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Feature Request: Allow main components to expose properties of components added via slots

  • April 9, 2026
  • 4 replies
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Lasse Spangsberg

Hi Figma team,

My team and I have been experimenting with slots recently. I'd like to propose a feature enhancement: when a component with properties is added via a slot, those properties should be accessible directly from the main component.

Ideally, these nested properties would surface automatically, eliminating the need to click deep into the component hierarchy to make edits.

4 replies

wesfowlerjohnson

Hi there! Our team is also using Slots and while we are really excited about the flexibility it gives, not being able to expose the properties of nested instances is proving to be a real drawback. 
 



I appreciate it at least saying ‘Modified’, but that’s not really helpful in knowing what that modification is or, more importantly, seeing the modifiable properties for the nested component (‘Interaction Destination’) in this example.


AntoinePuig
  • New Participant
  • May 4, 2026

Yes, +1
 

Migrating to slots from instance swapping actually means losing that ability...


NicoleSaidy
  • New Member
  • May 13, 2026

+1 this is such a loss when migrating to slots :( 


NicoleSaidy
  • New Member
  • May 13, 2026

another thing is missing is the ability to use booleans when wrapping a Slot components.

For example, I have a NavBar base component with slots. I used this component as an instance, filled the slot with 2 component instances (Button 1 and Button 2), and i wrapped the NavBar into a ProductNavBar component. I want to add a boolean prop to show and hide one of the buttons.. I can’t do that right now.