I’m working on building a select menu component using AWS Amplify Studio’s UI builder alongside Figma. I’ve already set up the basic integration between Figma and Amplify Studio using their official UI kit. My text components are working fine and they pull data from my Amplify backend without issues.
The problem I’m running into is with dropdown menus. I can see that the UI kit has some dropdown examples, but I can’t figure out how to actually design and implement them properly in Figma. When I try to create my own dropdown component, it doesn’t seem to work the same way as the simple text elements do.
Has anyone successfully created working dropdown components using this setup? What’s the correct approach for designing these in Figma so they work properly with Amplify Studio?
I experienced the same challenge when I transitioned to dynamic components. The solution lies in treating dropdowns as component sets rather than individual elements. You should create distinct variants for each potential state of the dropdown—such as closed, open, or with varying numbers of options. Additionally, ensure that you adhere to the specific naming conventions required by Amplify Studio, as failing to do so may cause the variants to go unrecognized. Once I adjusted my dropdown design to incorporate these interactive states, it functioned perfectly with data binding, similar to text components. This nuance in Figma integration isn’t clearly outlined in the documentation, but understanding that dropdowns require state-based configurations made all the difference.
hit this same issue last week. use amplify’s select collection component from their figma library - don’t mess with regular dropdowns. i wasted time building a custom one from scratch (big mistake). just import their official select component and tweak the styling to match your design. saves you tons of headaches.
The main problem is that Amplify Studio expects specific component properties that the UI kit examples don’t show you. For dropdowns in Figma, you need proper auto-layout containers and consistent naming patterns that match your data schema. I’ve found it’s better to create a master component with nested instances for dropdown options rather than building from scratch. You’ll also need to map the dropdown values correctly in Amplify Studio’s component properties panel. Make sure your Figma component has the right constraints for responsive behavior - otherwise the dropdown positioning breaks when it renders. The docs skip these details, but once you nail the Figma structure, data integration is pretty straightforward.