As editor and maybe also as viewer I want to be able to see where specific components are used. So I’m basically talking about way to find instances of a component across files.
There’s a plugin called “Instance Finder” but unfortunately it’s just working within one file not across.
For huge design systems with multiple files and different designers working on it this is far from ideal.
This idea is not new but since the other topics are closed I guess I need to open a new thread.
Bumping for visibility. This feature request thread was started in Oct '22, and I have continued to feel significant friction in lacking cross-file instance finding for several years at this point.
Ideally you go to master file and be able to visualise where this is used in all the files.
In my case in our team we have a master file for the design system but multiple files for each functionality.
To find where E.g. an old icon was / or if it is still used I have to manually search all the files . It is a lot of work. Specially if I want to redesign the app, it is basically easier to do it just from scratch
Would be nice to be able to do a global instance search, esp when updating components in libraries that use other components. No idea if they need reset or took the changes correctly without manually going through each instance.
