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I’ve gone through the variables playground docs and everything seems straightforward, but I cannot assign a mode to a frame. When I look at the example docs, there is a mode switch icon in the layer palette. But when I draw a frame on the canvas, I don’t see it.


I’ve placed a demo file here. I want the red box to change its red variable between light and dark frames.

Hey Paul, I looked at your file and everything is fine. You can change the variable mode of any frame as well as the page.

This is weird. I went back to the file today and see that the mode switch icon IS present now. Maybe this is a bug? Or did somebody change something?


When I add a frame and apply a variable color fill, the mode switch appears. Yesterday it did not do that.

Odd…. seems I have a similar issue. Though, haven’t found a solution yet. 

Hi ​@Koen 

 

Could you check below? 

  • For layers: You can switch their modes if there is at least one variable applied and the variable has multiple modes.
  • For groups, frames, components, component sets, and sections: You can switch their modes if nested layers have at least one variable applied and the variable has multiple modes.

You can see more details here in the article: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/15343816063383-Modes-for-variables#h_01HMCXW0AWYJXM2M1JPS9HNGEQ

I hope this helps but if the issue persists, could you share the screen recording so we can follow up?

 

Thanks!
Toku

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