Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Estimate file size before PNG and other formats export
I would love to save an estimate of file size before exporting PNGs, that way I could adjust the resolution to suit my needs. I would be really useful for exporting files for web for example.
3 votes -
Add an artboard size prefix in Export for Screens dialog
It would be useful to add the option to also export the size of the artboard
6 votes -
Guys, why don't you have a "Behance Project" on the New document screen? This should help a lot.
Guys, why don't you have a "Behance Project" on the New document screen? This should help a lot.
2 votes -
Advanced Image Trace Results for Cartoon/Comic Book Outline
Hello, I'd like to see enhancements done to the Image Trace feature. I am a cartoonist and draw comics. Whenever I scan my drawings in I see that the digital copies show the outlines rather jagged. I began looking for a way to have the outline show smooth. That's when I found out about Image Trace in Illustrator.
Now the Image Trace feature does smooth out the lines, however, it will merge the lines in a way I'd rather not have. I've tried many different options and have not landed on the exact look I want, unless I first do…
2 votes -
Add an option to distort objects to conform the path in Objects on Path
Having an envelope distort option on Objects on Path would be nice too.
4 votes -
Make Free Transform scale corners, strokes, and effects by default, like it used to
In the past, 99% of the time I used Free Transform was to resize objects without making them look different. I realize that it also has perspective+distort options, but I only use those occasionally, and I very frequently switched between the Selection tool and Free Transform depending on how I wanted to resize an object. Now every time I want to do that, instead of simply hitting the V and E shortcuts, I need to go to the Transform panel and check/uncheck 2 boxes. This is a huge pain and I don't understand why it was changed. What is even…
2 votes -
Add a way to set a custom resolution for Raster Effects when creating a document
Why can’t I set 'other' value for resolution while creating a new document using classic UI, but can do later using the dedicated dialog? Not fair (plus Ai doesn’t know about PPCM and fractional values)
Another related request:
Fractional resolution value in Document Raster Effects Settings
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/456546615 votes -
円グラフ作成でサイズが指定した値と異なる
１．Windows11Pro
２．グラフツールを使って円グラフを作成
３．指定サイズの円グラフ
４．50㎜の円グラフが43.287㎜になる3 votes -
Rotate bounding box only
It’s similar to a request to do it on iPad I made: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/931888/suggestions/46244521
Ditto.
Ai should give us a mode to freely rotate the bounding box the way we need, to zero or any angle.
There should be a way to quickly align it to a chosen straight segment or even a point.Affinity Designer has a feature that can be used for this purpose, Select > Cycle / Set Selection Box — even though it doesn’t exactly does the same thing.
There are also two plugin methods to achieve this in Ai today:
1. ToolShed plugin by Graffix: https://rj-graffix.com/product/toolshed/…5 votes -
Create new document using current document settings
I would like to be able to create a new document using the current settings in an open document; artboard measurements, bleed, color swatches, etc.
For example, when I am creating logos I often iterate on multiple artboards until the client is happy with the final output. I would like to then create a new document so that I can copy/paste the final, approved, logo into a new doc so that I have a clean file I can share or link in InDesign documents.
This could work as either an option in the new document window, or right clicking an…
3 votes -
Allow to covert a global / spot swatch into a normal / process color when user tries to edit the HEX value in Color panel
As mentioned by oldsystem here — https://www.reddit.com/r/AdobeIllustrator/comments/1pj3jae/my_4month_list_of_illustrator_2025_issues_state/ — Illustrator doesn’t allow to change a global/spot color in the Color panel by editing a HEX value. We just can’t type there.
However, if we open a Color Picker instead, it’s not a problem — we can enter a new hex value and get the color converted into a normal/process color, with no warning or shy message even about the conversion happened.
