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arnederynck
New Member
January 25, 2024
Question

Old variable modes showing on page level with "errors"

  • January 25, 2024
  • 16 replies
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Setup:

  • Foundations library which contains all color variables (and currently 4 modes, 1 deleted mode (The Grape Brand)).

  • The Foundations library is used in a Components library and several design files

  • The Components library is also used in the same design files

Issue
When i’m in my Components file and select variable mode on page level it shows 5 modes (4 current and 1 old mode) and except for the default mode it shows exclamations marks behind all of them.

When i’m in the Components file but select a layer and change the mode on layer level I see the 4 correct modes and no exclamation marks.

If I open a design file which uses both the Components and Foundations library I get the 4 correct modes and no exclamation marks on both page and layer level.

It’s not that big an issue that I cannot change the mode on page level for the Components library file but i’d rather have it resolved.

Anyone have any idea what’s going on?
Especially why the mode “The Grape Brand” is still showing while it’s deleted in the Foundations library?

I’ve updated and republished all library files but that didn’t change anything so far and also went over all used variables in my Components and they’re all linked to the correct Foundations file & variables…

Variable Mode - Page level
Screenshot 2024-01-25 at 16.21.19

Thanks in advance!
Cheers

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16 replies

Paula_Cuadra
July 31, 2024

big +1 on this ! I am struggling with this issue for months now…

Celine_
Figmate
Community Support
August 1, 2024

Hey Paula, sorry to hear you are having trouble! Usually, this type of issue may occur if there are any objects in your file (including imported components) that are still using variables from an old version of a collection. If you are still having issues, I would recommend you to reach out directly to the technical quality team, they can investigate it deeper your issue: here

Lorenz_Losmann
November 5, 2024

Seems the modes on page level are not working correctly. On a section, frame or component level everything works smoothly, but on a page level this seems a bit buggy.

Thanaban_Saetan
New Member
March 25, 2025

Come here to say we got the same problem.
Page level mode is still buggy.

Philipp_Jeroma
New Member
July 31, 2025

Same issue. 

Rebecc4
New Member
January 22, 2026

Same issue :/ A way to see or even generate a report of the links of the components causing this to happen would be nice to see happen..