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June 18, 2024

Variable Menu | Shortcuts

  • June 18, 2024
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Not being able to use keyboard shortcuts in the variable collections menu/manager can really disrupt the workflow.
Sometimes for example, because I’m so used to ‘ctrl/cmd+d’ to duplicate something, I try to duplicate a variable using this and accidentally end up duplicating something in my canvas.

Just adding some simple shortcuts would improve the QoL and workflow with variables. Here are some quick examples:

  • ‘esc’ to exit the menu
  • ‘ctrl/cmd+n’ to create a new variable
  • use tab/enter to choose which type of variable
  • ‘ctrl/cmd+d’ to duplicate a variable
  • ‘ctrl/cmd+r’ to rename a variable

5 replies

djv
Figmate
Community Support
June 19, 2024

Hey @Alex119, thanks for the feedback!

We’ll pass this onto our Variables team for future consideration.

Dawid_Prazak
New Member
May 19, 2025

Is this still being considered?

Jesssal
New Member
July 29, 2025

I would really love to be able to open the Variables panel with a keyboard shortcut. It definitely interrupts my user flow to have to click off the panel I’m on and then move the cursor to the right hand column in order to access it.

Gaetan_Ark
New Member
February 16, 2026

Any news about that shortcut ?

On MacOS I was able to customize this shortcut (create on at least) but with the latest version (View > Panels > Toggle Variables) customisation is simply impossible. Tried to find an alternative solution but nothing relevant.

It’s even more frustrating, the UI shows the newly created shortcut but nothing happens…

A view of View > Panels > Toggle Variables showing a label with the newly added shortcut that is not working.

When editing variables the esc key is used to escape the text edition but it also closes the variables panel.

kwalser
New Member
March 10, 2026

Ditto the original poster request on shortcuts and the follow-up on a shortcut key to open the Variables panel. With how easy it is to accidentally close out of the Variables popup with the Esc key, it’d be nice to have a way to toggle it back open. Thanks for considering!