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I’m trying to create a Boolean Property on my “Icon” layer inside a button Component, but when I click on the Icon layer, the Layer section in the RIGHT PANEL does not show up. (see screenshot). To be clear, I’m not talking about the left Layers panel. I mean the Layer: Passthrough section in the right panel.


When I even just create a basic shape (not a component) in my frame, I still don’t see the Layer section in the RIGHT PANEL, why??


I’m also looking for the ability to create a ‘boolean property’, but with the new UI, the button seems to have disappeared. Has this feature been renamed or moved somewhere else?




Edit:


Oh, never mind, I found it.





Edit 2:


Actually… I can’t find where to apply the boolean property to a layer. So I’m still stuck.



Layer panel is Appearance now. So the boolean property is here



@andreaszzz - You may be trying to add a property on an element within an instance of a component, instead of the component itself. In that case you won’t see the boolean property button on the layer/appearance (and you also shouldn’t have before the updated Figma UI).


I’m sure you might have already got to this, but I also was having a similar problem.


I figured out that for some files the boolean icon appears and in others it doesn’t (maybe something to do with the age or permissions of a file?) but I found that when the button wasn’t in the right appearance panel, it shows up as a different icon, where you can choose either a variable or a property option



Clicking on this lets you select from either the root component, or from other libraries.


This is what I was looking for. I must say the constant changes that keep coming from Figma are not always easy to keep up with especially for someone fairly new to it. Thank you for posting this!




I have the same Issues only swap instance is showing


I have the same issues


You saved me, thank you! 🤩


So weird that in the same file one component has it outside and another one in a second level like this.


Non-issue, but just commenting that I was also thrown off by this change for a couple of minutes before looking up this thread. (The new way works, it’s just not as intuitive)


God saved my life - thanks for posting, it’s so hidden!


Thank you guys you made my day for this solution given


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