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Allow Developers to View Full List of Variables in a File

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July 7, 2023
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While working to build out our design system with variables, it seems like there isn’t an easy way for developers to view a full list of all variables built into the design system without having edit access to the design system or without the variables being put into a different reference system like a notion page as the master file and have Figma reference those values.

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Andrew_Sims

Keeping this issue alive. It’s desperately needed. I’ve also spend weeks migrating to variables and creating aliases to establish a set semantic variables - only to find they’re stuck in Figma. I can’t even copy and paste from the variables panel. While it’s possible to sync with Github - there must be a simpler way.

Won_Sun_Parque2

Adding another vote for this feature. Without this, it is much more difficult to get full support from our team to migrate to a Figma local variable-based design system, which I really want to do but can’t without the full support of my team.

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Moses4

Adding another vote; as a developer

Emilio_Venegas

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As a developer this would be a huge time saver

Mohit_Tater

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@Emilio_Venegas @Andrew_Sims @Won_Sun_Parque2 for the time being, see if this is useful Allow Developers to View Full List of Variables in a File - #16 by Mohit_Tater

Lola_Burton

+1 on this please. Variables are a great tool to tokenise and collaborate with developers but loses alot of it’s value without the viewing option. Even for our design team, only the edit access users can view the variables. We are currently working with screenshots. Please prioritise this one!