+1
I was so happy to discovered Designer handle Symbol and then so sad to discovered it is missing swapping.
I am creating a card game with many instances of the same symbol on each cards and I was hopping to create my deck in a sec. I’ll switch back to Adobe Illustrator for this one.
I have a workaround that can work in some cases, but it has serious limitations. But maybe it helps someone.
- I create a new document with the same size artboard (so I can copy the elements in place)
- I copy&paste all the instances I want to change to that other document (I like to keep the originals in case I need to go back, so I just hide them. See cons.)
- Modify the symbol and rename it on the layers panel (This way all the instances get renamed.)
- Copy them back to the original document. They become a new symbol on the Symbols panel.
Cons:
- It only works for one symbol. For example if you have Symbol A and Symbol B and you want to change some instances of both to Symbol C, you can't. Since they both become new symbols (e.g. C and D).
- That's why, if you decide that you need to change some more instances, you need to redo the whole thing and do them all at once.
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