LAUNCHED: State management for prototypes

This is an extremely important and necessary feature that will open up great opportunities for using interactive components!

+1 I am making flow for creating the object in 3 steps. Without resetting stepper component state I am stuck on last step every time after first testing

There is an even more annoying problem with the addition of component props: if you change the state of a prop in the instance, then in the prototype you press R it will jump to default variant props, and there is no way to avoid this. 😭

You can fix that by reloading the prototype or by modifying the prop in the editor (which means that you have to share the prototype on a very controlled environment).

I think the ideal fix would be something that allowed us to chose how the components behave with would be best, with a “Reset on exit” or similar option available in the Interaction details panel that would give us the best of both words.

With “Reset on exit” on, the component resets to its default state.

With it off, the component stays how it was left by the interaction.

+1 this is important feature and makes a lot of sense its really a share we cant reload each component

+1. This would enable powerful looping animations containing nested looped components based on ‘after delay’ triggers

This is a big miss. I’d suggest more interaction between variants and outside elements. For example, on button click change component X variant state to… In addition, include an “on frame load” interaction that can also set the variant state. Currently there is the “after delay” interaction that works if you set the delay to 0 or a tiny fraction of a second (if 0 isn’t allowed). But I think the key here is allowing change of variant state from elements outside of the variant. That would make my life much easier.

+1

I hope there will be an option for resetting animation within interactive components in the near future. But since the lack of reaction from the @Figma_Team I fear the worst. #justdoitalready 😉

Still waiting on this update. Anyone know if it’s in the works?
Work arounds I’ve come up with are not very elegant.

Thanks a lot!! 💜 I was seraching for a way to load an element after delay only once (by first load of the prototype) and that’s what exatcly needed! Copied the first screen and with few changes have it in seconds done!! 💯 Thanks!!