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Yuwen_Li
Yuwen_Li
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Aug 31, 2023 7:16 PM UTC

Published Variable Adjustment - Editing Non-Local Variables

Can I edit the variables defined in a published library locally?

  • There is a library file (Say File A) with a collection of local variables defining some string and numbers shown on a component. The component is published (with all variables too)
  • I added this component to another file, say File B, but when I want to edit those strings and numbers locally in this File B, I can no longer see the these variables, nor editing them.
  • Seems like I can only edit the published component in the library File A (if I have edit access) and this will change all the instances too.

Can I instead edit it locally, meaning edit the values of these publish variables only in File B?

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    ella.young
    ella.young
    New Member
    Jun 26, 2025 4:15 PM UTC

    Are there any recent solutions/work-arounds for achieving this while we (hopefully) wait for Figma to implement this feature?

    jayagent
    jayagent
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    Sep 17, 2026 10:43 AM UTC

    Throwing my vote in. Without the ability to override variable values for variables used in a shared system,  variables are useless for shared design systems. At the very least we should be able to pull in a published library and set its color variables for the current/active project.

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