Figma: Components and creating instances

 Components are UI elements that you can reuse across your designs.

  • The main component defines the properties of the element.
  • The instance is a copy of the component you can reuse in your designs.

Create instances

There are a few ways to create instances. Which method you can use depends on whether the components are published or local to the file.

Method

Local components

Published components

Assets panel

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Quick insert

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Copy/paste or duplicate

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Copy or duplicate

a. Duplicate using the keyboard shortcut - CTL+D

b. Drag to copy - Hold ALT and drag to create an instance

c. Copy and paste

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