M3: a bound colour variable's alpha applies once, not squared (#802) (#804)

Fixes #802.

Fixes #802.

crates/engine/src/binding_lists_tests.rs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fn a_bound_fill_colour_keeps_the_other_fills() {
     let fills = s.doc().unwrap().node(r).unwrap().fills.clone();
     assert_eq!(fills.len(), 2, "the second fill stays");
     assert_eq!(fills[0].kind, PaintKind::Solid { color: Color::from_rgb8_const(0xFF, 0, 0) });
-    assert_eq!(fills[0].opacity, 0.5, "the bound paint keeps its opacity");
+    assert_eq!(fills[0].opacity, 1.0, "the variable brings the whole colour, alpha included");
     assert_eq!(fills[1].kind, PaintKind::Solid { color: Color::from_rgb8_const(0, 0xFF, 0) });
     // Removing the bound (first) fill takes the binding with it.
     ex(&mut s, "fill.remove", json!({"ids": [r], "index": 0}));

crates/engine/src/bound_alpha_tests.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+//! A colour variable's alpha applies once to the paint it is bound to (#802): a `#RRGGBBAA` fill keeps
+//! its alpha in the paint opacity, and binding a variable with alpha hands the variable the whole
+//! colour, so the two alphas don't multiply (canvas, SVG, `.fig` round trips, mode switches).
+
+use figcraft_doc::NodeId;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use crate::Session;
+
+/// 0x80 / 255 and 0x40 / 255.
+const HALF: f32 = 128.0 / 255.0;
+const QUARTER: f32 = 64.0 / 255.0;
+
+fn ex(s: &mut Session, cmd: &str, p: serde_json::Value) {
+    s.execute(cmd, &p).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{cmd}: {e}"));
+}
+
+/// A rectangle filled `#0D6EFD80` and a colour variable `tint` (Light `light`, Dark `dark`).
+fn setup(light: &str, dark: &str) -> (Session, NodeId) {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let r = s.execute("shape.rectangle", &json!({"x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 10, "height": 10, "props": {"fill": "#0D6EFD80"}})).unwrap();
+    let r = NodeId(r["id"].as_u64().unwrap());
+    ex(&mut s, "variable.createCollection", json!({"name": "Tokens", "modes": ["Light", "Dark"]}));
+    ex(&mut s, "variable.create", json!({"collection": "Tokens", "name": "tint", "type": "color", "value": light}));
+    ex(&mut s, "variable.set", json!({"variable": "tint", "mode": "Dark", "value": dark}));
+    (s, r)
+}
+
+/// The fill's effective alpha (colour alpha times paint opacity).
+fn alpha(s: &Session, r: NodeId) -> f32 {
+    s.doc().unwrap().node(r).unwrap().fills[0].solid_color().unwrap().a
+}
+
+/// The alpha byte of the rectangle rendered on its own (transparent backdrop).
+fn pixel_alpha(s: &Session, r: NodeId) -> u8 {
+    let pix = figcraft_render::render_node(s.doc().unwrap(), r, 1.0).unwrap();
+    let i = ((5 * pix.width() + 5) * 4 + 3) as usize;
+    pix.data()[i]
+}
+
+fn near(a: f32, b: f32) -> bool {
+    (a - b).abs() < 2e-3
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_hex_with_alpha_keeps_its_alpha_in_the_opacity() {
+    let (s, r) = setup("#0D6EFD80", "#0D6EFD40");
+    let p = &s.doc().unwrap().node(r).unwrap().fills[0];
+    assert_eq!(p.kind, figcraft_color::PaintKind::Solid { color: figcraft_color::Color::from_rgb8_const(0x0D, 0x6E, 0xFD) });
+    assert!(near(p.opacity, HALF));
+    assert_eq!(pixel_alpha(&s, r), 128);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_bound_variable_alpha_applies_once() {
+    // The fill and the variable are both #0D6EFD80: the result is 50%, not 25%.
+    let (mut s, r) = setup("#0D6EFD80", "#0D6EFD40");
+    ex(&mut s, "variable.bind", json!({"ids": [r.0], "field": "fill", "variable": "tint"}));
+    assert!(near(alpha(&s, r), HALF), "{}", alpha(&s, r));
+    assert_eq!(pixel_alpha(&s, r), 128);
+    let svg = figcraft_svg::export_svg(s.doc().unwrap(), &[r], &figcraft_svg::SvgOptions::default()).unwrap();
+    assert!(svg.contains("fill=\"#0D6EFD\" fill-opacity=\"0.502\""), "{svg}");
+    // Binding the same variable again changes nothing.
