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Variants best practice question

  • September 25, 2023
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Nick_Holliday

Im slowly getting used to how to make variants and components for buttons, but im wondering what the best practice for the following would be?..

lets say i have 1 button, that i have 3 variants of - each is a different size and have properties than enable icons to be turned on/off etc.

if i then want to change the colour of the button and all of its variants - i then have to change the colour in ALL 3 of those instances, which is less than ideal. Is there a better way for me to do things so that I can have a base button ‘style’ than i can then make variants off of - so if any core value needs changing i only do it once?

i hope that makes sense. This all gets a bit confusing sometimes 🙂

thanks for any help you can give!
Nick

Best answer by Celine_

Hi Nick! If I understand well, if you would like to switch “designs” between different contexts (here, for instance, when you change a theme with a specific button and its own variants), the Variables feature may be interesting for you. You can have more information in our Help Center article here: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/15339657135383-Guide-to-variables-in-Figma Hope it helps!

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  • October 3, 2023

Hi Nick! If I understand well, if you would like to switch “designs” between different contexts (here, for instance, when you change a theme with a specific button and its own variants), the Variables feature may be interesting for you. You can have more information in our Help Center article here: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/15339657135383-Guide-to-variables-in-Figma Hope it helps!


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