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Local variables uses '.' instead of '-' in variable name

  • August 1, 2023
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Neil7

There are two basic conventions for writing design tokens:

  • action.color.primary
  • action-color-primary

I would prefer to use the option with ‘.’ for consistency wth our design token naming convention but this character is not supported

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Rob_Masefield

Yeah I’m right with you. Atlassian’s design system appears to use that method as well but no idea how we follow-suit using Figma…

CleanShot 2023-08-02 at 14.27.50


Neil7
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  • August 3, 2023

I actually just changed my whole token naming structure to fit with the Figma constraint now. (Fortunately we are only defining our tokens right now 😅)

So for Figma compatibility I am using ‘-’ instead of ‘.’ and CamelCase instead of spaces.
This should work for both Figma and our developers 🤞

eg. action-color-primary = ecoGreen-100


Neil7
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  • August 23, 2023

But still would be nice to use “.” 🤞


Neil7
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  • August 24, 2023

I added this to “Share an idea” if you want to vote 😀 Local variables uses ‘.’ instead of ‘-’ in variable name


  • December 1, 2023

nice dude really cool