Please make these consistent. Allow editing the HEX value and show a shy message, similar to one we see when we convert live rectangles into just paths by moving an…
3 votes -
【要望】文字組み更新機能が本当にいらない&邪魔です。
せめて無効に出来るとか設定追加してほしいです。
他デザイナーから受け取った最終データを書き出した際にハングル文字が混じった状態になっていました。
ウィンドウも毎回邪魔ですし余計な機能です。
せっかくレイアウトに合わせて文字組みした状態なのに勝手に変換されて崩れるのも困りますし、バグも多いし全然嬉しいと思った場面がないです。何か新しい取り組みの一環なのか知りませんが
このような機能を追加するなら有効/無効が選択できる状態で実装してください。
文字組みは自分でやります。4 votes -
'Click to copy value' button in Color doesn’t indicate the value gets copied clearly
I don’t like how the 'Click to copy value' button in Color panel is designed — when it gets pressed, it selects the value and that’s it. It makes us think we NEED to copy it, and the button just selects... other editors in similar or related conditions show a shy message or change the icon for the button, indicating the copying happened.
1 vote -
Objects on Path needs a way to control spacing / gaps precisely, with a value
At the moment we can’t control spacing (gaps) between objects on path ion the new Objects on Path type of object (what a beautiful sentence).
We can only eyeball it with a slider, which is incrementing by points (despite me having set millimeters as my ruler units).
There is no field I can type something like 0.125 mm, or at least a modifier key (like Cmd/Ctrl) to make the slider go slower ×10 (or any other value I choose somewhere in Preferences or at least in Adobe Prefs file, buried in Ai’s folders).
Perhaps yo should also allow us to…
35 votes -
Move artboards with the Selection Tool the same as Photoshop
In Photoshop, artboards can be moved simply by selecting the artboard name above the artboard. The same functionality would be useful in Illustrator, instead of having to select the Artboard Tool.
3 votes -
Display color values for named swatches when hovering
Illustrator automatically names swatches by their color values and displays these names when we hover over swatches in panels.
But if we rename a swatch, Illustrator displays just the name, but not the color formula.
InDesign does the opposite — always shows the color values when we hover, but not the name.I’d like to see both. Yes, I know that for the automatically named swatches it’d mean both the name made of values will be displayed along with the actual values... but you can solve it with the InDesign’s 'Name with Color Value' option for swatches.
19 votes -
registerKeyEventsInterest fundamentally broken in modern Illustrator (silent failure)
I am reporting a critical issue with the registerKeyEventsInterest API. In modern versions of Illustrator, this function is completely broken for global keystroke interception. Worse, it fails silently with no errors or feedback in the CEF console.
According to the CEP documentation, we should be able to pass a JSON string to this API to catch key events and stop the host app from swallowing them. But right now, calling csInterface.registerKeyEventsInterest() with a standard JSON payload does absolutely nothing.
If you set up a basic CEP panel, include CSInterface.js, and try to register interest in a global keystroke, the code…
1 vote -
Allow to make folders in Appearance Panel
Appearance are the most powerful feature of Illustrator, but the learning curve is difficult and for Advanced User it's difficult to manage and remember what are doing what in a Complex Appearance (cf. Screenshot where I had to use Colors to identify properties…)
Please allow to have folders in the panel (like in Ps: "Pass Trough" blend mode, knockout, vector mask based on "Convert to shape" with 9 points proxy…)
It will be more easier to understand Complex Appearance samples and for Advanced users, it will be way more efficient.
Another related request:
Allow to rename attributes (fills, strokes, effects)…30 votes -
A way to measure the area used by the bounding box, not only shapes within
I noticed that there is a Measure by Area tool, but it measures the print area. We would like the area it forms that considers the selection rectangle.
1 vote -
Update / Preview Grid on canvas when the grid and Constrain Angle values change in Preferences, before hitting OK
I use grids all the time and I have to change the grid settings to fit my tasks regularly.
When I do this, the rendered grid updates only when I hit OK, and it makes choosing the step less convenient — if I’m not happy with the resulting grid cell size, I’d have to open Prefs one more, navigate to the section, try again.
Same goes with Constrain Angle — changing it won’t make the grid rotate until OK is hit.
Sure, it’d need a Preview option, to fit the way it works in other dialogs, enabled by default.2 votes
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