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Customize "Fixed width" of the nested instance

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May 26, 2022
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Hey there 👋 …is there a way to set a custom “Fixed width” for a nested instance of the component?

currently i’m just creating other master component (just one level higher) with the necessary width, but i’d like to avoid this method as i have to create new master each time which i think is not a good solution. So i’d like to know if there any other optimal way to set custom width for the nested instance.

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Isaiah_Goodfriend

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this gem, Alice 👏

Pavlo_Kiselov

Active Member

It’s definitely nice one. After some time I got something slightly better if you like. Instead of drilling down layers I found it’s more convenient to have configurable width property instead

This way I can quickly set the size of an element to a specific value.

Here how it works

On top level this is a container for anything I like, in this particular it’s a form element that sits inside auto sized container. There are two props, one is to select specific input type and another one to adjust the width

Form Control component fills the width

The most important part is a width component. It’s like size tokens in TailwindCSS

As you can see it’s exactly the same spacer. I just made bunch of them to get as many sizes as I need

Here is some live action

Yay or nay? )

cb09d7089096130ffaba9eba4168a9466e65c950.zip

Isaiah_Goodfriend

A nice touch for sure. I’m using this primarily to adjust table columns, which requires me to input the width values manually.

AlicePackard

Power Member

Pavlo, your implementation is excellent! Using a swap property (and not variants in a single component set) also ensures this is still a layer-efficient approach. Your solution is also great for a team that’s using pre-defined styles (like tailwind). Appreciate you taking the time to include all those screenshots and video recording, I think this will help lots of folks out who discover this thread 💪

I write about building excellent Figma components on my blog: https://alicepackarddesign.com/blog

Pavlo_Kiselov

Active Member

Thanks Alice. This method found its way to many many components in our design system. And yes, it’s much more effective than variants indeed. Also it’s a treat for the devs, they know exactly how much space is required without digging down layers

AlicePackard

Power Member

Making devs happy is always a win 🥰

I write about building excellent Figma components on my blog: https://alicepackarddesign.com/blog

Peter_Tschann-Grimm

I cannot get this to work! I have the containers setup the same way but when I change the instance of the spacer, nothing happens. It stays the same default width 😦