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  1. wrap art for artboards to create seamless art tile textures

    the same way in photoshop one can simulate art wrap with the image offset filter

    2 votes

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  2. CreativeCloud history backup for lost files.

    What if we have a Cloud history for any step we make in Adobe products to backup if we lost the file or don't save in accident? like Time Machine. I want to revive lost updates that I didn't save.

    2 votes

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  3. Hide Grid on Perspective Tool

    The "hide grid" function is so frustrating to select. Can it be larger or the target area around it be bigger?

    2 votes

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  4. Custom background color for tool windows

    Currently working with dual monitors, one monitor has most of my tool windows.
    If I am using one window of tools most of the time, it would be nice to set the base color to orange so I can spot it easier. Or even group windows that are similar to say green, and rarely used windows would remain grey.

    2 votes

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  5. Adobe Draw Mode in Adobe Illustrator

    1. Description
      Insert "Adobe Draw Mode" into Adobe Illustrator.
      Bring into the Illustrator the same results and functions that the application of the Ipad has, such as presets of pressures and brushes that most of the time the result is ideal.

    2. Why is this valuable to you?
      Because this will make vector illustrations with rewarding and much faster results.
      To solve problems of paths with thicknesses and pressures as we need.

    2 votes

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  6. Make deleting a layer simpler and closer to how Photoshop handles it

    Bad UX. See screenshot in tweet.
    Things I've tried to do to delete a layer in this terrible program:

    1. Clicking the layer + pressing delete
      Result: lol doesn't work. It just deletes what you have in focus in your artboard.
      Yes, you can have MANY things in focus for some reason.

    2. Right clicking the layer to try to find some sort of edit options
      Result: does NOTHING

    3. Manually selecting the shapes in the artboard (a painstaking task that involves NOT selecting other shapes and paths accidentally? Super fun), then pressing delete
      Result: THIS WORKS (but like, seriously??? There has to…

    2 votes

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  7. 矢印ツールとは別に「移動モード」を。

    オブジェクト選択後、特定のキーを押すことで「移動モード」に移行するようにしてほしい。

    複数のオブジェクトを選択し、それらを同時に移動させようとした場合、任意のオブジェクトを全て選択した後、最後にいずれかのオブジェクトを正確にクリックしてドラッグする流れになるが、この最後にいずれかのオブジェクトを選択する際に誤ってオブジェクト以外をクリックしてしまうと、今までのShiftを押しながら沢山選択してきた作業が水の泡になる。

    移動モードに移行すると、選択したオブジェクト以外を選択しても選択が解除されることはなく、心ゆくまで正確に移動を行った後、決定ボタンなりダブルクリックなりで移動モードは解除される。

    現在の編集モードの選択したオブジェクト限定版という動きにしても良いかもしれない。

    選択したオブジェクトの精密な移動方法としてこの「移動モード」の実装を強く要望します。

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  8. Keyboard command for "Find and Replace" Text or ability to add a Keyboard Shortcut.

    In Adobe Illustrator: Why is there not a keyboard command to bring up the "Find and Replace" dialog box or the ability to add your own Keyboard Shortcut to do this?

    2 votes

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  9. It would be helpful if you made allowable suggestions, such as, " paint in clipping paths not allowed, convert to paint group now."<

    If you're not going to make your paint feature natural or useful, then you could provide allowable suggestions. Suggestions such as, " Paint in clipping paths not allowed, convert to paint group now," then you would click yes or no to convert. Instead, you have created an information loop Where your customers have a problem, you acknowledge the problem, and send your customers on their way to find their own solutions to solve that problem. A problem you have created in the first place. This would be a very helpful feature for you to add.

    2 votes

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  10. Dotted lines

    Could not find a good way to reach a simple final goal, also asked to support with little results: would be nice to draw dotted lines with brush tool.

    Just simple ones as I can do in Photoshop, I'd love to do that in Illustrator too.

    Sounds weird it is not already doable!

