This functionality wouldn't change the swatches palette it, but would allow users to drag a swatch to the artboard and drop it. You could tile several to create a tonal family or brand color set.

Being able to scale them larger, arrange them, reformat the grid, turn the white gap off in between colors would improve color adjustment and comparing hues side by side. They'd function like the existing swatches panel in that you could have a shape or stroke selected and apply the color by clicking the swatch on the artboard.

This would help in color exploration and creating effective color themes. Save common color usage in your workspace set up, export out as a group, share via Libraries, copy and paste artboard swatches to another file etc.

現在、IllustratorではXMPメタデータ上のHistoryの記述が最大で２個となっていて、初回保存時に１つ目、別名で保存時に２つ目が記述され、以降、別名で保存によるファイル派生が生じた時に２つ目のHistoryが更新される仕様になっています。
Photoshopでは、このHistoryの項目に保存履歴だけではなくconvertやderived等の主要な編集イベントの情報も記述されます。InDesignにおいても保存イベントは詳細に記述され履歴の確認が可能になっています。
Illustratorにおいても、もう少し細かく履歴情報の記述を行っていただきたい。

以下に各サンプルを挙げておきます。
※Photoshop
＜xmpMM:History＞

        ＜rdf:Seq＞

           ＜rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"＞

              ＜stEvt:action＞saved＜/stEvt:action＞

              ＜stEvt:instanceID＞xmp.iid:fa197c48-1372-49d9-8ae1-f5cc273d4aae＜/stEvt:instanceID＞

              ＜stEvt:when＞2019-01-25T20:48:06+09:00＜/stEvt:when＞

              ＜stEvt:softwareAgent＞Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 (Macintosh)＜/stEvt:softwareAgent＞

              ＜stEvt:changed＞/＜/stEvt:changed＞

           ＜/rdf:li＞

           ＜rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"＞

              ＜stEvt:action＞converted＜/stEvt:action＞

              ＜stEvt:parameters＞from image/jpeg to application/vnd.adobe.photoshop＜/stEvt:parameters＞

           ＜/rdf:li＞

           ＜rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"＞

              ＜stEvt:action＞derived＜/stEvt:action＞

              ＜stEvt:parameters＞converted from image/jpeg to application/vnd.adobe.photoshop＜/stEvt:parameters＞

           ＜/rdf:li＞

           ＜rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"＞

              ＜stEvt:action＞saved＜/stEvt:action＞

              ＜stEvt:instanceID＞xmp.iid:779a3d47-4ae6-4b0e-be0b-b1a7f2ee5007＜/stEvt:instanceID＞

              ＜stEvt:when＞2019-01-25T20:48:06+09:00＜/stEvt:when＞

              ＜stEvt:softwareAgent＞Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 (Macintosh)＜/stEvt:softwareAgent＞

              ＜stEvt:changed＞/＜/stEvt:changed＞

           ＜/rdf:li＞

           ＜rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"＞

              ＜stEvt:action＞saved＜/stEvt:action＞

              ＜stEvt:instanceID＞xmp.iid:f343692b-df77-40bb-8ee4-6fefc6341435＜/stEvt:instanceID＞

              ＜stEvt:when＞2019-06-05T21:28:08+09:00＜/stEvt:when＞

              ＜stEvt:softwareAgent＞Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 (Macintosh)＜/stEvt:softwareAgent＞

              ＜stEvt:changed＞/＜/stEvt:changed＞

           ＜/rdf:li＞

        ＜/rdf:Seq＞

＜/xmpMM:History＞

保存以外の様々なイベントが記述され確認が可能です。

※InDesign
＜xmpMM:History＞

        ＜rdf:Seq＞

           ＜rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"＞

              ＜stEvt:action＞created＜/stEvt:action＞

              ＜stEvt:instanceID＞xmp.iid:FC7BA4FD42206811822A93784E262F37＜/stEvt:instanceID＞

              ＜stEvt:when＞2012-05-11T15:56:45+09:00＜/stEvt:when＞

              ＜stEvt:softwareAgent＞Adobe InDesign 7.0＜/stEvt:softwareAgent＞

           ＜/rdf:li＞

           ＜rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"＞

              ＜stEvt:action＞saved＜/stEvt:action＞

              ＜stEvt:instanceID＞xmp.iid:CEC84C1347206811822A93784E262F37＜/stEvt:instanceID＞

              ＜stEvt:when＞2012-05-11T16:26+09:00＜/stEvt:when＞

              ＜stEvt:softwareAgent＞Adobe InDesign 7.0＜/stEvt:softwareAgent＞

              ＜stEvt:changed＞/;/metadata＜/stEvt:changed＞

           ＜/rdf:li＞

・
・
・

           ＜rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"＞

              ＜stEvt:action＞saved＜/stEvt:action＞

              ＜stEvt:instanceID＞xmp.iid:3aa516e9-6e10-4d30-8213-1d01b5e0c6e8＜/stEvt:instanceID＞

              ＜stEvt:when＞2021-05-18T19:03:52+09:00＜/stEvt:when＞

              ＜stEvt:softwareAgent＞Adobe InDesign 16.1 (Macintosh)＜/stEvt:softwareAgent＞

              ＜stEvt:changed＞/metadata＜/stEvt:changed＞

           ＜/rdf:li＞

           ＜rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"＞

              ＜stEvt:action＞saved＜/stEvt:action＞

              ＜stEvt:instanceID＞xmp.iid:8dc6f9ce-5068-4b44-8ca1-832341fcf4f1＜/stEvt:instanceID＞

