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1. Bring Back Align To as a USER CHOICE !!

   No ONE solution fits for ALIGN TO function. How about going back to when USERS HAD CHOICES. The fancy dynamic feature sucks. I want control BACK to what is being align. I don't want that. tool to change how it works. Bring Back Align To as a USER CHOICE !!

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2. Click and hold an align-button to activate "Align tool"

   What about an "Align tool", click and hold an align-button to lock it in. Then click an object to select i. The object will align to the next object you click, and both object align to the next object you click, and so on...

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3. Align to Key Object using Direct Select

   Double clicking on an object while having direct selection active does not cause the object to become key object. This is possible only when selection tool is active

   Recommendation: allow double clicking to select key object while under direct selection tool

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4. Align to object on ANOTHER artboard! yeah yeah!

   Aligning to an object on another arboard would be really great + needed, for AI users.

   In addition to functions like, align to key object and select/edit similar shapes,
   It would be so so great to be abled to align an object, to another object, on another artboard!

   In short:
   Aligning objects to the position of other objects on other artboards.
   Without having to move objects to the same artboard 1st, or copy their x/y values, just for alignment.

   Some thoughts/notes:

   Implementation,
   With artboard rules activated, of course. This seems to be a similar function to the ones that exist: Like the align to key object option and the align to artboard option. I can Imagine it would take relatively little coding to implement this. Though, what to gain from this feature would be very much worth it.

   Scenario, where this is needed,
   When working with multiple artboards, often I need to cut and past objects to align them to another artboard, and back. Just to align them to of an object over there. Many ways to rome of course. But all vary from being time consuming task that need to be repeated to often, to actually causing faults in documents.
   Other ways, for example:
   Cutting and pasting the object that needs to be aligned, to the artboard containing the object that needs alignment / vice versa.
   Cutting and pasting X and Y values.
   Using the select/edit similar object (if similar).

   In the end, all available options are time consuming actions that can even cause faults.
   Examples of faults: values ending up within positions in the artwork, that might be missed and actually end up in your client corrections feedback. Even if you are super precise, within large documents, a more reliable option would be welcome for this task. Other examples, cutting and pasting, taking extra actions/time to lock and unlock other layers, or having object ending up in the wrong layers, causing ..more actions.

   Efficiency, user experience, workflow/time,
   All of the mentioned examples of faults that can happen, can off course (if you know your basics well) be prevented. But I think anybody who does work wit AI often, would agree this task could work much more intuitive. There are so many details to it, that make this simple task, you execute so often, very unpractical, and to comprehensive.

   Select/edit similar shapes, is often not the option that works out:
   - What if (this is many times), the object needing to be aligned is not similar and/or not on the same artboard.
   - Or even when similar: often the key object that is positioned right, was moved already (the creation process is not entirely planned ahead). In that case new problems arise, that could all be resolved simply. A great solution would be to to select one of those, align it to an object on another artboard.
   Examples:
   Other objects on other artboards, that are similar, still need to be aligned to that one.
   - Select/edit similar objects does not work in combination with selecting an object that you want to align them to.
   - If they are all in scattered positions, editing the position of these similar objects by moving a key object, moves them all accordingly, but keeps them scattered, instead of aligned.
   - So.. they will ALL need to be either replaced, or.. aligned ONE BY ONE..

   I could go on.
   I am a bad writer and not a native English speaker,
   However, I hope this is a convincing case for both users and developers, that will be implemented.

   :) Thanks for reading and kind regards!

   Aligning to an object on another arboard would be really great + needed, for AI users.

   In addition to functions like, align to key object and select/edit similar shapes,
   It would be so so great to be abled to align an object, to another object, on another artboard!

   In short:
   Aligning objects to the position of other objects on other artboards.
   Without having to move objects to the same artboard 1st, or copy their x/y values, just for alignment.

   Some thoughts/notes:

   Implementation,
   With artboard rules activated, of course. This seems to be a similar function to the ones that exist:… more

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5. Alignment of elements

   Hi, I have an idea regarding accurate alignment of elements. If I post my idea on here, does that mean you can use my idea without me getting paid for it?

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6. Add an option to make the bottommost object a Key Object

   Please add an option to the Align Panel to allow the user to change the default behaviour of "Align to Key Object".

   Currently, the default Key Object is the topmost object. However, it's very rare that I don't want the complete opposite – ie. to align an object to its underlying container. If users were able to "Align to Key Object (Bottommost)", it would save an enormous amount of time and effort.

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7. Align to Artboard is set as default

   Align to Artboard is automatically set to default, even after changing the toggle to Align to Selection.

   It used to work that whichever you selected, that selection would remain. But now, it always switches back to Align to Artboard. Very frustrating.

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8. distribute / align on edges of an artboard or a shape

   A request to add two buttons to the "Align" options :
   distributing shapes on an artboard in order to have equal spaces between those two shapes AND the edges of the artboard.
   This could work with more than two shapes, and artboard could also be replaced by another shape (like a background color...).

