[BUG] "Show in Exports" doesn't work in Variants

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I still see fill in Exports and also if use instance of this Variant

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To report a bug send screenshots and the example file to Figma support team via the bug report form. I cannot reproduce this behavior though, maybe you can share the example file here?

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Thanks, Gleb. The issue happens when I use an instance of this component in other frames. Is it supposed to show fill color when I use it in other frames?

I don’t care much about Export itself. I need to hide background color in instances as Sketch does. With such background color, we can see the edges of the component frame and how visible content aligns to borders.

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And more. In Assets view, I see it without red:

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Ah, I see. This checkbox only affects exports, there is no checkbox for background showing in instances like in Sketch. It’s not a bug, just a lack of feature. You can create a new topic with the suggestion in #product-ideas category.

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yep, but it doesn’t work in inherited usages. I have a component with Show in Exports=OFF and exporting frames with instances of this component has fill color in Export.

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That’s not how this checkbox is meant to work. It only affects the export when you export the object itself, not a frame that contains it. That’s why this checkbox doesn’t even show up when the object doesn’t have export settings, since it doesn’t affect anything else.