I have Foundation, Alias and Mapped collections in my Variables panel. I have Light and Dark mode for all collections. For dark mode Alias, they can have Foundation dark mode as source. Dark mode Mapped can have dark mode Alias as source. 

1 Strange workflow

What I find.. is that when I want to pick a dark mode Foundation or dark mode Alias colour for my dark mode Mapped set… They are not available. I have to select a layer in my artboard, that is set to using dark mode… → Then I will have the dark mode colours available for selection inside my Variables panel. This is a very convoluted and cumbersome workflow for setting the dark mode colours that I want to use. 

Question 1 : Is this an intended workflow from Figma? Because it could definitely need some improvement.

2 Bug
When I have, as described above selected my colours for my Mapped dark mode set in my Variables panel → The colours displayed are not dark mode colours. They are in fact light mode colours. I can only describe this as a bug. This makes working with light and dark mode across various collections Foundation/Alias/Mapped very confusing.

Question 2: Is this a recognised and prioritised bug by Figma?

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thanks.