How to scale an instance nested in another component?

[Gleb]

Depending on your needs, you need to either enable or disable Hug Contents for nested instances:

Instances not resizing with variable swaps

This is happening because nested instances keep their size upon swapping. There is no way to avoid this key mechanic. However, there is a workaround: the instance needs to have auto layout enabled with hug contents constraints. [Resizing options in the right panel: both axis are set to hug contents for the nested instance.] Here is an example: https://figma.fun/pI2KuG [Components: resizable and non-resizable, fixed and auto layout] Unfortunately, if you want to keep this component manually …