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Variables: Ability to let 'Viewers' select color variables eg. Light/Dark


Steve_Digre

I use color variables for a labeled-website that supports different retailer themes and have Light/Dark mode.

I want QA/Dev Figma viewer users to be able to switch retailers/theme and switch between light and dark mode. I want the interface similair to what I see (as an editor) where I can select these values under the Layers panel.

I would want to select which variables I want users to have access to.

8 replies

Wolfgang_Wire

This, very much. I wonder how Figma envisions the process to handover a multi-theme design to developers, if it is not possible for a viewer/developer to change the theme themselves. Because right now, it means I would have to copy each screen and manually set it to the according theme – which is, in a huge project, impossible, as it multiplies the artboards I have to implement a change by the amount of supported themes.


Celine_D
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • 3381 replies
  • November 3, 2023

Thanks for sharing your feedback about variables on the forum! We’ll pass this onto our Variable team for consideration.


Andy33
  • New Member
  • 15 replies
  • May 22, 2024

Very much needed for viewers too.


Andy33
  • New Member
  • 15 replies
  • August 12, 2024

3 months later, still needed.


Steve_Digre
  • Author
  • 7 replies
  • August 13, 2024

Still a feature I would like to see


Andrii_Tsymbal

Still needed, Any news?


Cedric_Lodewijckx

Very much needed! Our developers need to switch variable modes themselves… We can’t duplicate screens for file that contain 100 screens… Otherwise we loose our single source of truth approach… Hope this gets implemented pretty soon!


1450_STUDIO
  • New Member
  • 1 reply
  • November 22, 2024

When I’m sharing a project with a client or a team member with a viewer seat, I’d like to allow them to navigate through the prototype and try out the different modes I’ve used to design the product. Like light mode and dark mode or other colour themes or UI variants.

I group my user paths into a section to which I apply a particular mode. By selecting the section and changing the mode all my UI takes on the colours and logos provided by the variables and modes I’ve defined.

I don’t understand why my colleagues can’t use this feature… By doing this, Figma degrades the performance of the project by forcing me to duplicate all the user paths with each mode applied.

Please leave the possibility of changing the mode as ‘viewer’ or ‘dev mode’!


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