--- title: How to supercharge your design system with slots | daily.dev description: Figma's slots feature, now in open beta, lets designers customize components without detaching them, mirroring how developers inject content into container... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-supercharge-your-design-system-with-slots-cxt3juufa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to supercharge your design system with slots | daily.dev og:description: Figma's slots feature, now in open beta, lets designers customize components without detaching them, mirroring how developers inject content into container... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-supercharge-your-design-system-with-slots-cxt3juufa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CXT3JuUFA.png og:image:alt: How to supercharge your design system with slots og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to supercharge your design system with slots **[Figma](https://daily.dev/sources/figma)** · 8 min read · 29 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Figma's slots feature, now in open beta, lets designers customize components without detaching them, mirroring how developers inject content into container components in code. Five field-tested tips from early users cover: starting with high-detach components like dialogs and cards, using pre-filled vs. empty slots intentionally, adding preferred instances as guardrails, scaling slots to full page layouts, and aligning design structure with production code via Code Connect integration. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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