Using List of Variables to construct Control[] within Manipulate[]

Question

How can I use a list of variable names within Symbol[] inside a Manipulate[], specifically using Control[]?

I assume the problem arises due to the HoldAll attribute of Manipulate, similar to here, but I fail to find the right solution.

The following Mathematica code illustrates the problem:

myVariables={"var1","var2"}
Map[Symbol[#]&,myVariables]
Manipulate[Map[Symbol[#]&,myVariables],Grid[{{Control[{var1,0,1}],Control[{var2,0,1}]}}]]
Map[Control[{Symbol[#],0,1}]&,myVariables]
Manipulate[Map[Symbol[#]&,myVariables],Grid[{Map[Control[{Symbol[#],0,1}]&, myVariables]}]]

Answer 1

Let vList be your list of variables:

vList = {var1, var2};

(I don't see any reason to define the list using strings, but if you insist you could do vList = Symbol /@ {"var1", "var2"}). Then, you need to use With to inject things into a HoldAll object like Manipulate, so one possibility is:

With[{v=vList, controls = Grid[{Control[{#, 0, 1}]& /@ vList}]},
    Manipulate[v, controls]
]