Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Dedicted buttons for: Undo - Delete - Redo. Dedicted buttons for Undo /Delete /Redo. either at the top or on a floating toolbar. I'm sick of having to go to the keyboard or:
Edit > Undo
Edit > Clear
Edit > Redo
Sure I could use keyboard shortcuts- but I don't want to.
Virtually every other program has these buttons.
it cannot be hard to add them, even if only in that new properties panel.
You have to assume its bloody mindedness on Adobes part, continuing not have this basic feature and thinking everyone gets a thrill out of Command Z26 votes -
Adding more brushes to the touch workspace... I would like to be able to change my brush style while I'm working in the touch workspace. I can go into the essentials workspace and it reverts back to a simple brush when you change back to the touch workspace. It's extremely frustrating. Other programs can use other brushes and change layers, so it makes using Illustrator for drawing very difficult.
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Release / Cancel Image Trace Let me back out of an image trace with ESC. Sometimes it just won't work and I need to back out. If I've tried a thousand different combinations and it still won't trace well then I have to delete the image or sit through all of my undo's and sometimes I run out of undo's. I need to be able to cancel the trace.
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Make rulers bigger in with larger UI scales I know Illustrator has the 'For High PPI Displays . . .' option for higher scale factors but, that is reliant on the OS custom graphic scaling.
1 - Either allow for custom/pre-set ruler size or
2 - Make it like Photoshop.25 votes -
Split View on Mac Split View on MAC, allows for full screen view while running 2 apps, with ability to interact with both sides of the screen. Its available on all apps, except Abode! I check PS and AI - they both don't work in this view.
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Notes Feature Create a notes panel to write notes for yourself, the next person working on your file, the print house, etc.
The notes would pop up first thing when you open a file, and can be printed, amended, deleted etc... they could be print instructions, or time logs, or anything deemed of value to associate with the document.
These notes would travel with the document.
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プロパティパネルのアピアランス部分に濃度設定を追加してほしい 現状のアピアランスパネルでは塗りや線の色を設定する際に塗りのアイコン部分をクリックするとスウォッチが開き素早くカラーを変更可能です。しかし、そのスウォッチに対して薄い色が欲しい場合、開いたパネルで１回ボタンをクリックすることによりカラーパレット表示に切り替えた上での調整が必須です。
この手順はワンクッション増加するためにプロパティパネル上の不透明度の設定を調整することで代替してしまうというワークフローが増加しています。これはデータ上に安易に透明効果を適用した部分を増加させる事に繋がり、適切な設定を施されないままトラブル誘発の原因となってしまっています。
なにより、不透明度を下げるという事はその下の情報を表示する事に繋がりますから色を薄く設定するという意図からはかけ離れた行為であると言えるでしょう。
また、以下のチュートリアルにおいても色を薄くする目的でに安易に不透明度の利用を勧めています。https://helpx.adobe.com/jp/illustrator/how-to/basics-essentials-workspace-illustrator.html
この説明はまずいです。塗りの濃度調整及び不透明度の設定はそれぞれ明確な使い所が存在し、適切に使い分けるべき機能です。
さて、ここで提案なのですが、InDesignの様にプロパティパネルのアピアランス部分の「塗り」と「線」の項目に濃度の設定項目を追加していただきたいと思います。
InDesignとはスウォッチの性質が異なるのですが、設定したスウォッチに対して濃度の項目で設定した数値を単純に割合として計算した数値のカラーを適用出来れば問題ないと考えます。
添付の機能追加提案分の画像の赤で囲んだ部分のイメージのようにしてはいかがでしょうか。
こうする事でユーザーは簡単に塗りや線の濃度を調整可能となります。ぜひご検討頂けたらと思います。
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Scripts panel / palette! I can't believe nobody (including myself) voted for separate palette/panel. AI needs it.
23 votes -
Lock workspace Photoshop introduced locking workspace in fresh release. I want same thing for AI. Or is it there already?
