How to add a new component to an existing component

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I have several larger component cards I created and now I need to add a new field to it that is also a component itself but every time I try to add the new component frame to the existing component frame it will not allow me to do so. I even try to drop it in using the layers panel and that doesn’t work. I want to keep the new smaller component separate because I want to add this field to several different larger component cards so that I can update just the small component and it updates across multiple component cards. Is this possible?

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Hi, Trilby. Have you checked if you’re dropping the new component to an instance or in the main component?

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It’s to the main component

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That is weird. Unless you are dropping the main component inside another main component. Are you dropping an instance of the new component inside the main component?

  • You can only add things inside the main component and not on the instance.
  • You can’t add the main component inside another main component. But, you can add its instances inside another main component.
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That’s really helpful information. I just tried a few different ways to create an instance of my main component and it seems like the issue is when I copy/paste the main component it isn’t creating an instance but a whole new main component-so while I thought I was trying to add an instance I wasn’t. I’ve found that either I need to just duplicate the main component instead or use another method to create an instance and then I can place it in the other main component I’m trying to add it to.