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Token Inheritance/Overrides from Parent Component when swapping specific Instances

  • April 16, 2026
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jjortanez

Hello,

 

I’m running into issues with swapped instances inheriting tokens from the parent-level component. 

For example, our team is using our own slots (to avoid backwards compatibility bc Figma slots breaks our slots) and when I switch the slot instance with a button, the button inherits the empty tokens  instead of its default tokens. 

 

This only occurs for the button components - for some reason, the inheritance/override doesn’t happen to our other components.

In the example below, the Tile component has 3 slots stacked vertically. The Tile instance above replaces the slots with: Button, Label, and Radio Button components. The button component should have a green background, but it inherits the “empty” token from the Slot.