Type 'SceneNode' is not assignable to type 'ComponentNode'

[kmckiern]

I’m creating a variable from a selected component

const selectedComponent: ComponentNode = figma.currentPage.selection[0];

However, I’m hitting the following type error:

Type 'SceneNode' is not assignable to type 'ComponentNode'.

A SceneNode is the union over many node types, including ComponentNode [source]. So, this error seems erroneous.

Perhaps it’s an issue with the current version of @figma/plugin-typings?

[Gleb]

Get all nodes that are red

In simplest terms, this is TypeScript warning you about the fact that a specific property you are trying to access may not be present on the nodes depending on the type. It’s a TypeScript error, which doesn’t mean your code is wrong, it means TypeScript thinks it’s wrong. It knows that findAll function and other similar functions can return all types of nodes (SceneNode), and it doesn’t know that your condition will only return objects of a specific type. There are four ways to “fix” this: U…