Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Preview Only Text Features
Can we get additional features to handle Preview Only Text?
• A Highlight Preview Only text feature similar to the Highlight Substituted Fonts Preference?
• A Outline Preview Only text button or preference?
• A preference to turn the feature off all together? (Considering it is currently bugged and Area text within it's container gets moved — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/49832784)
Illustrator 2025 is now using embedded fonts instead of demanding they be substituted. You can not add text or paste it into a different document however you can adjust the tracking and the scale. When you paste it into a new…
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Dedicated Persian Language Engine for Illustrator
Persian-speaking users form a large and growing part of Illustrator’s user base. However, Persian text support still relies on the Arabic engine, which leads to issues in text rendering, alignment, and typography.
Persian has unique typographic rules that differ from Arabic, and a dedicated engine is essential for proper layout and display.
We request the development of a Persian-specific text engine to improve support and usability for millions of Persian-language users. I’m happy to provide examples if needed.
Thank you!3 votes -
Issue with Hidden Layers Exporting in PNG Format
Hello. I am experiencing an issue with Illustrator when exporting my files to PNG format using artboards. Specifically, the exported PNG includes layers that are hidden and not displayed on the screen at the time of export. This issue does not occur when I export all the artwork or only selected artworks.
Here are the details:
Software Version: 29.3.1
Operating System: Windows 11 24H2
Steps to Reproduce:
Open the Illustrator file.
Hide certain layers.
Export the file to PNG format using artboard and have transparent background.
Check the exported PNG file.
Despite hiding the layers before exporting, they still appear…3 votes -
Add Image Trace presets for QR codes and other barcodes
One of the most common issues I have is receiving QR codes or barcodes from a customer as low-resolution JPEGs or PNGs. Asking customers to understand which formats from online generators are vector formats is always an issue.
While I know I can technically regenerate the QR code with an online generator, it feels like a natural extension of the existing Image Trace function to be able to recognise QR codes or barcodes and to snap the vector artwork to a proper grid.
This could be implemented with something like "snap points to 90° angles" or something, but I think…
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Allow to cut path with a drag rather than a click when using Scissors
I want the Scissors tool to be able to cut paths like the Knife does, with a click-and-drag, splitting a path at an intersection of straight/freeform (straight by default) drawn line with a path (ideally prioritizing selected ones over others, like requested here: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/36111436)
I’m rather tired of seeing this loud modal dialog when I don’t have Smart Guides enabled and miss a line (because the tool doesn’t have enough feedback by modern times’ standards: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/44725546)
Take a look at the fake GIF I made to show how it should work.
A single click should still work.
This…3 votes -
Please allow currentColor for SVG export
Using SVG in web development frequently requires manual editing of the svg code, to use currentColor instead of a fixed fill or stroke colour.
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Add color to toolbar icons.
The new 'Objects on a Path' tool has brought color to the toolbar. It now stands out a lot.
I have a bunch of plugins that add tools to the toolbar, and have a bunch of cryptic monochromatic icons. Perhaps it is time for both Adobe and plugin developers to bring some color to the toolbar so we have one more thing to help us remember which extremely specialized tool we use once in a blue moon is which?
(This also may require a switch in the prefs to revert to largely monochromatic icons for people who are colorblind and/or…
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Allow to set text format for CMYK values and other data in Swatch Info objects
The data for CMYK values in cards inside of Swatch Info is formatted with commas.
I’d like to have the ability to customize it: spaces, hyphens, as C100 M50 Y0 K0, etc.3 votes -
Allow to use custom user templates for Swatch Info objects
Swatch Info is OK (if completed!), but there is not enough customization currently.
Take a look what an awesome ColorList script by Katja Bjerrum offers: https://productivista.com/make-a-list-of-colors-from-your-selection/ — we can set our own shapes before making a color legend.
We could have done it semi-automatically after creating a Swatch Info, with Global Edit, to replace all chips with a custom shape... but for some reason these rectangles are immune to Global Edit (as it often happens, new features get loosely integrated with existing functions...)This actually also includes text parameters, but perhaps it’s a separate request... Sure, the font is the…
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Allow to quickly enable or disable all Text Options for cards in Swatch Info objects
Text cards for Swatch Info objects can have a lot of items displayed.
