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wolfr
Active Member
May 26, 2025

Nested properties do not show up when selecting multiple instances of components

Nested properties do not show up when selecting multiple instances of components

 

Example when selecting 1:

 

Example when selecting multiple:

 

My expectation would be to also be able to set up the decoration left icon when I'm selecting both layers. 

4 replies

Santiago Barragán
New Participant
May 26, 2025

I feel like this wasn’t an issue in the past, but it’s driving me crazy!!!

Ilya Kret
New Member
June 10, 2025

It's a cool feature that can save a lot of time, but now it takes more time than it saves, it's sad.😓

Wilhelm_Krohmer
New Member
March 3, 2026

This was discussed here as well, but closed: https://forum.figma.com/topic/show?tid=41112&fid=26

I’m reopening this, since it hasn’t been solved and when I’m managing my company’s design system it’s a real hassle to manage a bulk of components, that have nested instances. 

I want to be able to select multiple instances of the same component, then change their nested instances. Right now this doesn’t work and I have to individually select every component instance to override their nested components.

Single component selected: All nested instances are visible Multiple components selected

 

   

 

 

Wilhelm_Krohmer
New Member
July 15, 2026

Hey all, I created a small plugin that bridges this gap a bit. Until Figma fixes this, feel free to use it :)
https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1654867568851199334/edit-nested-instances