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Having the option to hide variables you use as a base for other design tokens from being published is awesome. However I find it quite tedious to have to do this for every single variable at a time. Often they are grouped so it would be great if I could (un)select this option on a parent level.


At the same time, there is no way of knowing if a variable is hidden from being published unless I deepdive in the setting of every single variable. A visual indicator to make clear that a variable has that setting active would make adjusting this setting if needed much easier.

one option is to hide an entire collection from publishing, by prepending the collection name with an underscore or period

TLDR: I’d love to be able to “Hide From Publishing” in bulk because opening that options window every time is INCREDIBLY tedious when you have 60 primitive tokens you don’t want to appear every time you open the variable selection window.


If there is a way to do this that I’m unaware of, please advise me cause it would be a life saver.


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Greater Context

With the release of Figma’s Variables, so much more styling power is unlocked. That being said, a key way of making token systems usable in Figma is to not have all tiers of tokens being visible in the style selection window. This is where the “Hide From Publishing” feature really comes in handy. Where I find my frustration though is not being able to do this in bulk. I will often make component specific tokens so that I can have greater control over how components get styled depending on the mode, but I don’t need these values to be appearing alongside my general color system tokens whenever I’m doing work on other things, and thus select the hide feature. When I’m only working with a few colors, this isn’t too big an issue, but as soon as I working with a complex component or forget to do this with a couple components, going back and opening this menu every single time is incredibly tedious and time consuming. It would great to be able to hide in bulk.


Beyond this, the scoping features, duplication features and hiding features all would really be great to have as a group level. Perhaps an options menu for the group could apply these parameters for all items within the group? Just thinking out loud.


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Hi,


August 21 2023, Figma released an update to bulk edit the variables. Thank you community for the push!


here is the official release notes: Create and manage variables – Figma Learn - Help Center

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