Overview

Components let you reuse UI across your designs.

Same as code — Components in Subframe are the same building blocks your engineers use
Always in sync — When you update a component, all instances update and sync to code
Interactive when needed — Some components like checkboxes and accordions have built-in interaction logic using @subframe/core, our Radix-based headless component library. Learn more about headless components.

Importing components

We recommend importing your theme first so that imported components match your design system.

From code
From Figma

Navigate to Components in navbar
Click New component
Paste the source code of an existing component from your codebase into the prompt
Press Enter or click the send button — the AI agent will take a few minutes to import your component

Example prompt

Recreate the Button component from the following code:

import * as React from "react"
import { cva, type VariantProps } from "class-variance-authority"
import { Slot } from "radix-ui"

import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"

const buttonVariants = cva(
  "focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-ring/50 aria-invalid:ring-destructive/20 dark:aria-invalid:ring-destructive/40 aria-invalid:border-destructive dark:aria-invalid:border-destructive/50 rounded-lg border border-transparent bg-clip-padding text-sm font-medium focus-visible:ring-3 aria-invalid:ring-3 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4 group/button inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center whitespace-nowrap transition-all outline-none select-none disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:shrink-0",
  {
    variants: {
      variant: {
        default: "bg-primary text-primary-foreground [a]:hover:bg-primary/80",
        outline: "border-border bg-background hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground dark:bg-input/30 dark:border-input dark:hover:bg-input/50 aria-expanded:bg-muted aria-expanded:text-foreground",
        secondary: "bg-secondary text-secondary-foreground hover:bg-secondary/80 aria-expanded:bg-secondary aria-expanded:text-secondary-foreground",
        ghost: "hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground dark:hover:bg-muted/50 aria-expanded:bg-muted aria-expanded:text-foreground",
        destructive: "bg-destructive/10 hover:bg-destructive/20 focus-visible:ring-destructive/20 dark:focus-visible:ring-destructive/40 dark:bg-destructive/20 text-destructive focus-visible:border-destructive/40 dark:hover:bg-destructive/30",
        link: "text-primary underline-offset-4 hover:underline",
      },
      size: {
        default: "h-8 gap-1.5 px-2.5 has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-2 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-2",
        xs: "h-6 gap-1 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),10px)] px-2 text-xs in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-lg has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-1.5 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-1.5 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-3",
        sm: "h-7 gap-1 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),12px)] px-2.5 text-[0.8rem] in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-lg has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-1.5 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-1.5 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-3.5",
        lg: "h-9 gap-1.5 px-2.5 has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-3 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-3",
        icon: "size-8",
        "icon-xs": "size-6 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),10px)] in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-lg [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-3",
        "icon-sm": "size-7 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),12px)] in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-lg",
        "icon-lg": "size-9",
      },
    },
    defaultVariants: {
      variant: "default",
      size: "default",
    },
  }
)

function Button({
  className,
  variant = "default",
  size = "default",
  asChild = false,
  ...props
}: React.ComponentProps<"button"> &
  VariantProps<typeof buttonVariants> & {
    asChild?: boolean
  }) {
  const Comp = asChild ? Slot.Root : "button"

  return (
    <Comp
      data-slot="button"
      data-variant={variant}
      data-size={size}
      className={cn(buttonVariants({ variant, size, className }))}
      {...props}
    />
  )
}

export { Button, buttonVariants }

Creating components using AI

Navigate to Components in navbar
Click New component
Describe the component you want in the prompt
Press Enter or click the send button — the AI agent will take a few minutes to create your component

Creating components from scratch

Navigate to Components in navbar
Click New component
Choose one of:
- Remix an existing prebuilt component
- Create from scratch

Some prebuilt components are based off of Radix primitives. If you want interactive logic like checked state, you must remix an existing prebuilt component.

Creating components from existing designs

You can create components directly from elements on a page:

Right-click or press / to open quick actions
Select Create component
Name your component
Review AI-suggested properties
Click Create

Subframe AI will auto-suggest properties using best practices based on what you have selected.

Editing components

To edit a component:

Navigate to Components in navbar
Click on the component
Click Edit component

To edit a component from the editor:

Right-click or press / to open quick actions
Select Edit component

Any changes you make will update all component instances.

Adding component instances

You can add a component instance by

Open the quick insert menu
Select the component you want to add

Detaching component instances

You can detach a component so the rendered elements are no longer linked to the component.

Right-click or press / to open quick actions
Select Detach component

Not all components can be detached; interactive components built on Radix (like accordions, checkboxes, etc) cannot be detached.

Resetting components

You can reset a prebuilt component to its original state, reverting any customizations you’ve made.

Right-click or press / to open quick actions
Select Reset to original
Confirm the reset

This restores the component to its default configuration from the Subframe library.

Component docs

We auto-generate component docs with properties and sometimes examples, similar to Storybook. Any updates you make will automatically update the docs. You can directly edit the component from these docs or send them to a developer. To view them, navigate to Components, click on the component.

Exporting components to code

Click Code
Select Inspect
Copy and paste the npx @subframe/cli@latest command

For more information, see syncing components.

Importing from another project

Copy components and pages from one of your other Subframe projects into the current one. Each selection brings along the dependencies it needs to render — nested components, theme tokens, fonts, custom icons, and image assets.

Navigate to Components in the navbar
Click Import from… (top right) and select Another project
Pick the source project from the dropdown
Browse or search the source project’s components and pages — click any item to preview it on the right
Check the box on each item you want, then click Import

Imported components join your component library. Imported pages land in your project’s first flow.

Components that already exist in the current project don’t appear in the picker.

Core Concepts

Editor

Guides

Admin and billing

Importing components

Creating components using AI

Creating components from scratch

Creating components from existing designs

Editing components

Adding component instances

Detaching component instances

Resetting components

Component docs

Exporting components to code

Importing from another project

​Importing components

​Creating components using AI

​Creating components from scratch

​Creating components from existing designs

​Editing components

​Adding component instances

​Detaching component instances

​Resetting components

​Component docs

​Exporting components to code

​Importing from another project

Importing components

Creating components using AI

Creating components from scratch

Creating components from existing designs

Editing components

Adding component instances

Detaching component instances

Resetting components

Component docs

Exporting components to code

Importing from another project