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'Local Variables' UI is clunky

  • June 18, 2024
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Ishan_Jalan

CleanShot 2024-06-19 at 03.52.59@2x

Hi team, I have been using Variables extensively since the day of launch and I find the UI to be very clunky to use. I understand when it was in Beta and ‘just released’, that you’d go for a small resizable window that sits inside a tiny button called “Local Variables” but the more and more companies move towards extensive Design Systems, this UI just doesn’t cut it.

Speaking of cutting it, we can’t move variables across collections! Every time new features and scoping options are released, one would like to re-organise the variables to make more sense for the team.

It’s difficult to do quick mass actions with how the ‘Edit Variables’ menu hides the the icon for the next entry. You’d need to click somewhere else to close the menu, then click the icon again for the next one and repeat. If I am “hide from publishing” for multiple items, this is excruciating amount of work.

Hoping Config 2024 brings some big changes to the Variables UI

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    Gayani_S
    Figmate
    • Gayani_S
    • Community Support
    • June 20, 2024

    Hey @Ishan_Jalan, thank you for taking your time to leave your feedback!

    I’ve shared your post internally with the team. The team has acknowledged the feedback and has confirmed that they’re working on a fix of the issue that makes it hard to discover multi-edit. You can also shift+click multiple variable rows, right-click, and then select “Edit variables” in the black menu that appears to access multi-edit features today. The bug is that clicking the icon itself should lead to multi edit when multiple rows are selected.

    Let me know if you have any further questions!

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