Visible Property

Visible Property 2 let you use layer's name to connect the Element's property and the text's value that will speed-up your design system process. This plugin will update the text follow reference's properties whenever it is modified.

How it works:

1. Define reference element by add "#" in front of layer name. For example #color
2. Defile text element you want to update (#reference + . + method) For example #color.fill, #color.fillRGB, #color.height etc.
3. call plugin by "cmd + /" -> "visible property 2"

Properties:

Fill

• fill -> #123456 78%
• fillRGB -> rgba(123, 456, 789, 1)
• fillHSL -> hsla(123, 456, 789, 0.1)
• fillHSB -> hsba(123, 456, 789, 0.1)
• fillStyle -> DarkBlue
• fillStyleDescription -> The Description

Stroke

• stroke -> #123456
• strokeRGB -> rgba(123, 456, 789, 1)
• strokeHSL -> hsla(123, 456, 789, 0.1)
• strokeHSB -> hsba(123, 456, 789, 0.1)
• strokeStyle -> DarkBlue
• strokeStyleDescription -> The Description

Text

• font -> Roboto
• fontWeight -> Bold
• fontSize -> 12
• paragraphIndent -> 12
• paragraphSpace -> 12
• letterSpace -> 12 or 12%
• lineHeight -> 12 or 12%
• textStyle -> Body
• textStyleDescription -> The Description

Size

• height -> 32
• width -> 64

Component

• description

Build the plugin

To build the plugin:

$ npm run build

This will generate a manifest.json file and a build/ directory containing the JavaScript bundle(s) for the plugin.

To watch for code changes and rebuild the plugin automatically:

$ npm run watch

Install the plugin

1. In the Figma desktop app, open a Figma document.
2. Search for and run Import plugin from manifest… via the Quick Actions search bar.
3. Select the manifest.json file that was generated by the build script.

Debugging

Use console.log statements to inspect values in your code.

To open the developer console, search for and run Open Console via the Quick Actions search bar.

See also

• Create Figma Plugin docs
• yuanqing/figma-plugins

Official docs and code samples from Figma:

• Plugin API docs
• figma/plugin-samples