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  1. 24 votes

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  2. Add an ON/OFF toggle button in the Artboards panel to enable/disable “Paste on Selected Artboards”

    Since Illustrator 29.6, Paste in Front / Paste in Back / Paste in Place now pastes to all currently selected artboards. While this is a useful feature, it introduces a hidden prerequisite — the artboard selection state — that causes unexpected behavior in everyday workflows.

    Problems

    1. When zoomed in, other artboards move off-screen, making their selection state visually undetectable. The only way to check which artboards are selected is to open the Artboards panel — an extra step that interrupts the workflow every time before pasting.
    2. If multiple artboards are unintentionally left selected (e.g., after using the Artboard tool), paste…
    26 votes

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  3. Global on/off feature switches

    I'm a design professional and I've been using Photoshop and Illustrator for decades.

    I have no use for AI features. I do not want them. I do not need them.
    I never need to "Share for Review" or "Edit in Firefly Boards."
    I have no desire to see / manage notifications.

    I can add/remove tools from the tool panel. I can customize all the things that appear in the control bar. But I cannot hide / remove features like share, notifications, and generative AI.

    My pencil tool has a blue "notification" dot on it, which I cannot get rid of.

    3 votes

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  4. Allow to disable Rich Tool Tips right from the rich tool tips

    'How to hide these popups for tools?' is one of the most common questions I see here and there (the most popular being 'how to show the resizing frame back?').
    The answer is 'disable Show Rich Tool Tips in Preferences > General', but it requires knowledge, and Ai never directs new users there.

    What if we could just CLOSE one or all hints right there, in a hint itself?

    17 votes

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  5. Don't put Turntable button into the Transform panel

    The Turntable button should not be in the Transform panel at all. You might as well put the 3D Revolve option and other transformation effects in there.

    3 votes

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  6. 2 votes

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  7. Allow for "New from Template" to remember the last folder used

    New from Template directs us to a dedicated folder that is buried deep inside of Ai’s bowels. It probably is handy for Ai to check it, but it’s now comfortable for us to access it to store the files within. Plus, different projects can have different templates, stored in their relative folders, and an option to make the last folder sticky can be helpful.

    Original request by Junior Rocha

    3 votes

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  8. Please add an option for the Recolor panel / dialog to remember the chosen settings

    Proposed by Daté Tetegan

    It would also be useful to maintain all the Recolor Artwork panel’s active preferences when it is closed.
    For example, when you choose to load a colour palette to limit colour changes to the colours in that palette, if you close the panel and then reopen it, the preference is lost, and you have to reselect the palette every time.
    This is a waste of time that is frustrating and reduces productivity. I have noticed that all the panel’s options are not preserved when the panel is closed.
    This recolor artwork panel is a great powerful…

    5 votes

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  9. Smartly bring relevant panels up from under other ones based on context

    AI's interface can clutter easily, resulting in panels hiding under other panels. In some cases this can be solved by some intelligent context sensitivity. E.g: when Type is selected, please bring the Character palette to front; when a Path is selected, bring Stroke forward. For Tools, something alike can happen: a context sensitive section in the Tool palette, presenting all relevant tools.

    2 votes

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  10. Relative math operations with defined and mixed values in input fields

    When you have several objects with different parameters in your selection, Illustrator would show nothing in the input field controlling this parameter.
    For example, if you have two paths selected, one having 1 pt stroke weight, and another with 4 pt — Ai would show nothing in Weight in Stroke panel, meaning it’s a 'mixed value'.

    What if we could focus this field, type '+5' in it, and get 1+5=6 for one path and 4+5=9 for the other?

    Why not making it work for similar value as well? Instead of putting the cursor after the, say '2.25 pt' and type…

    19 votes

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  11. Dual units of measurement on Transform panel

    I need to be able to see two units of measurement in the Transform / Properties panel. I work with documents in centimeters and inches. I also need to be able to enable or disable dual measurements from the hamburger menu.

    2 votes

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  12. Remove the window below the artboards that reads "Select an artboard with graphics and try Generative Expand to extend the artboard"

    With whatever update came out, there is now a message that reads "Select an artboard with graphics and try Generative Expand to extend the artboard" on the artboards panel. This limits how many artboards you can see, and I am a person who has files with 40+. I tried using the feature to see if it would get rid of the message, but it still sits there. Please make this message removeable so I can get back to a quicker workflow and see all my artboards without having to scroll precisely. Thank you!

    24 votes

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  13. White Canvas with Artboard Tool

    The Canvas is turning white every time I use the Artboard tool. Please remove this feature and leave the original Canvas colour. I use the Artboard tool very often, and the Canvas is turning white every time, making my screen flash from grey to white. This is bad for the eyes.

    2 votes

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  14. Alternate colors to improve row legibility

    When Panels contain lists, it would greatly improve accessibility and legibility to alternate the hues of the entire rows.

    In the mockups attached, it is much easier to follow each line and click the corresponding circle for each layer than if the rows were all the same color.

    2 votes

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  15. An ability to enlarge panels on mouse hover to have larger controls (dynamic and local UI scaling)

    Using a 4k screen I find the palette to be small, and I struggle seeing them detailed especially when it comes to gradients.
    It would be handy to have a feature to enlarge the palette when the mouse hovers on it. Potentially deciding on to which palette activate this. Like for me I'd like to activate it only on the gradient, swatches and colors palette. Maybe a temporary shortcut to press while hovering onto the palette. Thanks.

    Also having a better color picker on the color palette would be nice.

    Thanks.

    2 votes

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  16. Provide angle / rotation in Info panel, for text and other parametric objects

    For Parametric objects, like text objects, Ai knows the rotation, if applied. Please give the user that information in the Info panel, when a rotated parametric object is selected.

    2 votes

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  17. Bigger text input files for generative prompts

    Two lines are way too less in many cases. Make it scalable. Preferably automatic ;-)

    3 votes

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  18. Add Search in Preferences

    Incorporate a Search function to provide the user the ability to quickly locate a specific preference (refer to Apple's System Preferences Search capability.)

    Please also make Preferences user-friendly — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/42476344

    17 votes

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  19. I hate how this entire software is organized

    This software is beyond confusing and incredibly user UNfriendly, im sure its not hard to add a ******** "Crop" feature

    1 vote

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  20. Add “Select Objects by Path Only” to the right-click menu

    Add “Select Objects by Path Only” to the right-click menu. Quick and easy switching

    3 votes

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