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Easy setting of layer's opacity and 'Target Selected' Some users still find confusing setting opacity to whole layer.
When they change opacity value in Transparency palette with no art selected, it does nothing or (if 'New Art has Basic Appearance' is unticked in Appearance palette options) applied to new objects.The way transparency is set for a layer in AI is not that obvious, compared to Photoshop's way, and require from user knowledge of working with appearance.
I propose this:
1. Make a shortcut for 'Target Current Layer' command, which is not anywhere now (or even 'Target Selected', which will target current layer, if nothing is selected)
2.…23 votes -
Make setting reference point hotkeyable Problem Description:
I change reference point all the time.
I'm so tired of grabbing a mouse and searching for a reference grid and precisely clicking in tiny-tiny square.
Please add a possibility to set a hotkey for each position!Look, there is a whole numbers block at the right side of a keyboard (if you are not using these fancy ***** castrated versions which doesn't have it). I could have used it to set reference point, using something like Ctrl+Shift+3 to set it to the right bottom.
I can use an action for doing this, bit I'm long ago out…23 votes -
Add keyboard shortcut for Locate Object button in Layers Palette Every button and every command in AI should be bound-able to hotkey.
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Contextual menu with Layers palette – same as Photoshop Wouldn’t it be nice if Illustrator has similar contextual menu as Photoshop?
It would be much easier to e.g. duplicate a layer, using right-click, than via tiny-hard-to-point-at hamburger menu at the layer palette.
Please…
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Add "Edit With" to the Illustrator menu when working with images Add "Edit With" to the Illustrator menu when working with images! Indesign has this and it's very convenient. Its a no brainer to add it to Illustrator!!!!!!!
22 votesThis is done in one of the latest releases.
Now the button in Control panel (and in Links panel menu) says ‘Edit in Photoshop’. You also can change it back to system defaults in Preferences > File Handling section.InDesign has more options, that is true, so please comment back if you need a larger list — but please give a solid justification why :)
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The recolor artwork window needs to be variable size. The color list form is too small. Make window resizable.
recolor2 like it need. recolor1 like it looks now.21 votes -
Fix the "Restore" AI Window Size when opening an AI file from File Explorer What we want is simple, make it so that opening an AI file from File Explorer does not change if AI is in windowed mode, or fullscreen mode.
This has been an issue for years that disrupts the workflow of users on a regular basis. Here is an old forum thread going back as far as June 2012 further detailing this ongoing issue: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1026020
When opening an AI file from File Explorer, Illustrator automatically Restores down to a window from Maximized mode. While the work-around, (of extending edges of Illustrator's window from edge-to-edge of the desired monitor), minimizes the impact…
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After AI crashes, list of Recent Files should be restored as it was BEFORE crash AI crashes quite often. Every time I relaunch it, I see documents in 'File > Open Recent Files' that I opened long-long ago.
AI seems to save this list only after successful closing, which is RARE.Just make AI store list of recent documents elsewhere every time document is opened and restore it after crash.
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Please let list of scripts displayed in File > Scripts get updated When I add or make changes to Scripts folder, I have to relaunch AI to make it see changes. How difficult it would be to add an option there to auto-update it, or just to add command 'Update scripts'?
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Make units and grid settings to be bound to file I work for screen and print media simultaneously in different files
I work in metric units.
I need to have 'mm' for general-stroke-type in design for printing and 'px' in other file for screen.
I'm so tired to change units every time I Ctrl+Tab between them. By hand, every time!
Ctrl+Shift+U change only general units, and I have to skip all picas-inches I never use.
I have to Ctrl+K, click Units and drop down three menus every time I need to see units I need in file I need!
PostScript is cool, point reassigned as a strict fraction of an…21 votes -
Allow user to edit predefined sizes for each document profile I can edit document profiles, but I can't make presets for sizes I use and get rid of unwanted sizes in New document window.
Please add interface for doing it.21 votes
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