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Yuwen_Li
Yuwen_Li
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August 31, 2023

Published Variable Adjustment - Editing Non-Local Variables

  • August 31, 2023
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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
    June 26, 2025

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

    jayagent
    jayagent
    New Member
    September 17, 2026

    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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