Components & variants
Make a design once, reuse it everywhere. A component is the master; instances are copies that stay in sync — until you deliberately override or detach them.
Create a component
Promote any layer or group to a reusable master.
Select the design and press ⌥ K (or Object → Component → Create Component, ⌘ ⌥ K). The layer becomes a main component — the inspector confirms it with “Main component — stamp instances from it.”
Place & reuse instances
An instance mirrors its main; edit the main and every instance updates.
Select the main component and click ＋ Add instance in the Component section to stamp a linked copy. Changes to the main flow to its instances automatically. You can also duplicate the main (⌘ D, or ⌥+drag to clone).
Variants & overrides
The Component section appears when an instance is selected.
Swap variant
When a component belongs to a variant set, the instance shows a variant dropdown — switch, say, a button from Default to Hover while keeping your overrides.
Override text
An Override text… field lets an instance carry its own copy without breaking its link to the main.
Detach & reset
Break the link, or snap back to the master.
Detach instance
⌥ B (or Object → Component → Detach Instance) turns an instance into plain, independent layers — it stops tracking the main and keeps its current look.
Reset instance
Reset Instance discards an instance’s overrides and snaps it back to exactly match the main.