Hi there,

Probably the previous discussion here could help:

I know it’s not the best solution for this situation but I hope this helps!

Thanks,

Toku

Thank you

I have tried the above plugins and none of them seems to work! even though I was trying to just simply swap variables on just a frame both of them I kept getting variables not found.

“Detaching your components does not unlink the variables in them” < forgive me but how was this not be considered at all as a fundamental issue? Surely someone from Figma must have anticipated this to happen?

• In any design workflow surely one would by instinct be combining various designs elements from other projects (each having their own variables);


• and then we have to somehow “merge” these conflicting variables from multiple libraries into just one (1 local library.

Clarity appreciated.

It seems like we need some investigations. Could you reach out directly to the support team with a copy of your file: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Please make sure you use the email associated with your Figma account, include links to the file in question, and share access with support-share@figma.com. Don’t worry, inviting us to view your file won’t impact your billing.

Thanks for your patience!

Toku

Hi there just letting you know yesterday I have submitted the file & direct link share on the support page. . Thank you all for looking into this. If anyone else also have problems pls keep this thread alive. regards, Andrew.

To everyone who’s anxious for an update on this.

I got an official email that it is currently not possible~ to simply merge, swap or replace variables collection. That is quite surprising given nobody is talking about this glaring fundamental issue.

But at least my case have been acknowledged into their Product Team and that despite no feature deadline is possibly foreseeable at this stage. It’s just a waiting game for us all.

Andrew.

Any update here? I’m confused why this is happening and it’s leading to issues on my team.