+    ex(&mut s, "variable.bind", json!({"ids": [r.0], "field": "fill", "variable": "tint"}));
+    assert!(near(alpha(&s, r), HALF));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn unbinding_keeps_the_colour_with_its_alpha_in_the_opacity() {
+    let (mut s, r) = setup("#0D6EFD40", "#0D6EFD");
+    ex(&mut s, "variable.bind", json!({"ids": [r.0], "field": "fill", "variable": "tint"}));
+    assert_eq!(pixel_alpha(&s, r), 64);
+    ex(&mut s, "variable.bind", json!({"ids": [r.0], "field": "fill", "variable": null}));
+    let p = &s.doc().unwrap().node(r).unwrap().fills[0];
+    assert_eq!(p.kind, figcraft_color::PaintKind::Solid { color: figcraft_color::Color::from_rgb8_const(0x0D, 0x6E, 0xFD) });
+    assert!(near(p.opacity, QUARTER), "{}", p.opacity);
+    assert_eq!(pixel_alpha(&s, r), 64);
+    // Undo restores the binding and its paint.
+    ex(&mut s, "edit.undo", json!({}));
+    assert!(!s.doc().unwrap().node(r).unwrap().bound.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(pixel_alpha(&s, r), 64);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn modes_switch_the_alpha_without_accumulating() {
+    let (mut s, r) = setup("#0D6EFD40", "#0D6EFD80");
+    ex(&mut s, "variable.bind", json!({"ids": [r.0], "field": "fill", "variable": "tint"}));
+    for (mode, want) in [("Dark", HALF), ("Light", QUARTER), ("Dark", HALF), ("Light", QUARTER)] {
+        ex(&mut s, "variable.setMode", json!({"collection": "Tokens", "mode": mode}));
+        assert!(near(alpha(&s, r), want), "{mode}: {}", alpha(&s, r));
+    }
+    // An opacity set while bound multiplies on top and survives mode switches.
+    ex(&mut s, "fill.set", json!({"ids": [r.0], "index": 0, "opacity": 0.5}));
+    ex(&mut s, "variable.setMode", json!({"collection": "Tokens", "mode": "Dark"}));
+    assert!(near(alpha(&s, r), HALF * 0.5));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn node_set_and_style_bindings_apply_the_alpha_once() {
+    let (mut s, r) = setup("#0D6EFD80", "#0D6EFD40");
+    let var = s.doc().unwrap().variables.get("tint").unwrap().id.clone();
+    ex(&mut s, "node.set", json!({"id": r.0, "props": {"boundVariables": {"fill": var}}}));
+    assert!(near(alpha(&s, r), HALF));
+    ex(&mut s, "node.set", json!({"id": r.0, "props": {"boundVariables": {"fill": null}}}));
+    assert!(near(s.doc().unwrap().node(r).unwrap().fills[0].opacity, HALF));
+    // A paint style made from a `#RRGGBBAA` colour, bound to the variable.
+    let st = s.execute("style.create", &json!({"type": "paint", "name": "Tint", "value": "#0D6EFD80"})).unwrap()["id"].clone();
+    ex(&mut s, "style.bind", json!({"style": st, "field": "fills/0/color", "variable": "tint"}));
+    ex(&mut s, "style.apply", json!({"ids": [r.0], "style": st}));
+    assert!(near(alpha(&s, r), HALF), "{}", alpha(&s, r));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_fig_round_trip_keeps_the_alpha_once() {
+    let (mut s, r) = setup("#0D6EFD80", "#0D6EFD40");
+    ex(&mut s, "variable.bind", json!({"ids": [r.0], "field": "fill", "variable": "tint"}));
+    ex(&mut s, "fill.set", json!({"ids": [r.0], "index": 0, "opacity": 0.5}));
+    let (bytes, _) = figcraft_format::fig::export(s.doc().unwrap(), None).unwrap();
+    let back = crate::cmd::file::load_fig(&bytes, "x").unwrap().unwrap().doc;
+    let n = back.nodes().find(|n| !n.bound.is_empty()).unwrap();
+    let a = n.fills[0].solid_color().unwrap().a;
+    assert!(near(a, HALF * 0.5), "{a}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn code_gives_a_translucent_stroke_its_alpha_once() {
+    let (mut s, r) = setup("#0D6EFD80", "#0D6EFD40");
+    ex(&mut s, "stroke.add", json!({"ids": [r.0], "color": "#FF000080"}));
+    let code = s.execute("inspect.code", &json!({"id": r.0})).unwrap()["code"].as_str().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
+    assert!(code.contains("solid rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.50)"), "{code}");
+}

