Bug: Linking a key overrides the text in SimpleLocalize with the one in Figma
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Alexandre Boucher
We often see ourselves linking text components in Figma to existing keys from SimpleLocalize (for example, generic texts like OK, Yes, No, disclaimers, etc.). However, when we select a Text component in Figma, unlink the key from SimpleLocalize, then link a new one, the text in Figma will overwrite the text in SimpleLocalize for the newly connected key. It would be nice to get the option to take the text from SimpleLocalize as the source of truth, so Figma picks up the text from SimpleLocalize instead of the opposite.
Current state of things forces us to reset the text in SimpleLocalize every single time and then pull the updated text in Figma, which gets quite tedious sometimes.
Jakub Pomykała
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In Figma plugin 3.6, connecting key won't update the SimpleLocalize translation automatically.
Jakub Pomykała
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Jakub Pomykała
Hey Alexandre Boucher, thanks! Yeah, it makes sense to split linking the keys and updating translations into two separate steps. Previously, the Figma plugin offered only one-way synchronization (Figma -> SimpleLocalize), so it was a natural way to automatically update texts. We will add an option in the settings to disable auto-updating of texts when connecting keys, so we don't break current workflows.