Apply targets

Every Figma property Syntope Tokens can write a token to, by token type. The first column is the label in the Apply token menu. The second is the name the inspect tab shows. See Applying tokens for the steps.

Color

Target	Name	Effect
fill	fills	Replaces the whole fill list with one solid paint
stroke	strokes	Replaces the whole stroke list with one solid paint
drop shadow color	effects-drop-shadow	Color of the first drop shadow. The layer needs one
inner shadow color	effects-inner-shadow	Color of the first inner shadow. The layer needs one
gradient stop color X	gradient-stop-0	First stop of the first gradient fill
gradient stop color Y	gradient-stop-1	Second stop of the first gradient fill

Gradient stops on a layer without a gradient

If the layer has no gradient fill, its first fill becomes a linear gradient, and the token sets the chosen stop.

Dimension and number

dimension tokens convert to pixels, with 1rem as 16px. number tokens write their number. Both types share these groups.

general (number only)

Target	Name	Notes
opacity	opacity	Limited to 0–1
rotation	rotation	Degrees. Figma refuses it inside an instance
layout grow	layoutGrow	Must be 0 or 1

sizing

Target	Name
all	size-all
width, height	width, height
min width, max width	minWidth, maxWidth
min height, max height	minHeight, maxHeight

Sizes inside an instance fail, because Figma ignores them. Change them on the main component. Minimum and maximum values must be above 0.

border radius

Target	Name
all	cornerRadius
top left radius, top right radius	topLeftRadius, topRightRadius
bottom right radius, bottom left radius	bottomRightRadius, bottomLeftRadius

border width

Target	Name
all	strokeWeight
top, right, bottom, left	strokeTop, strokeRight, strokeBottom, strokeLeft

spacing

Target	Name
all	padding-all
padding top, padding right	paddingTop, paddingRight
padding bottom, padding left	paddingBottom, paddingLeft
gap	itemSpacing
counter axis spacing	counterAxisSpacing

typography (text layers only)

Target	Name	Notes
font size	fontSize	At least 1
letter spacing	letterSpacing	Written in pixels
line height	lineHeight	In pixels. A number token uses the line height unit stored with it, see Number

effects

Target	Name	Notes
offset X, offset Y	effects-offset-x, effects-offset-y	First drop or inner shadow
blur radius	effects-radius	First drop or inner shadow
spread	effects-spread	Other than 0 only on rectangles, ellipses, and clipped frames, components or instances with a visible fill

These targets need an existing shadow. To create one from a token, use a shadow token.

Types with one target

These apply at once, without a submenu.

Type	Name	Effect
fontFamily	font-family	Text layers. Tries each family in the list in order, and each text range keeps its style
fontWeight	font-weight	Text layers. Each range keeps its family and italic, and takes the nearest named weight
strokeStyle	strokestyle	Dash pattern, plus the cap for the object form
border	border	Replaces the strokes with one paint, then sets weight and dash pattern
shadow	shadow	Replaces all drop and inner shadows. Other effects stay
typography	typography	Text layers. Font, size, letter spacing and line height, plus the Figma fields in $extensions

strokeStyle and border take the keywords solid, dashed and dotted, or the object form. Other keywords fail. The Figma fields of a typography token are paragraphSpacing, paragraphIndent, textDecoration, textCase, fontStyle, lineHeight, letterSpacing and keep, which names fields left as they are on the layer. See Typography.

Types without a target

duration, cubicBezier, transition, gradient and string have no target, so the Apply token menu is unavailable for them. Use them in code.

How failures appear

A target that a layer does not have is reported as a failure with a message. Nothing is skipped silently, and no binding is saved.

One exception: padding and gap are written to any layer that has those fields, including a frame without auto layout. The value only shows once auto layout is on. Syntope MCP checks this first and refuses such a write.