from this video I didn't really understand the added value of exporting your tokens as variables/styles. Doesn't this show that it's better to just keep everything in Tokens Studio?
Thats a personal choice depending on the needs of you, your project and your team. If you want other people to start to use variables or styles that are connected to your tokens, then it makes a lot of sense. If not, then it might not be worth the extra effort to do so. - Sam
The plugin's feature or not dependent on you Figma plan. The only feature that is however dependent on your Figma plan is the amount of variable modes you can create.
Hey! You can have a look at Eric's quickstart video wherein he showcases a detailed token setup: th-cam.com/video/7utmznIOWLU/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygURdG9rZW5zIHF1aWNrc3RhcnQ%3D. - Keegan
Hey! You need to be a Pro user to gain access to the create variables feature. Once a pro user, you also need to setup themes to be able to create variables. You can go through our docs page which briefly describes this process: docs.tokens.studio/variables/creating-variables . - Keegan
from this video I didn't really understand the added value of exporting your tokens as variables/styles. Doesn't this show that it's better to just keep everything in Tokens Studio?
Thats a personal choice depending on the needs of you, your project and your team. If you want other people to start to use variables or styles that are connected to your tokens, then it makes a lot of sense. If not, then it might not be worth the extra effort to do so. - Sam
Is it just me or this is actually just sooo confusing?
I cannot find the Variables Playground file mentioned in this video. Can you provide a link?
We are doing some updates to variables which are being released soon so you can expect updated community files and docs for the big release. - Sam
It seems if you don't have the paid version of figma, the themes eg light and dark mode created with the plugins wouldn't show right
The plugin's feature or not dependent on you Figma plan. The only feature that is however dependent on your Figma plan is the amount of variable modes you can create.
Is there a video where you create the tokens from scratch to better understand this
Hey! You can have a look at Eric's quickstart video wherein he showcases a detailed token setup: th-cam.com/video/7utmznIOWLU/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygURdG9rZW5zIHF1aWNrc3RhcnQ%3D. - Keegan
Is create variabel is disable now, i cant acess
Hey! You need to be a Pro user to gain access to the create variables feature. Once a pro user, you also need to setup themes to be able to create variables. You can go through our docs page which briefly describes this process: docs.tokens.studio/variables/creating-variables . - Keegan
Nice video. But that pointer got me :)
most confusing video ever...