VariableScout

About this plugin

VariableScout

The Essential Power Tool for Streamlined Variable Management. Effortlessly visualize, organize, and optimize your variables and nodes with various features designed to supercharge your workflow.

Core Features

1. Variable Tracking: Comprehensive overview of all variables and their connections to nodes in your documents page
2. Smart Filtering: Filter variables by type (Color, Number, Text, Boolean) and nodes by category (Components, Instances, Frames, Text, Shapes)
3. Search System: Lightweight search functionality to quickly find specific variables, nodes, or collections
4. Node Selection: Select individual nodes, multiple nodes, or entire path segments directly from the plugin to canvas
5. Extended Collection Support: Properly handles library collections that extend or override variable collections.
6. Real-time Selection: Automatically updates to show variables connected to your selected nodes on canvas
7. View Options: Only Unused Variables: Focus on variables not currently used in your document, Only Selected Nodes: Show variables only for nodes selected on canvas, Merge Collections: Combine all variables into a single, streamlined view, Hide Hidden Layers: Filter out variables connected to hidden layers, Focused View: Simplified display of variable values and node paths
8. Customizable Export: Export your filtered and searched variables in JSON or CSV format - what you see is what you export
9. Variable Swapping: Easily swap variables across multiple selected nodes simultaneously
10. Collection Management: View and organize variables from both local and library collections
11. Trace Variables to the Source: See exactly where a variable is created and how it connects across libraries and files.
12. Quickly reload collections: After switching pages or updating designs rescan collections for latest data.

Key Benefits

1. Time-Saving: Quick access to variable information and instant navigation to connected nodes on canvas
2. Better Organization: Clear overview of variable usage and easy identification of unused variables
3. Enhanced Workflow: Streamline variable management with automatic selection sync and multiple view options
4. Project Clarity: Identify unused variables quickly, Focus on specific node selections, Clean up your document by finding hidden layer variables, Get a clear overview with merged or separated collections
5. Team Efficiency: Share and manage variables across team libraries with intuitive collection organization
6. Customizable Experience: Multiple view options to match your specific workflow needs
7. Flexible Export: Export exactly what you need by applying filters, search, and view options before exporting
8. Canvas Integration: Seamlessly navigate between plugin and canvas with bidirectional node selection

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Loading collections and mapping variables to nodes for the first time may take longer than subsequent loads. Future loading times will be faster. Loading large collections (>2500 variables and/or 25000 Nodes) may take some time.

For help and more information please view the Github page.