              ＜stEvt:when＞2021-05-19T09:16:49+09:00＜/stEvt:when＞

              ＜stEvt:softwareAgent＞Adobe InDesign 16.1 (Macintosh)＜/stEvt:softwareAgent＞

              ＜stEvt:changed＞/＜/stEvt:changed＞

           ＜/rdf:li＞

           ＜rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"＞

              ＜stEvt:action＞saved＜/stEvt:action＞

              ＜stEvt:instanceID＞xmp.iid:fee74c32-8ae2-46e4-9ef9-fc8a432d7f5a＜/stEvt:instanceID＞

              ＜stEvt:when＞2021-05-24T17:08:14+09:00＜/stEvt:when＞

              ＜stEvt:softwareAgent＞Adobe InDesign 16.1 (Macintosh)＜/stEvt:softwareAgent＞

              ＜stEvt:changed＞/＜/stEvt:changed＞

           ＜/rdf:li＞

        ＜/rdf:Seq＞

     ＜/xmpMM:History＞

createdイベント以降詳細に保存履歴が記述されます。

この例のように全ての保存を記述する必要性は低いと思いますが最低限、別名で保存や複製を保存時には新たな履歴を追記するようにしていただきたいと考えます。

これにより、ファイルの履歴が明確になりデータ管理の一助となります。

As you know, Illustrator keeps exported images in the File > Open Recent Files list.
So if I export 20 TIFs from a single document — they will all will be listed there.

This is dumb, and there are multiple requests to stop this:
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests?query=recent%20files

There are also requests to be able to clear that list (guess why there is a need for this).

But we should also be able to remove positions from the list one by one.
Use cases:
1. I renamed a file and now I can’t open it via this menu
2. I moved the file and now I can’t open it via this menu
3. I have files with long names that Ai truncates and I know I will need only the third, for example, and want to delete others so they do not eat up space and confuse me in the future

Let say you have multiple groups existing of line segments and filled objects (lines and circles for example). If I want to change the color of the lines and objects of a group, by clicking on a group, that is not possible. Or all line segments get a fill too or all the objects get a line too.

To fix this, I have to go inside the group, select all the objects, change the fill and then select all the line segments and change the line color.

A button to change the color of all line segments and the color of all object fills of a group (in one color) at once, that would be awesome.

For everybody out there maintaining icon libraries for example, this would be a massive time saving feature.

If this feature is already there please let me know!

Tabulations should be embedded in the tex box and appear only when you press on the box and disappears when you click somewhere else. By default, it should also resize and follow the tex box on screen at all time without requiring you to click on the magnet to put it back where it belong.

Also, the text options of Illustrator are lacking some very useful options that only exist in InDesign. I understand that Indesign is THE BIG SOFTWARE FOR TEXT, but honestly for smaller text oriented documents, I often use Illustrator because it's faster to operate. So, some features exclusive to InDesign should be ported to Illustrator like the possibility to create quick bullet points and to change the space between the border of the box and the text. Good job though for recently adding vertical alignement 😉 .

Hi everyone,

I posted this as a question in the Illustrator forum (here's the original thread https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/set-shapes-as-child-and-parent-objects-for-dynamic-box-designs/m-p/11688904?page=1#M256580) and was suggested to submit this as a feature request here.

I design boxes in Illustrator for precise cutting in my Silhouette machine. The main problem I encounter with is when I make a box which its shapes are all perfectly aligned, but I then find that I need to tweak its interior size. When I'm doing so I have to re-align all the different pieces of the box shapes such as the spines, wings, etc, since there's no option to tie a shape to another shape as parent and child behavior which exists in 3d design programs.

As a workaround I'm currently making groups of the shapes I want to be keep intact, and after tweaking the interior shape size I then re-align these groups to the edges of the interior they were previously aligned to.

To describe it better I made 3 screenshots:

• The first is the original design of the box.


• The second is what happens when I resize the interior size of the front of the box, which makes it to overlap its child shapes.


• The third is what I'm after - when resizing a parent shape I want all child shapes to move in distance along with it, without changing their sizes. As for the child shapes that become shorter and need to be resizes to fit to the parent's new size, that is done manually. Keep in mind that a child shape is also a parent shape of another child shape as seen in the screenshots. So if a child shape is resized then its own child shapes should also move in distance along with it.

The arrows in the screenshots comes to describe what is a child object and what is a parent object. The base of each arrow is a child object and where it ends is its parent object.

Having an option to make child and parent behavior would make things much easier when tweaking a design. Or, having a built-in engine to make box designs that has more features specifically for box design would be even better. That engine could automatically adjust the child shapes height/width where a parent shape size is changed. Or even a material thickness preset that calculates the extra size of material needed in mm/cm for the bending of each flap of the box, which is added between the shapes automatically like a "safe zone".

There are external solution plugins for Illustrator like Esko, but I'd really like if Illustrator would have a built-in feature for box designs without paying for additional plugins. I'm still using my CS6 version since its a permanent license which I prefer better over subscription plans, and I am quite aware that if my feature is picked up for development then it would be implemented in the CC version and not CS6. Yet if that feature will be made then I'll re-consider the CC plans.

Thanks!