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June 5, 2024

Bulk rename multiple variables at once

  • June 5, 2024
  • 6 replies
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Now that we are migrating our projects to use variables, it would be much better if we could rename multiple variables like we can do with layers.
Clicking and editing one by one if terrrible. So much slow. To do that to just a few variable is ok but when we want to change many of them it’s painful.

6 replies

FilipaGo
New Participant
June 5, 2024

Totally agree with you! It’s a pain, as it is with styles. Especially because we can’t use “batch styler” anymore if we have any of the style properties linked to variables. Using batch styler unlinks the style properties from the variables. So I’ll add to your request and ask for the ability to easily rename both variables and styles.

Figmate
June 7, 2024

Hi @Alexandre_Midia3, Thank you for sharing your thoughts about this! I am aware that this post has already received favorable feedback from @FilipaGo, and I believe it could also benefit other members of the community.

We eagerly anticipate further responses from the community on this post. Please do not hesitate to vote or leave a comment if you require this feature.

In the meantime, I’ve explored our community and found some plugins that might be able to assist you:

Feel free to explore on your own in our community: https://www.figma.com/community

Thanks again for your valuable input!

June 7, 2024

Yeah i know those plugins. Actually i’ve been using the second one sometimes (Rename Variables). But there is a problem inside it. It shows the variables list as they were created, not as they are grouped inside variables window. So when i try to find some groups, i have to scroll everything to try to find some variables that i’ve created at a later time inside their groups. It doesn’t have a search tool. Well the plugin helps, but it’s not the best solution yet.

John_Likes_To_Edit
New Participant
June 17, 2024

+1 for this ! the “batch rename” popup that can be used with layers should be universal

Kenneth_Marcantonio
June 17, 2024

+1 for this 👍

MalaxPriya
New Member
February 13, 2025

Except for bulk renamer I dont think any other solution is fitting!