Any way to not have a line break detach or break the connection a variable or component?

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Im absolutely loving Figma, but a real deal breaker for me is that when setting up master text (both as a component and / or a variable) for a variety of ad sizes - when I place one line break in one instance - it then loses the connection and will not be updated when the master is updated.

This is such a shame. I feel like there should be a special character that can be used to break a line of text per instance and not lose the connection to the master.

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Hi there,

Thanks for the post! Does this workaround work for you: https://forum.figma.com/t/allow-break-lines-in-string-variables/47019/4?

I hope it helps but please let us know if it doesn’t work!

Thanks,
Toku

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Thanks for the reply - thats an interesting solution but in my case; i have lots of different banners that are then linked via a text variable or a component, but i sometimes need to override only one or two banners to have a special break. The method above you linked to wouldn’t really solve this scenario. At the moment i’m doing it manually but then i have to remember to also change the text on those banners as they have lost the link.

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Thanks for your response! Indeed, as you’ve pointed out, it appears that a manual approach is the only option available right now, unfortunately. While I wish I could offer more assistance, you might consider sharing this as share an idea for a feature request to see if there’s interest from the community. Our product team regularly reviews these suggestions.

Thanks,
Toku

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The unfortunate thing about this solution is that, I have paragraph spacing in my type styles and it is not the same as two soft returns. The workaround doesn’t respect the type style.