I found that I either need all of these or none often. The only way to choose between these two major modes is to patiently toggle each one manually.
...meanwhile in Asset Export we can easily choose to use All or No Artboards with dedicated buttons. Perhaps there should be a way to do the same thing here?
It should be allowed both when creating and when editing a Swatch Info object.3 votes -
Show file previews in Open Recent Files
Show a thumbnail of Recent Files, much like how the Icon View in the Mac OS Finder displays them.
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「シンボルオブジェクト」に対してのコンテクストタスクバーの搭載 Installation of a context taskbar for "symbol objects"
「シンボルオブジェクト」に対してのコンテクストタスクバーの搭載も要望として、是非お願いします。特に置換するときが格段になるはずなので。
Please also request the installation of a context taskbar for "symbol objects". Especially when it comes to replacing, it should be much more.3 votes -
Switch symbol shortcut
I would love to have a way to quickly switch symbols with a shortcut (maybe using the keyboard numbers where each symbol corresponds to one symbol).
I have a job where I have to manually insert many symbols of different sizes, and without a shortcut it takes much time.3 votes -
Support all pie functions Ellipse offers for other live shapes
There a few things circular pies need in Ai:
1. Ellipse tool, circle pie, Shift snap to angles: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/31358686
2. Allow to define circle pie angles in percent, with snapping options: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/46268533
3. Reverse Pie with Opt/Alt when creating or editing an ellipse: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/49532216It would also be nice to add the same behavior to rectangles, for the much beloved Square Pie. Casserole, perhaps? :)
Originally by Ellis Humphres
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Allow targeting layers with no unlocked/visible paths in them.
You can target a layer to apply an appearance by clicking on the circle to the right of its name in the Appearance palette.
This is not possible, however, if the layer is empty.
This is also not possible if the only thing the layer contains is empty layers.
This is also not possible if all the children of the layer are locked. Or invisible.
There must be at least one unlocked, visible non-layer object in a layer before you can target it.
I am most often annoyed by trying and failing to target a layer with a bunch of…
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Need Save As... in Edit Toolbar options
I use saved toolbars, but they are tedious to create because when you click New toolbar... you get a blank toolbar and then have to add each tool one by one. I would like to open an existing toolbar (like Advanced) and have the option to Save As... under a new name - then, I can remove the tools I don't want and save it. Better to work from a starting point, than have to start from scratch.
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Local Artboard Editing Mode
Illustrator already notionally works on one artboard at a time... the one that's zoomed to with Cmd-0, or pasted to with Cmd-V...
Perhaps there could be a mode switch, similar to the 'Draw Inside' mode where all operations are confined to objects on the current artboard. Useful for Cmd-A for example. This would override unlocked artboards of course!
This mode of operation is already familiar in InDesign where only current spread-object appear in the Layers.
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Lock Highlight (Unlock) mode
I've always wanted some kind of Lock Highlight feature:
Much like editing a Group after double-click (which grays out all other artboard objects while you edit only that grouped object), I'd like to be able to see a grayed out preview of all the locked objects.
With a keyboard shortcut (e.g. Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Click), you could Unlock individual elements, then exit Lock Highlight mode and keep working.
That would keep you from needing to go back around and relock other elements you didn't want to disturb.
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Show gradient annotator for Live Paint selections
Version 29.3 finally allows to adjust gradients for individual Live Paint regions on canvas: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/35930962
While these can indeed be adjusted now, the annotator is still missing.
I suppose it requires more hacking to make it work, but still I’d like to see the controls on canvas, to tweak the look and not remaking it from scratch each time.3 votes -
A Node View mode for the Appearance panel, and a complete revamp of what it can do
I feel like I have a lot of things I want changed about the Appearance palette that cannot be done in the form of a one-dimensional list of effects.
I'd like to suggest something inspired by the "node view" in programs like Blender or Toon Boom or Unreal. Give me a 2d canvas upon which I can arrange strokes, fills, and effects, and let me plug them into each other in complex ways. Let me control exactly when a brush is applied to a stroke by moving its effect around. Let me dynamically generate an opacity mask for an entire…
3 votes
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