crates/engine/src/cmd/file.rs

@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ pub(crate) fn load_fig(bytes: &[u8], name: &str) -> Option<Result<figcraft_forma
 /// Link imported instances to their mains (layer sources, overrides found by comparing values),
 /// innermost first so outer instances settle last.
 fn link_instances(doc: &mut Document) {
+    super::styles::unfold_imported_bound_alpha(doc);
     crate::style_vars::after_load(doc);
     super::styles::apply_paint_bindings_on_load(doc);
     let mut insts: Vec<(usize, NodeId)> =

crates/engine/src/cmd/props.rs

@@ -775,10 +775,15 @@ pub fn apply(cmd: &str, doc: &mut Document, id: NodeId, props: &Map<String, Valu
                     for (field, var) in o {
                         match var.as_str() {
                             Some(vid) => {
+                                if n.bound.get(field).map(String::as_str) != Some(vid) {
+                                    crate::cmd::styles::rebind_paint_alpha(&mut n.fills, &mut n.strokes, field, true);
+                                }
                                 n.bound.insert(field.clone(), vid.to_string());
                             }
                             None => {
-                                n.bound.remove(field);
+                                if n.bound.remove(field).is_some() {
+                                    crate::cmd::styles::rebind_paint_alpha(&mut n.fills, &mut n.strokes, field, false);
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                     }

crates/engine/src/cmd/styles.rs

@@ -458,10 +458,19 @@ fn bind_style(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     match var {
         Some((_, kind)) if kind != want => return Err(bad(cmd, format!("`{field}` takes a {} variable, not a {} one", want.id(), kind.id()))),
         Some((id, _)) => {
+            if style.bound.get(&key) != Some(&id)
+                && let StyleKind::Paint { paints } = &mut style.kind
+            {
+                rebind_paint_alpha(paints, &mut [], &key, true);
+            }
             style.bound.insert(key, id);
         }
         None => {
-            style.bound.remove(&key);
+            if style.bound.remove(&key).is_some()
+                && let StyleKind::Paint { paints } = &mut style.kind
+            {
+                rebind_paint_alpha(paints, &mut [], &key, false);
+            }
         }
     }
     // The style takes its default-mode value, and each layer using it its own.
@@ -770,16 +779,41 @@ pub fn bind(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         let n = doc.get_mut(i)?;
         match &vid {
             Some(v) => {
+                if n.bound.get(&field) != Some(v) {
+                    rebind_paint_alpha(&mut n.fills, &mut n.strokes, &field, true);
+                }
                 n.bound.insert(field.clone(), v.clone());
             }
             None => {
-                n.bound.remove(&field);
+                if n.bound.remove(&field).is_some() {
+                    rebind_paint_alpha(&mut n.fills, &mut n.strokes, &field, false);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
     ok()
 }
 
+/// A colour variable bound to a solid paint owns its whole colour, alpha included. Binding restarts
+/// the opacity (which holds the alpha a typed colour had, see `Paint::solid`) at 1, so the
+/// variable's alpha applies once; unbinding moves the colour's alpha back into the opacity, where a
+/// typed colour keeps it. An opacity set while bound multiplies on top and stays.
+pub(crate) fn rebind_paint_alpha(fills: &mut [Paint], strokes: &mut [Paint], field: &str, bind: bool) {
+    use super::lists::{BoundList, list_binding};
+    let Some((list, i, "color")) = list_binding(field) else { return };
+    let paints = match list {
+        BoundList::Fills => fills,
+        BoundList::Strokes => strokes,
+        _ => return,
+    };
+    if let Some(p) = paints.get_mut(i)
+        && let PaintKind::Solid { color } = &mut p.kind
+    {
+        p.opacity = if bind { 1.0 } else { p.opacity * color.a };
+        color.a = 1.0;
+    }
+}
+
 /// `variable.setMode`: choose a collection's mode on frames (the page when none are given).
 pub fn set_mode(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let cmd = "variable.setMode";
@@ -916,6 +950,49 @@ pub fn apply_bindings_to(doc: &mut Document, only: Option<&std::collections::BTr
     apply_bindings_matching(doc, only, |_| true);
 }
 
