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Hi Friends,


I am trying to change a component instance when a child component instance (input field in a table) is clicked. (component instance in a component instance)


I would love to use the Click/Change To prototype method, but when I attempt to select the available states from the dropdown, the value always becomes “Default” - even though I can see and click on the other states, including the one I wish to select.


Any help would be appreciated.


Thank you.

Hey Doug,

Thanks for reaching out to the community! It will be great to have a quick video recording and a copy of your file so we can investigate.

If you are hesitant to share your file here, would you mind reaching out directly to our support team? https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

We’d love to dig into this a little further and see what might be happening. (Please include your Figma account email, a link to the file, and share it with support-share@figma.com so they can investigate further.) Thanks!


Hi Celine,


Thank you for your response.


I did find this thread which lead me in the direction of simply attempting to create the link in an alternative manner.


Instance of component cannot change state of parent component - Interactive

Components / Questions - Figma Community Forum


I found that by dragging a prototype link (in the prototyping) mode between the two states to create “Change to” worked for me.


Thanks again.


Thank you for the details Doug, glad you’ve found a fix!


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