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Figma Slots - Nested instance overrides break parent properties

  • April 8, 2026
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When a component uses properties to control nested instances inside a slot e.g. color, overriding any properties of the nested instance e.g. a text property, causes the parent component's properties to stop cascading into it. The only recovery path is a full instance reset, which wipes any existing overrides in the process.

As a result, for all components where parent properties control nested slot instances, the new slots feature cannot be adopted within our design system. I’ve attached a short video recording to demonstrate the issue. Thanks!

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AntonioB
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  • April 10, 2026

That’s exactly what I already have reported here https://forum.figma.com/report-a-problem-6/slot-item-override-in-nested-instance-breaks-full-slot-propagation-across-all-items-52706

I think the problem is that any override within items into a slot, make the whole slot also an override to Figma’s eyes, and, seriously, slots have been on private beta for a long time, how is possible no one notice that problem?