+/// Imported files (`.fig`, REST) keep a solid paint's alpha in its opacity, a bound paint's too,
+/// while the bound colour brings its own alpha: take the variable's alpha back out of the opacity
+/// (styles' paints and layers') before the bindings are first resolved, so it applies once.
+pub(crate) fn unfold_imported_bound_alpha(doc: &mut Document) {
+    use super::lists::{BoundList, list_binding};
+    fn alphas(vars: &Variables, bound: &BTreeMap<String, VariableId>, modes: &BTreeMap<CollectionId, ModeId>) -> Vec<(BoundList, usize, f32)> {
+        let found = bound.iter().filter_map(|(field, var)| match (list_binding(field)?, vars.resolve(var, modes)?) {
+            ((list @ (BoundList::Fills | BoundList::Strokes), i, "color"), VariableValue::Color(c)) if c.a > 0.0 && c.a < 1.0 => Some((list, i, c.a)),
+            _ => None,
+        });
+        found.collect()
+    }
+    fn unfold(p: Option<&mut Paint>, a: f32) {
+        if let Some(p) = p
+            && matches!(p.kind, PaintKind::Solid { .. })
+        {
+            p.opacity = (p.opacity / a).min(1.0);
+        }
+    }
+    let pending = doc.take_dirty();
+    for i in 0..doc.styles.len() {
+        let found = doc.styles.get(i).map(|s| alphas(&doc.variables, &s.bound, &BTreeMap::new())).unwrap_or_default();
+        if let Some(StyleKind::Paint { paints }) = doc.styles.get_mut(i).filter(|_| !found.is_empty()).map(|s| &mut s.kind) {
+            for (_, j, a) in found {
+                unfold(paints.get_mut(j), a);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let ids: Vec<NodeId> = doc.nodes().filter(|n| !n.bound.is_empty()).map(|n| n.id).collect();
+    for id in ids {
+        let found = doc.node(id).map(|n| alphas(&doc.variables, &n.bound, &doc.modes_for(id))).unwrap_or_default();
+        if found.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let Ok(n) = doc.get_mut(id) else { continue };
+        for (list, j, a) in found {
+            unfold(if list == BoundList::Fills { n.fills.get_mut(j) } else { n.strokes.get_mut(j) }, a);
+        }
+    }
+    doc.take_dirty();
+    doc.mark_dirty(pending);
+}
+
 /// Settle imported paint colours before the document is first shown. Other bindings can affect
 /// layout or component structure, which must be resolved through the normal edit pipeline.
 pub(crate) fn apply_paint_bindings_on_load(doc: &mut Document) {
@@ -1104,7 +1181,6 @@ pub fn document_colors(doc: &Document, page: NodeId) -> Vec<(Color, usize)> {
         stack.extend(n.children.iter().copied());
         for paint in n.fills.iter().chain(n.strokes.iter()).filter(|p| p.visible) {
             if let Some(c) = paint.solid_color() {
-                let c = c.with_alpha(c.a * paint.opacity);
                 counts.entry(c.to_rgba8()).or_insert((c, 0)).1 += 1;
             }
         }

crates/engine/src/cmd/variables.rs

@@ -288,7 +288,11 @@ pub(crate) fn forget_variables(doc: &mut Document, gone: &BTreeSet<VariableId>)
     doc.variables.variables.retain(|v| !gone.contains(&v.id));
     let users: Vec<NodeId> = doc.nodes().filter(|n| n.bound.values().any(|v| gone.contains(v))).map(|n| n.id).collect();
     for id in users {
-        doc.get_mut(id)?.bound.retain(|_, v| !gone.contains(v));
+        let n = doc.get_mut(id)?;
+        for (field, _) in n.bound.iter().filter(|(_, v)| gone.contains(*v)) {
+            super::styles::rebind_paint_alpha(&mut n.fills, &mut n.strokes, field, false);
+        }
+        n.bound.retain(|_, v| !gone.contains(v));
     }
     Ok(())
 }

