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1. Preview Mode

   Like InDesign, incorporate a preview mode to show only the content inside of the artboard to see the final preview.

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   Resolved (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

   There are two separate commands that offer this, as stated in comments:

   View > Trim View

   View > Presentation Mode

   Read more about these here

   Feel free to add comments if you need something else

2. SVG code for current document visible in non modal view

   When fine-tuning SVG files, the ergonomics of the workflow are far less than optimal. This is especially problematic because SVG supports only a subset of what is possible in Illustrator.

   A round trip to some other app, or viewing code via the export modal feels awkward and is certainly time-consuming. Worse, it takes me away from the main Illustrator editor where my art is actually visible/editable.

   Can't we have a panel which shows the SVG code 'live', without having to visit the file menu. It need not be an editable code view, but 'pretty printing' and perhaps code folding would be extremely useful! This panel would be kept in sync with the current document (when open). The SVG export settings might be present as controls on the panel, but otherwise it could just use what is set in the Save As... dialog box.

   Tightening this feedback loop would take a lot of the guesswork out of SVG production with Illustrator.

   9-slice scaling, for example, is not supported in SVG - and the only way to find out is to try and fail.

   When fine-tuning SVG files, the ergonomics of the workflow are far less than optimal. This is especially problematic because SVG supports only a subset of what is possible in Illustrator.

   A round trip to some other app, or viewing code via the export modal feels awkward and is certainly time-consuming. Worse, it takes me away from the main Illustrator editor where my art is actually visible/editable.

   Can't we have a panel which shows the SVG code 'live', without having to visit the file menu. It need not be an editable code view, but 'pretty printing' and perhaps code folding would… more

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3. Customize suffix for duplicated artboards

   It would be great if the user could choose which suffix will be used for duplicated artboards. Instead of
   MyArtboard copy
   MyArtboard copy copy
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   should be

   MyArtboard 1
   MyArtboard 2
   MyArtboard 3
   …

   or

   MyArtboard A
   MyArtboard B
   MyArtboard C
   …

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4. Allow to edit predefined and add new preset sizes for each document profile (like A1, A5...)

   I regularly design flyers in A5 size and it would be great to have that as a new document preset in addition to A4 and A3

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5. Way to change "Custom" Document name

   Would love to be able to change this "Custom" name to something more descriptive. I have a few piece of equipment that I would like to be able to select quickly. For now I have to go through the hassle of templates which works well but is several other clicks. Would be nice to have a way to quickly create documents for those specific equipment types with preconfigured settings.

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6. Artboards do not snap to whole pixels

   When the snap to pixel option is turned on and I use the Artboard Tool dragging the corner of the artboard results in random decimals.
   Say if my artboard is 512x512 and I drag a corner out it will now be dragging at every pixel but with a random decimal rather than a integer. this decimal will be the same at every snapped pixel until I let go. at this point if I move it again a new random decimal will be added.

   These two screenshots show issue values. take not it is random and the X and Y values do not always match.

   I am using Illustrator 22.0.0 (64-bit)

   and windows 10 pro Version 1511

   When the snap to pixel option is turned on and I use the Artboard Tool dragging the corner of the artboard results in random decimals.
   Say if my artboard is 512x512 and I drag a corner out it will now be dragging at every pixel but with a random decimal rather than a integer. this decimal will be the same at every snapped pixel until I let go. at this point if I move it again a new random decimal will be added.

   These two screenshots show issue values. take not it is random and the X and Y values… more

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   Completed (Comments Open)  ·  Ashutosh Chaturvedi responded

   We have the fix available in the latest release. Please update Illustrator using Adobe Creative Cloud application to the latest build for version Illustrator CC 23.0.
   Please refer to our knowledge base FAQ – https://illustrator.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/1844590 if you face difficulty in update.
   Or get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html

   Warm Regards,
   Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
   Adobe. Make It an Experience.

7. Persistent rulers on startup

   Option to toggle on/off in prefs. Simple as that

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   Resolved (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

   This option already exists in Illustrator, in Preferences > General, although the name of it is quite obscure — Show/Hide Rulers. Once it’s enabled, each new or opened document will have rulers enabled.

8. Artboard dimension pop up box when using Artboard tool.

   Would love for the Artboard tool in the tools panel to operate like the rectangle tool so that when you click inside the work space it pops open a box to input
   desired dimensions instead of dragging to desired dimension.

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9. Allow Scale adjustment when creating New Document

   Many times as a designer you have to create artwork that is a fraction of the final scale. It would be nice if you could enter the final size in inches or feet, and then hit a dropdown that would have different fractions of scale (1/8, 1/4, 1/2 etc.) and then illustrator could compute the appropriate numbers. It could also scale down the bleed area as well.

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10. Rearrange only Selected artboards

    Currently I can only "Rearrange All Artboards".

    But I just selected only some artboards in my document and I want to rearrange only selected items. For example, increase spacing between them.

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11. Option to Have Golden Ratio & Rule of Thirds Grid (like PS)

    For a canvas, if there is an option to get a Grid for 'Rule of Thirds' or Golden Ration.

    This will make a lot easier for the designer and will be more effective in Illustrator as compared to PS (where this option is available) where vector designs are being created.

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12. Allow users to set direction for X and Y axes

    Several versions ago Adobe decided to flip Y-axis, so origin now is placed TOP-left instead of BOTTOM-left, as it was before.
    They say it was done for compatibility with Photoshop and InDesign, which both have y-axis going down.

    I think that breaking people's workflow, deciding only ONE direction is right, was wrong.