    2 votes

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  11. Gradient annotator as a palette and snap to gradient points

    Allows you to then retain the annotator when dragging guides or other objects, and using other tools. Could work in a similar way to the Tabs palette.

    Also it would be really useful if you could snap objects or guides to the gradient points on the sliders.

    2 votes

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  12. Allow snapping to objects that are masked out and also make opacity mask objects visible in outline mode

    For example, if you draw a large box and place it completely inside a small box so that all four corners of the larger box are masked out, then try to drag a guide it will only snap to the smaller clipping mask, the guides wont snap to the larger box unless you hide or release the clipping mask. Also, as an additional feature I think it would be of benefit if when inside the opacity mask, when you go to outline mode you could then see the objects within the mask.
    Supporting videos below
    https://youtu.be/mdtJwudauVY
    https://youtu.be/Z9qIvFQ9RBQ

    2 votes

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  13. Possibility of recording "key object" by action

    It would be great to have possibility to record in action "key objects", because it's very hard to do an alignment between objects by actions without this one especially if you want align to the edge of objects.

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  14. Play actions in Button mode

    If it would be possible to add a shortcut, or a way, to press "Play" button in action tab, from button mode.
    Having multiple actions is easier to handle in button mode, but it is unable to use more complicated actions for example with stops, because there is no play, and way to adjust shortcut for it, so you need to be in standard mode.

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  15. Export just one artboard in 1-2 clicks

    I want to be able to QUICKLY select an artboard as PNG, or JPG and export with 1-2 clicks. Ideally one click. Not the current 10-30 clicks

    2 votes

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  16. Press Shift (for proportion) turn Arrow

    When Pressing Shift (for proportion drawings or scaling) turn Arrow or Current used tool to Red (now in InDesign and others it's White for Snap to Page edge).
    In addition turn to other colors for other new thinkable functions (i.e Command + Shift = Green, etc) gives a user a reminder on screen to what he is using on keyboard. Could be the colour of the layer-color used or... I leave it to you guys :-)

    2 votes

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  17. Respect 'Decimal Places' setting in CSS values exported to SVG

    The "Decimal Places" setting in the SVG Options (export) dialog is not respected in style elements.

    Steps to repro:
    New Document
    Create a rectangle with Stroke 3.1459
    Create a new graphic style from the rectangle.
    Save As... Choose SVG
    In SVG Options, set Decimal Places:1 and CSS Properties as Style Elements
    Examine SVG Code
    Look at the 'stroke-width' value in the stylesheet.
    Expected behavior: Stroke width should have 1 decimal only
    Actual behavior: Stroke width is 3.1459.

    2 votes

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  18. Tab between textboxes

    Easy "tab" or jump beetween empty textboxes for faster fill-ins. Custormer name, project number etc.

    2 votes

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  19. Illustrator works terribly with the Microsoft stylus.. both the interface needs to be completely overhauled to work with touch

    Illustrator needs a complete overhaul in order to work as a touch interface with a stylus... the 'touch' workspace is a step in the right direction but needs more features including layers.. also the performance is terrible in working with a pressure sensitive stylus and results in misleading line weight lagging and locking up and freezing.. I am using the surface pro (5)

    2 votes

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  20. Illustrator file not movable

    If i make an Illustrator file (cc 2019) , and say place it in the desktop folder, if i move that file to the documents folder, open it and change it, it saves the new version on the dekstop again.

    is this a bug or a feature i dont know of?

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    It’s a common behavior for all files and all editors out there, not only Illustrator.

    When you 'open' a file, the editor reads it and 'hold in its mind', making a virtual copy basically. When you save it, it writes it back the disk, to the location where it was read from. Illustrator does not track what the OS does with the file, and OS never tells Illustrator that a user moved the file elsewhere, or deleted.

    An editor can lock the file, so nothing can move or delete or rename it, but this method causes more troubles and frustration. It’s safer to never let the data to get lost.

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