Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Please add virtual sliders for Rotate values for Objects on Path
Great new tool, Objects on Path. Unfortunately, the UI for rotating the Objects is not very smooth. We can choose preset angles via a dropdown, or type numbers. Why not add virtual sliders, just like Photoshop? This is so much more intuitive in a design process.
3 votes -
Allow to color code attributes (fills, strokes, effects) in Appearance Panel
Sometimes we create very complex appearance stacks, and navigating the Appearance panel becomes rather hard (especially given the fact it tries to unfurl the items in it all the time — look at this bug report: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/49257335)
So with a lot of fills and strokes and effects given we would like to assign colors to the rows, the same way the Actions panel allows (for its button mode).
Another similar requests would be an ability to rename them (http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/34309852) and to make folders (http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/49257353)
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Make Pattern Options work when stroke is selected in tool panel
You can't open the pattern editor from swatches panel or from shortcut if stroke is selected in tools panel. I shot screen grab to demonstrate.
I can see why it might be desired behaviour, but you can still select patterns to fill a selection, while stroke is selected in tools panel. so it doesn't seem to make sense.
If fill is selected, you can enter the pattern editor for a selected swatch, from the swatches panel independent of pattern swatches in use or active in project. But if stroke is active/selected you can not.
Uploaded unlisted full res screen capture…
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Library Colour Palettes – Standardise Across InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
Standardise the following across applications and when adding to swatches:
- Retain 'Global'
- Retain colour name
- Retain grouping
- Retain order in group
- Retain group name
- Allow adding group
- As in InDesign, allow deleting swatch and replacing with another (i.e., delete RGB and replace with CMYK)
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Add an option to remember the choice in the warning about changing existing brush strokes
Changing brush size asks to apply changes to existing brush strokes. I would like this never pop up and always have 'Leave strokes'.
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There is no documentation for the vector effects in the Effect menu. Write some, please.
There's three major sections to the Effect menu: Illustrator Effects, Photoshop Effects, and Additional Effects.
Additional Effects is the domain of plug-in effects, and properly documenting these is of course in the hands of whoever wrote the plug-in.
Photoshop Effects is full of bitmap effects. There's a page in the docs that runs down the whole list and describes every one of them with a sentence or three. Great! https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/summary-effects.html
Illustrator Effects, though? Some of it's documented. There's a page about the Scribble effect, which is also for some reason about the Object Mosaic menu item. There's a page about…
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Effect dialogs need sliders
Illustrator's stylized filters need a more practical and dynamic UI.
Currently, stylized effects such as Drop Shadow, Feather, Inner and Outer Glow have an outdated UI and are not dynamic.
I remember that Gaussian Blur was not in the past either, but Gaussian Blur was updated years ago and these stylized filters were not.
I believe that these stylized filters deserve a more practical, faster and dynamic way of being adjusted, and I took the liberty of creating a UI suggestion inspired by the current Gaussian Blur UI.
What do you think, would it be possible?
18 votes -
イラストレーターを20年使い続けているが、めちゃくちゃ使いにくくなっていってる。
本当にAdobeは開発するやる気があるのか？Xdも使えてたのに使えなくなったし、どんどんお客を離れさせる原因ばかりを無理やり作っている。
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Is there a way to turn off the "Help Toolbar" (grey bar with "?") at the bottom of the screen?
Can this be a Preference to be turned off if not needed? It eats into valuable real estate at the bottom. I used to be able to view an 8.5 x 11 document @100% on my 27" iMac. Now I have to reduce it down to fit.
2 votesWe can hide it with Window > Help Bar command, the same way we choose the other panels to show or hide
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A feature to copy the element as any file format and be able to paste it on any other software we want.
A feature to copy the elements in Illustrator as format, like if I create an icon I should be able to copy the icon as "SVG" or any other file format and be able to paste in any tool that I suite me. That way I don't have to keep exporting my Icons every time I create one. Figma already have that option. This is valuable for me because I work on multiple tools like Figma and Illustrator and I like to design my own Icons and I don't like Figma for designing my Icons I prefer Illustrator and exporting…
1 voteAccording to the team, SVG copy/paste was disabled by default as many customers see performance issues on Windows 11 (due to clipboard recorder). It can get enabled back again in Preferences > Clipboard Handling > Include SVG Code.
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Oval Radial Repeat
It would be very useful to be able to adjust the radial repeat to an oval radial repeat. Just like how you can change a radial gradient from a circular shape to an oval shape. Opens for lots of more possibilities and will be a huge time saver. Doing this manually is hard.
11 votes -
When opening a file with missing links and fonts, add an option to the warning dialog to...
Place the image rather than trying to open it natively/embedded. In my screenshot here the idea is you could choose to Cancel, open a new document and Place in new document, as those are always my next steps when this issue arises.
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Add Units to Move Function
It would be great if when using the MOVE feature we could switch between UNIT types (Inches, Pixels, Points, etc...). For example, often we want the file in inches but to move in points.
2 votes -
Make it possible to edit user defined swatch libraries
For some reason, once a custom swatch library is defined, we can't edit it. An icon showing a pencil with a line through it indicates that. But why can't we make the swatch library editable (temporarily), e.,g. by alt-clicking the icon, or right mouse button it?
This is so rigid and inconvenient.
Also make it possible to save a swatch group as a new library, in stead of saving all in a newly created library. It's quite impossible to create a library from a subset of swatches currently.
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Make Acrobat FreeText Comments Appear in Illustrator PDF Files
When working with marked-up PDFs that contain FreeText annotations (comments), these are clearly visible in Acrobat Pro, but they completely disappear when opening the file in Adobe Illustrator.
Illustrator only reads the main page content, not annotations. Please consider adding a feature in Acrobat that converts FreeText comments into actual text objects within the PDF so they appear in Illustrator, can be outlined, and printed properly.
This would help designers and prepress professionals working on packaging, branding, and production workflows.
Thanks!2 votes -
Allow other units of measurement for “Tolerance” and “Snap to Point” settings (Selection & Anchor Display)
For the “Tolerance” and “Snap to Point” settings in “Illustrator > Settings… > Selection & Anchor Display… > Selection,” it would be very helpful if other units of measurement, with a specific request for millimeters (mm), could be specified. Currently, the only option is a integer “px” (pixel) value, which is not precise enough for some of the high-precision work that our teams perform.
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Make Snapshots for History panel
I'd like to be able to TAKE SNAPSHOT
Then a History panel would show each snapshot, rather than hundreds of moves and tweaks.
A undo/redo shortcut modifier to step back or forward through snapshots.
A trash can on the history panel to remove a snapshot.19 votes -
Project Turntable
Project Turntable - This option is not available even on the latest version of illlustrator 29.3.1 and the latest illustrator beta 29.4.73. How can this be activated in my account? This would really help fast track the projects I'm currently working on
5 votesThe development of this is in progress, the team is working on the feature. Stay tuned for more information.
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Add Resolution value into the Gaussian Blur effect dialog
I think it's a really bad UX having to deal with two different dialogs to add a simple blur, the ideal would be add the extra settings to the Gaussian Blur dialog, so you can adjust everything on the fly, both the Radius and Resolution.
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Dedicated Persian Language Engine for Illustrator
Persian-speaking users form a large and growing part of Illustrator’s user base. However, Persian text support still relies on the Arabic engine, which leads to issues in text rendering, alignment, and typography.
Persian has unique typographic rules that differ from Arabic, and a dedicated engine is essential for proper layout and display.
We request the development of a Persian-specific text engine to improve support and usability for millions of Persian-language users. I’m happy to provide examples if needed.
Thank you!3 votes
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