited when switching from Brand A to Brand B. I create an instance of Brand A icon base, connect it to the component collection board, and change the icon and colour. All works well when when I switch to Brand B via the appearance panel, the icon correctly switches to the Brand B base icon that targets the library I want, and the colour applied from Brand A are preserved.

However, the issue arises when I nest these components into other modules. The colour overwrite doesn’t stick and resets to the colour I have in the base Brand B icon. I also trialed in nested components not connecting to the collection board and it also overwrites so I am thinking this is not an collection board issue?

Does anyone have advice on how to resolve this issue?

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April M
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  • April 1, 2025

Just wanted to update - still looking to help with this. I also tried without the collection board component and it works. So it seems like its an issue with how Figma switches in modes.


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