   This should be clearer with a picture...

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9. Align/distribute to angle

   It would be so cool if you could align/distribute objects on an angle. Say for example I want to align objects to a 45 degree angle, instead of aligning to the highest/lowest point, or to the left or right.

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10. Align two points

    The "Align" tool works on lines with 3 or more points. Sometimes, when working with two-point line segments, the end-points get vertically or horizontally out of line. Can you make the "Align" tool work on two-point lines, as well?

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11. Please make my «Align To:» choice recordable in actions. («Align to:» in the Align palette)

    I would like to be able to record my align to-choice in actions.
    Action 1: Align to center (Artboard)
    Action 2: Align to center (Key Object)

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12. Full Alignment Center Option

    Instead of having two tools (Horizontal and Vertical Align Center), can we get a tool that does both in one called something like Fully Align Center. I've included an image of what the tool might look like.

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13. Align to artboard when only when item/group of items is selected.

    Have aligning be dynamic depending on what is selected. If one item or group of items is selected auto select align to artboard rather than the last selected option.

    If multiple items are selected but not group it would auto select align to selection.

    This would reduce time having to check what you are aligning to since 99% of the time when you are trying to align a group it is to the artboard and the same with selecting multiple objects. It is a hassle having to constantly be checking and changing my align options.

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    Completed (Comments Open)  ·  AdminVarun Sharma (Sr Product Manager, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    Hi Everyone,

    Thanks for this feedback. This has been avialble since June 2020 release (version 24.2). Now, when you’ll select a single object/group, Align To setting will default to Align To Artboard.

    Please update to the latest release using Creative Cloud desktop App: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html

    Thank you for all the feedback.

    Thanks,

    Varun

14. Align between guides option

    The option to align between the two closest guides would help greatly when working on a multi-column document. Currently the only way to align to a single section of an artboard is to draw a box and align to that. Aligning to guides would streamline that quite a bit

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15. Align to x-height / Cap height, align to effects' bounds

    Hey! Illustrator rocks!! I am a professionnal user and I have to tell you that the software is really awesome!!!
    As a graphic designer (specialized in UI) I have to align stuff all the time:
    1- I would like to to be able to align the text to x-height inside a box rapidly. ( for instance the words inside a button )
    2-It would be nice to be able to align the stuff that has been duplicated with the Transformation... tool
    For now in both case I would have to decompose a duplicate of the transformed shape and manage to make it the same size of the box...it is doable but it is a bit of a pain!
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    Hey! Illustrator rocks!! I am a professionnal user and I have to tell you that the software is really awesome!!!
    As a graphic designer (specialized in UI) I have to align stuff all the time:
    1- I would like to to be able to align the text to x-height inside a box rapidly. ( for instance the words inside a button )
    2-It would be nice to be able to align the stuff that has been duplicated with the Transformation... tool
    For now in both case I would have to decompose a duplicate of the transformed shape and manage to… more

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16. Allow to align pins in the puppet warp tool with each other

    In the process of creating brushes from existing artwork, the puppet warp tool is very helpful. But currently, I have to manually align the "spine" of an object and make use of the ruler. See attached.

    Unless of course, I am missing a step? I tried the align tool and it doesn't work for the pins for me. Would love if it did.

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17. Align to or by text baselines

    1. Align baselines from 2 different size texts in different boxes.
    2. Align something to a baseline of a text
    3. Align a text to something by its baseline

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18. (Also for Indesign). Alignment groups

    Please add feature to add an item to a group, but not have it factor into movement when Aligning.
    Ie I have an item/group of items, and a Trademark symbol. Suggested new feature would Add the Trademark symbol to the group, but when aligning this new group the Trademark feature is not factored into positioning.

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19. Align panel: Objects touch edges

    I draw as well as design web layouts in Ai, and I spend a lot of time sliding objects around on a pasteboard and using Smart Guides to snap them next to each other so they're touching. I'd like to add a set of features to the align panel that allow you to select two objets, define the target object with a second click, and then define which edge of the objects you want them to touch on: top, bottom, left, right.

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20. Alignment Hierarchy and Auto Align to Artboard

    Alignment should work (Like most other design software) where there is a Parent/Child hierarchical relationship. Currently only "Align to left, and top" behave this way. Align to Center causes the two objects to meet halfway between their artboard positions. This is has been a major issue for years.

    1. Touch Parent object (anchored in artboard position)
    2. Holding Shift, Touch Child object
    3. Selection alignment task
    4. Child moves to parent

    In addition, the selection of "Align to Artboard" should be an automatic default state for single or grouped objects. There is no need to have a selection for "Align to Artboard".

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

    As per the comment, this can be done by clicking one of the selected objects to define it a key, to make all other object in the selection to align to this key.

    Other apps rely on order of selection, and this is something users request to able to toggle here: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/39711583

    As for the Align to Artboard switch — it is useful when you have a selection of objects and want to align all of them to an artboard. In these cases the default mode Illustrator enables is Align to Selection, and you have to toggle it manually.