Do you experience feelings of dread in Figma files while working with Variables that should be dead? If you answered "yes", you might be dealing with Ghost Variables haunting your Figma files.
Awww yay! I'm so glad to hear it! It's not easy (for me) to make technical writing enjoyable to read so when I hear things like this it gives me the motivation to keep working at it. 🫶
And OMG... I thought I was going insane with a "ghost variable" that had popped up in my Wireframe Kit. The craziest part was that it was a MODE, not just a color or similar. And that mode didn't even exist in my Local Variables. Turned out to be some "bug" Figma said, that got "copied" from an old instance/component. I had to go through all instances that had touched that or had it nested, and manually reset props. 🫠 Wish I knew about the "Reset variable modes in selection" command.
Thanks again Sam! 🫶
P.S. TIL that ⌘ + P opens "Quick Actions" as well! I've been using the OG ⌘ + / until now, and then realized ⌘ + K works too. 3 hotkeys for it! 😆
I know right? I use cmd + P because I think it prioritizes your last plugin action and thats 99% of what I use that command line "quick actions" for. 🤷♀️
And no, you are not crazy. This is a 2yr old issue with hundreds of people experiencing the same things. I'm just the only person crazy enough to gather it all into one place. 🧟♀️
Aww thank you for taking the time to comment! 🫶 Hearing things like this motivates me to keep working on these technical topics in a way that is a bit more challenging to create but hopefully easier to understand.
I laughed out loud many times reading this... hahahah... not only informative but very funny... clever stuff Sam :)
Awww yay! I'm so glad to hear it! It's not easy (for me) to make technical writing enjoyable to read so when I hear things like this it gives me the motivation to keep working at it. 🫶
Saving this article in my Readwise, thank you!!
And OMG... I thought I was going insane with a "ghost variable" that had popped up in my Wireframe Kit. The craziest part was that it was a MODE, not just a color or similar. And that mode didn't even exist in my Local Variables. Turned out to be some "bug" Figma said, that got "copied" from an old instance/component. I had to go through all instances that had touched that or had it nested, and manually reset props. 🫠 Wish I knew about the "Reset variable modes in selection" command.
Thanks again Sam! 🫶
P.S. TIL that ⌘ + P opens "Quick Actions" as well! I've been using the OG ⌘ + / until now, and then realized ⌘ + K works too. 3 hotkeys for it! 😆
I know right? I use cmd + P because I think it prioritizes your last plugin action and thats 99% of what I use that command line "quick actions" for. 🤷♀️
And no, you are not crazy. This is a 2yr old issue with hundreds of people experiencing the same things. I'm just the only person crazy enough to gather it all into one place. 🧟♀️
Oh wait! Did you know about the ⌥ ⌘ P shortcut to "Run last plugin" ?? 😉 If not, you can avoid using the search altogether for that!
You're reminding me to revive my keyboard shortcut database. I find that tools switching what is what leaves me forgetful!
This is an amazing resource and a work of art, documentation-wise. Thank you for the incredible job (and the spooky theme)!
Aww thank you for taking the time to comment! 🫶 Hearing things like this motivates me to keep working on these technical topics in a way that is a bit more challenging to create but hopefully easier to understand.
Indeed it's a lot of effort, and it shows. Your effort helps a lot of people (me included) with a learning curve. : )