Using Figma Variants with react-figma

Ilya Lesik

The original dev.to post

TL;DR Give me a code!

Variants is an amazing new feature of Figma, which lets you combine variations of the same component — simplifying the asset panel and mapping components more closely to code.

Figma Variants, source: figma.com

We were waiting for their launch since the announcement and started the implementation of Variants support in react-figma right after the Figma API Version 1, Update 18 release. Figma API got several new APIs:

ComponentSet component

We added a new component for Figma Variants support: the ComponentSet. It’s accepts a set of Component nodes as the children prop. We created an example with a button that has three variants: primary, dangerous, and secondary:

<ComponentSet name="Button">
<Component name="variant=Primary">
<PrimaryButton text="Primary" />
</Component>
<Component name="variant=Dangerous">
<DangerousButton text="Dangerous" />
</Component>
<Component name="variant=Secondary">
<SecondaryButton text="Secondary" />
</Component>
</ComponentSet>

(see complete code here)

You can try the result of the rendering here or watch a demo gif:

Demo Gif

Conclusion

Variants are a really useful feature, especially for design systems creation. So, enjoy it with react-figma too!

Happy coding! 🙌

Thanks

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Switching to Docusaurus

Ilya Lesik

React Figma website has switched to using Docusaurus v2. Docusaurus has many advantages over GitBook that used previously:

  • Better perfomance
  • Working as a single page application
  • Customization abilities
  • Syntax highlighting through Prism.js
  • Light/dark theme switching 😎

Also, Docusaurus developing fast, has awesome community and users.

Selection event handlers

Ilya Lesik

Selection event handlers has supported at react-figma.

Demo:

Code example:

const [checked, setChecked] = React.useState(false);
...
<Frame style={styles.frame}>
<Checkbox
checked={checked}
label="select me"
onSelectionEnter={() => setChecked(true)}
onSelectionLeave={() => setChecked(false)}
/>
<Text style={styles.text}>{checked ? 'Checkbox selected' : 'Checkbox not selected'}</Text>
<Text style={styles.text}>{`Counter: ${counter}`}</Text>
</Frame>

Example