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Ask DN: Is your workflow broken by the latest Sketch symbols/styles update as well?

7 years ago from Xavier Bertels, Designer at Mono

  • Tristam GochTristam Goch, 7 years ago

    It's actually fixed my workflow tbh

    Previous flow went something like this:

    • edit element
    • forget it was synced in 100 other places
    • work for 15 minutes
    • realise my mistake
    • curse
    • hit CMD+Z frantically
    • watch Sketch crash
    • reopen Sketch with my undesired changes autosaved across all my artboards
    6 points
    • Xavier BertelsXavier Bertels, 7 years ago

      By that logic, you would now:

      • edit element
      • forget it was synced in 100 other places
      • work for 15 minutes
      • realise your mistake
      • curse
      • try to find the style you changed 15 minutes ago
      • hit the sync button
      • have some styles synced and other unsynced
      • curse because your file is a mess of synced and unsynced styles

      which is only marginally better, and a handicap for people who liked to use auto updating styles.

      2 points
      • Tristam GochTristam Goch, 7 years ago

        I suppose the difference is previously I was making a change I didn't want synced but it happened in the background regardless. Now if it's a change I want to apply everywhere that's something I'm actively thinking about as I make the change so I don't forget to sync.

        1 point
        • Xavier BertelsXavier Bertels, 7 years ago

          Ha, I see. By my logic I would just remove the applied style. Or add one if I want it in sync.

          So, what do you do when you quickly want to review the impact of a design change (e.g. colour tweak) on multiple artboards?

          0 points
    • Christine RødeChristine Røde, 7 years ago

      Every. Damn. Time. The new version is a lifesaver to me.

      2 points
      • Xavier BertelsXavier Bertels, 7 years ago

        So like Tristan, you do forget that you are editing a styled layer, but you don’t forget to sync? I don’t understand how that works. Can you explain your current workflow and how it is better than the previous one? Curious to learn.

        1 point