Reorder variable collections list

After realizing the order is based on creation date, I re-added my primitives later. However, when I came back to view my Local Variables later, the order had switched. Again, I have to scroll past all of the primitives. Very frustrating. Because your semantic (or other) variables are based on primitives, it makes sense that you would add primitives first, therefore this problem will always be an issue and we should be allowed some sorting mechanism.

Thanks for the feedback, ​@Lauren_Asazawa! 

We’ve moved your reply to this topic, that was linked in the previous one. We’ll pass this onto the variables team for future consideration. 

+1 to bump to the top. This would be a MASSIVE QoL improvement as our team just set up our first comprehensive token set.

The biggest advantage is to not see primitives at the top without being forced to hide them for paradigms that are less mature/decided on.

Bumpin!

+1

Having no way to define the order of our colors - or at the very least, limit the selection to a specific collection - is becoming a major issue as our library expands. We recently added data visualization colors to our design system, and despite being used less frequently, they appear first in the list when selecting a fill. Right now, it seems the only way to change this would be to re-add all our primitives and tokens, which isn’t ideal.

+1 This is quite a big source of confusion for all our team. Not being able to reorder is quite a big pain for such a small feature. Is there any way to vote for this feature?

+1 – would be really nice to reorder the variables from collections!

To sort by most recent creation is very counterintuitive when building out a system, as others have pointed out. You naturally start with essentials and add nuance as you go. To have the core essentials demoted as you build that nuance is a nasty side effect. This seems like an early variables adoption strategy / necessity that was outdated as soon as drag-to-sort was added to the variables panel. Sort logic should have been updated then. Can’t think of a single reason why the sort wouldn’t be based on the structure of the variables panel at this point. 

+1 Having this feature would help a lot. I was surprised to find out that it’s actually not currently possible.

+1 to this. Having a massive big list to scroll past is frustrating. Being able to order them would big a big workflow improvement for me & my team.

As our multi-brand design system grows, more control over how we display and order our Figma Variables will be a game changer for Designer workflow. I would love this to be made a priority so we can avoid any time consuming workarounds please 🙏

Very, very frustrating that a feature like this is missing from an area that power users will all be feeling the pain in.

+1 for custom order of collections

At Air France - KLM we are working on a multi brand, multi theme, multi platform design system. Currently we are rolling out to a variety of products.

We need to be able to change the order of the token / variable layers. We need our designers to choose from our semantic layer and not the foundation layer. Please fix this. Either to not publish a layer, either to change the order.

 

I’m having a hard time believing this isn’t possible. It’s so necessary that I keep thinking I must be missing something, but no. Please make this a priority fix. It’s much more important than adding AI features. It’s a major pain for us designers!

Alright gang it’s been fun, but I think we can finally close this thread. I believe this has been solved with this feature Reorder modes and collections talked about here -> https://www.figma.com/blog/how-to-streamline-your-design-system-workflow-in-figma/