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Zoltan_Szalay
September 22, 2022

Expose/hide nested instances -> at component property level

  • September 22, 2022
  • 381 replies
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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.

381 replies

Jared_Christensen2
New Member
March 18, 2026

+1. Sketch was doing this 10 years ago, and it was so great.

Fre Van Zande
New Member
April 1, 2026

+1

Ties
Active Member
April 1, 2026

Got to hate the endless scrolling through properties you rarely want to edit, but are included because it’s part of a component you want to use :’)

mishagrigorovich
New Member
April 1, 2026

+1

Roman Vert
New Participant
April 7, 2026

+1 BIG TIME.

This is a support comment. I came here to request the same feature. It’s so obvious that Product Designers need this feature A LOT. Selectable properties would significantly improve component API design and bring Figma closer to how component composition works in code.

kleja
New Participant
April 12, 2026

+1
PLEASE JUST SUPPORT THIS! 

Roman_Harkusha
New Member
April 12, 2026

this. hopefully they are working on this. Really running into a wall. Have tried so many workarounds, figma just breaks. 

They've been requested this feature by the community for 3+ years already. It seems, they prefer to play ai sloping game instead of this.

Sasja Koning
New Participant
April 29, 2026

+1

Lewis_
New Member
May 19, 2026

This is a huge blocker for our Enterprise team creating a robust and usable design system.

Kerry_Johnson
Active Member
June 8, 2026

Seems simple enough...