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Zoltan_Szalay
Sep 22, 2022 1:44 PM UTC

Expose/hide nested instances -> at component property level

With the new update, we have a great new feature, but unfortunately, it’s not usable with our component structure.
Exposing all props of a nested instance also exposes props that we don’t want in the context of the consuming component.

What if we could also select which properties to expose? This would lead to a cleaner sidebar with only valid props.

389 replies

Adrienne Lim
New Participant
Jun 8, 2025 10:51 AM UTC

+1

Oriami
New Member
Jun 9, 2025 9:42 AM UTC

+1

Bhavin_K_Padhiyar
New Member
Jun 15, 2025 6:11 AM UTC

+1 Very long due features.

Seamus_Leonard2
New Participant
Jun 25, 2025 6:40 PM UTC

Shouting into the void again - 
Cannot customize overrides at nested instance level, and cannot re-order component props(including exposing nested props) in a manner that would allow for a hacky manual work around.


 

Karin1996
New Member
Jul 1, 2025 10:58 AM UTC

+1

Sveto
New Member
Jul 2, 2025 5:19 PM UTC

+1

Phu_Nguyen
Active Member
Jul 9, 2025 1:45 AM UTC

I think I understand the problem why they still don’t make it now:

Because they are nested instance, they can always be swapped. So if Figma had the ability to deselect unwanted nested properties from the original parent instance, then what would happen to the swapped nested instance. Would they also be configured like the original, or have full set of its properties?

Or if there were a feature to lock the instance from being swapped, this would make more sense.

Connie5
New Participant
Jul 11, 2025 5:54 PM UTC

++++

Lukas_Bruckner
New Member
Jul 16, 2025 8:31 AM UTC

+1 We really need this one

Lindsey_Drennan
New Participant
Jul 22, 2025 5:47 PM UTC

I can’t believe this thread is so long with no resolution or roadmap to enable this