    InDesign is a publishing software, it works with a flow. I don't know anybody who reads from bottom to up (RTL — yes). When you move an object there, you don't move it up, you move it backwards

    Photoshop is raster graphics editor, it works with a readable grid of pixels, which are written from top left (we see it every time when images load slow in browsers). Using Photoshop since version 5 I never experienced any trouble with axis going down, because it just never mattered! I retouch photos mostly. People, who uses it for drawing web-design (!) are still OK, because web pages go down. Anyway, PS even hasn't precise move dialogue controls.
    And of course, the fact y-axises go one direction, is just a coincidence (when there is only two variants for y-axis to go — it's highly occasional) — because these two programs care for different fields.

    But Illustrator is about vectors.
    Y-axis goes up in Cartesian coordinate system.
    We move objects up meaning up here.
    It was a consistency for the sake of consistency.
    It was convenient for devs and not end users.
    It was a mistake to do.
    Adobe should have asked users to vote about denying common sense.
    And Adobe should never ever ever had not given users ability to flip it.

    In fact, there IS a way to make y-axis to go down, as it was before: you have to manually set flags in prefs file:
    /isRulerIn4thQuad 0
    /isRulerOriginTopLeft 0

    BUT it causes Move dialogue to be broken (I also have this bug reported). And since there is such an ability and I can flip it in Prefs file — I will fight for an ability to work fully (the worse thing Adobe can do now — is to kill this opportunity).

    I don't ask for ruler origin to be changed to bottom left by DEFAULT, NO, Adobe already had given us an opportunity to change this by editing flags! The ideal outcome would be just a switch in Preferences within AI (and a bugfix for Move dialogue that is set upon existing and approved behaviour).

    I know quite a lot of highly valuable people from Adobe forums who still votes for y-axis go up:
    CarlosCanto (he even wrote a script to undo your unexpected making, https://forums.adobe.com/message/3859338)
    JETalmage (you should have seen this post back in 2009! https://forums.adobe.com/thread/497089)
    Jacob Bugge and all other people who agree with them in comments.

    Nobody among my colleagues I know personally likes this. And only two of them having spoken about it at forums. Imagine how many just cry silently.

    Xara allows to flip axes.
    Canvas allows to.
    Inkscape seems to be able too.
    Affinity can't, but YET.

    Please.

    Several versions ago Adobe decided to flip Y-axis, so origin now is placed TOP-left instead of BOTTOM-left, as it was before.
    They say it was done for compatibility with Photoshop and InDesign, which both have y-axis going down.

    I think that breaking people's workflow, deciding only ONE direction is right, was wrong.

    InDesign is a publishing software, it works with a flow. I don't know anybody who reads from bottom to up (RTL — yes). When you move an object there, you don't move it up, you move it backwards

    Photoshop is raster graphics editor, it works with a readable… more

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13. Artboard background color needs to be user-assignable

    We need to be able to change artboard background color.

    Working on pure white is straining on the eyes and it's rarely appropriate for non-print projects (99% of my work). Having to draw colored rectangles, lock them or put them on separate layers, and then manage them when we resize or duplicate artboards is painful and tedious.

    Let's have an icon for it next to the artboard name (in the Artboard palette) where we can choose a swatch (including transparent).

    Let's support changing multiple artboard colors at once with multi-selection.

    Thank you!

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14. Ability to change layer visibility of linked files with Object Layer Options

    Using linked ai documents in an Illustrator file is a great way to reduce the file load on the system, and also to work collaboratively. It would be nice to be able to toggle layers in placed psd and ai files in the same way that InDesign does (accessed via import options on place, or by right-click context menu).

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15. When working on multiple artboards it would be very helpful if the artboard I'm working on was highlighted in the artboard panel.

    When working on multiple artboards it would be very helpful if the artboard I'm working on was highlighted in the artboard panel. I find myself clicking through multiple boards on the panel because I can't remember which board I was on. It's not uncommon for me to have 50 boards.

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16. Create new artboard within other artboard with Shift key gone in 2018

    Just switched to Illustrator 2018. In 2017 I could create a new artboard on top of another artboard by holding down the shift key and dragging with the Artboard tool. This doesn't work anymore. I can create a new artboard outside of the existing one, but I need to create multiple artboards within one main artboard. I can create a vector box where I want them all, then go to Artboard window and click Convert to Artboards, but this is many more clicks than before...not very lean.

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17. Show how many artboards are selected

    Since we can have multiple artboards selected and this selection isn't very noticeable (which should be fixed too), why not to show how many artboards are selected?
    Just say how many in empty 'Name:' field, since it shows nothing when more is one artboard is selected, in brackets or different color.

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18. Artboard-specific Layers

    When working with multiple artboards, it would be very helpful to have artboard-specific layers displayed on the Layers panel as opposed to one long blob of all layers from all artboards.

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19. Stop nag windows

    Provide the option to stop nag windows appearing - offering to take a tour of Illustrator, or to use the new tools instead of the old ones. I already use most of the new tools, but I would like to occasionally use some of the old ones without being reminded that other options exist. Especially after the 200th time...

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20. Right click lock unlock on layer will lock inverse and lock/unlock

    Sometimes I have 10-20 layers, half of which are unlocked. i then want to work on just one so i would lick to right click the lock symbol and it isolates that layer, locking all others

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    Need More Info  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    It woks in Ai already. You have to hold Opt/Alt and click the lock icon next to the layer’s name. First click will unlock any other layers first, but second will lock all other layers but the one clicked.

    Does it solve the problem?

    Same works with Toggle Visibility column.

    Photoshop does it a bit differently and skips the Show / Unlock All step.