crates/engine/src/codegen.rs

@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ fn stroke_color(n: &Node) -> Option<Color> {
     if !n.has_visible_stroke() {
         return None;
     }
-    n.strokes.iter().filter(|p| p.visible).find_map(|p| p.solid_color().map(|c| c.with_alpha(c.a * p.opacity)))
+    n.strokes.iter().filter(|p| p.visible).find_map(|p| p.solid_color())
 }
 
 fn drop_shadow(n: &Node) -> Option<&Shadow> {

crates/engine/src/lib.rs

@@ -1554,6 +1554,8 @@ mod binding_lists_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod booleans_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod bound_alpha_tests;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod branch_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod branch_versions_tests;

crates/ui-egui/src/colorpicker.rs

@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ fn current_paint(app: &FigApp, target: &PickerTarget) -> Option<Paint> {
 /// Write `paint` to the target. `live` edits are part of an ongoing drag.
 fn write(app: &mut FigApp, target: &PickerTarget, paint: &Paint, live: bool) {
     if let PickerTarget::PluginField { plugin, control, .. } = target {
-        let c = paint.solid_color().unwrap_or(Color::BLACK);
-        let hex = c.with_alpha(c.a * paint.opacity).to_css_hex();
+        let hex = paint.solid_color().unwrap_or(Color::BLACK).to_css_hex();
         let (plugin, control) = (plugin.clone(), control.clone());
         if !live {
             crate::plugins_ui::set_field(app, &plugin, &control, &hex);
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ fn write(app: &mut FigApp, target: &PickerTarget, paint: &Paint, live: bool) {
         }
         PickerTarget::Variable { id, mode } => {
             let c = paint.solid_color().unwrap_or(Color::BLACK);
-            app.session.execute("variable.set", &json!({"variable": id, "mode": mode, "value": c.with_alpha(c.a * paint.opacity).to_css_hex()}))
+            app.session.execute("variable.set", &json!({"variable": id, "mode": mode, "value": c.to_css_hex()}))
         }
         PickerTarget::PluginField { .. } => return,
         PickerTarget::Style { id, index } => {
@@ -1181,6 +1180,22 @@ mod selection_color_tests {
         assert_eq!(app.session.doc().unwrap().node(a).unwrap().fills[0].solid_color().unwrap().to_hex(), "FF0000");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn writing_a_variable_keeps_its_alpha() {
+        // The picker holds a colour variable's alpha as the paint opacity; writing it back applies it once.
+        let (mut app, _, _) = setup();
+        app.session.execute("variable.createCollection", &json!({"name":"T"})).unwrap();
+        let v = app.session.execute("variable.create", &json!({"collection":"T","name":"tint","type":"color","value":"#0D6EFD80"})).unwrap();
+        let var = app.session.doc().unwrap().variables.get(v["id"].as_str().unwrap()).unwrap().clone();
+        let target = PickerTarget::Variable { id: var.id.clone(), mode: var.values.keys().next().unwrap().clone() };
+        for _ in 0..2 {
+            let paint = current_paint(&app, &target).unwrap();
+            write(&mut app, &target, &paint, false);
+        }
+        let c = current_paint(&app, &target).unwrap().solid_color().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(c.to_css_hex().to_uppercase(), "#0D6EFD80");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn picker_does_not_follow_selection_or_document_switches() {
         let (mut app, _, _) = setup();

docs/components-parity.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Components, variants, styles and variables parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-18 · **Change:** minor (variables import reads `variables` outside `meta` and warns when it imports none (#790); variant properties reorder by drag; library files saved right after a read are read again; Hide when publishing note corrected; size and resizing overrides of layers inside instances (#731); variables export in the browser as a download; core editor leftovers: component playground, variables inside styles; layers and assets panels behaviour suite and fixes; extended collections tail; styles and variables behaviour suite and fixes; components behaviour suite and fixes; team libraries on the server, library usage and swapping a library; extended collections, variables import/export, gradient stops and variant properties bound to variables) · **Target:** Figma Design (desktop app 126.10.7)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-18 · **Change:** minor (a bound colour variable's alpha applies once (#802); variables import reads `variables` outside `meta` and warns when it imports none (#790); variant properties reorder by drag; library files saved right after a read are read again; Hide when publishing note corrected; size and resizing overrides of layers inside instances (#731); variables export in the browser as a download; core editor leftovers: component playground, variables inside styles; layers and assets panels behaviour suite and fixes; extended collections tail; styles and variables behaviour suite and fixes; components behaviour suite and fixes; team libraries on the server, library usage and swapping a library; extended collections, variables import/export, gradient stops and variant properties bound to variables) · **Target:** Figma Design (desktop app 126.10.7)
 
