When rearranging components with slots i.e moving them from section to another removes properties from those slot layers. In the error toast, when I click “undo” it moves it back into it’s original section.
Is this the intended behaviour for slots - if so what purpose does it serve?
Hi
I understand how this must be slowing down your workflow. This looks related to a change we rolled out back in April, where component properties bound to layers inside a slot are no longer supported. If content crosses that slot boundary, Figma automatically clears the property reference. That said, this is normally triggered by moving a layer into a slot, not by moving a whole component between sections, so I don't want to assume they're the same thing without digging in further. A couple of questions so we can confirm what's happening:
In the meantime, a temporary solution: properties on nested instances inside a slot are preserved, since only properties on regular layers directly in the slot get reset, restructuring that way should avoid the issue altogether.
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