Copy Variables between Modes

[KennLucas]

Lots of posts about copying variables between files…but how do we copy variables between modes?

• I have a thorough set of variables with light and dark modes.
• Figma recently made it possible to apply variables to shadows. So now I added the variable set for shadows.
• However, it seems that I have to manually set the variable for each of the items in BOTH the light and dark modes.

Am I missing something? Does someone have a better process that I am skipping?

How can I duplicate from one mode to the other without ending up with a whole third mode?

This feels like missing functionality to me.

[Gayani_S]

Hey Kenn, I’ve asked the team if there is a good workaround here. Unfortunately, there isn’t any at the moment. The only way to automate would be via writing a script to do so.

[KennLucas]

Another half-implemented solution from Figma.

[Tara_Price2]

More than half a year later. Any estimate on how much longer to wait for the QoL improvement?