We’ve made some updates to Ditto statuses to make managing the lifecycle of your copy more intuitive. Status labels, icons, and colors are updated to reflect your workflow better and improve visibility across the web app and activity panel.

• New progress icons: We’ve replaced the thin colored lines that used to indicate status, now each text item will have distinct icons located directly on the card.
• Simplified status labels: We’ve updated our labels to distinguish clearly between work-in-progress copy and unlinked text layers:
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  • Draft (formerly "No status")‍
  • In Progress (formerly "Work in progress")‍
  • In Review (formerly "Ready for Review")‍
  • Final (no change)

• Action-oriented colors: We’ve moved away from the traditional stoplight colors. The new palette is designed to draw your eye to copy that needs immediate attention, such as items In Progress or In Review.
• Activity panel updates: New labels and icons will now show up in your project’s activity history, making it easier to scan for recent changes.

These UI and label changes don’t affect the statuses used in our API (FINAL, WIP, REVIEW, NONE), so your existing developer integrations will continue to work without interruption.

Learn more about using statuses to manage your team's workflow on our Status Help Center page.

Managing translations just got even easier. Now you can edit and suggest changes to your existing text variants directly in the plugin’s “Edit” tab.

• When you apply variant text to a frame in Figma, we’ll show the variant text above the base text in the Ditto plugin.
• Edit variant copy from the plugin, or toggle to “Suggesting” to recommend edits for your team, then save. Your team will see suggested edits in the “Comments" tab, and accept or reject the change from there.
• When you set a status for the variant text in the “Edit” tab, it’ll automatically update under the “Variants” tab, so you can see in both places when a variant needs more work.

Now, you can work on base text and variants side-by-side, from the Ditto plugin, right inside your design files. Iterate, make quick edits, and review translations in design context, all from Ditto.

We have rebuilt your first project experience in Ditto with simplified workspace setup, a new Figma starter file, and an interactive tour to walk through fundamental features you need to know in Ditto.

• Simplified workspace setup: Answer fewer questions during signup and get to the product faster. Let us know what you’d like to use Ditto for, which helps tailor your experience.
• Try Ditto with the Getting Started Playground: Instead of connecting your own Figma file right away, you'll get a quick tour and test the features using Ditto's new starter file.
• Follow the plugin tour: The plugin guides you through adding frames to your Ditto project, selecting text, setting text status, accepting style guide suggestions, and linking text matches.
• Continue in the web app: After the plugin tour, you'll be directed to the web app where you’ll learn how to work with design previews, make edits, and sync changes back to Figma.

Once you master the basics, explore the rest of the Getting Started Playground to learn Ditto features that will help you accomplish your goals: Scale consistency with AI style guides, run efficient reviews, or manage translations.

You can still try Ditto using your own file, but we recommend using the starter file to master the basics (in under 5 minutes!).