 Design systems are why teams adopt Figma. **Components: breadth ~96%, ready ~72%. Styles and
 variables: breadth ~95%, ready ~76% (estimated).** QA'd with a synthetic design system of ~300
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ updates with overrides kept: `library_tests.rs`, `components_scale_tests.rs`.
 | Modes: add, duplicate, rename, delete, set as default / reorder | done | layers on Auto follow a new default; explicit modes stay |
 | Deleting a bound variable or its collection | done | layers keep their last value and are unbound; aliases to it take its values |
 | Code syntax per platform (Web, iOS, Android) | done | generated CSS uses the Web name; in the variables JSON; SwiftUI/Compose code doesn't name variables yet |
-| Bindings: fills, strokes, effects, opacity, padding, gaps, sizes, radius, font size/weight, line height, letter spacing, paragraph spacing/indent, text, visibility, layout grids, instance properties | done | type-checked per field; number variables fill text content |
+| Bindings: fills, strokes, effects, opacity, padding, gaps, sizes, radius, font size/weight, line height, letter spacing, paragraph spacing/indent, text, visibility, layout grids, instance properties | done | type-checked per field; number variables fill text content; a colour variable bound to a solid paint brings its whole colour, alpha included, once (the paint's opacity restarts at 100% on binding, an opacity set while bound multiplies on top; unbinding moves the alpha back into the opacity) |
 | Explicit modes per frame, library collections' modes | done | |
 | Gradient stops and variant properties bound to variables | done | a stop's binding follows it when earlier stops are removed |
 | Extended collections | done | library collections, including a library's own extended collections (chains through libraries); overrides per mode with reset; follow library updates, variables new to the library collection being an update of their own; modes inherited. Checked with synthetic libraries only ([gaps](gaps.md) #14) |
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ updates with overrides kept: `library_tests.rs`, `components_scale_tests.rs`.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-18 | minor | A bound colour variable's alpha applies once (#802): a `#RRGGBBAA` paint keeps its alpha in the paint opacity, and binding a variable with alpha left that opacity in place, so a 50% fill bound to a 50% variable drew at 25%. Binding (`variable.bind`, `node.set` `boundVariables`, `style.bind`) now restarts the paint's opacity at 100% and unbinding (also deleting the variable) moves the colour's alpha back into the opacity; `.fig` and REST imports take the variable's alpha back out of a bound paint's opacity, so `.fig` round trips no longer square it. Colour-picker edits of a colour variable or a plugin colour field, generated CSS strokes and the document colours list counted the paint opacity twice and now count it once (`bound_alpha_tests`). Numbers unchanged |
 | 2026-10-18 | minor | Variables import (#790): a `variables` map outside `meta` (or `meta.variables` next to top-level collections) is read, and an import that finds no variables, or fewer than the collections' `variableIds` list, says so in `warnings` instead of succeeding silently |
 | 2026-10-17 | minor | Variant properties reorder by dragging them in the Properties section, one undo step (#679; was "no drag in the panel yet"); a library file saved again right after it was read is read again, so a quick republish isn't missed (#652); the Hidden from publishing row no longer says the Hide when publishing item is missing (it landed 2026-10-12). Numbers unchanged |
 | 2026-10-17 | minor | Size and resizing overrides of layers inside instances (#731): a layer in an instance can hug, fill or keep a size of its own (group `resizing`: hug/fill/fixed with min and max; `size`), from the Layout panel, the canvas handles and `node.set`; they were refused, and imported ones were dropped at the first relayout. Kept through main edits of other properties, rebuilds, undo, save, `.fig` and REST import (sizes a `.fig` instance gives its layers and the REST `overrides` fields), `.fig` export and detach; reset per group and with Reset all changes (`instance_resizing_tests`). The row that listed them as not overridable was wrong. Numbers unchanged. |