Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Make Pathfinder work with groups properly
Allow for the Pathfinder to operate on groups of objects as if the group were one object. Possibly its own pathfinder function.
If I am working with a group it is understood that I want to work with those items as one object. However, when using the pathfinder to minus front, and the object below is part of a group it just deletes the entire group along with the portion of the top object that I wanted to get rid of. When would that be useful? This will also be posted as a bug, because that is how I view…
53 votes -
Make the Touch Type Tool work both sides
OK, I'm having this "workflow" issue with the Touch Type Tool.
I like to be able to move 1 character at a time, rotate, move, scale.
But I'm a bit annoyed because SOMETIMES, I'd love it to NOT change the text after. So I usually have to reverse-compensate by making negative kerning on the next character.
See the image attached :
1. I justified my type between the 2 green margins.
-> Nice.
2. I change the H character (scale/rotation)
-> Getting out of the green margin.
3. I change the character after (negative kerning)
-> Back into nice green…7 votes -
Make Custom Views usable.
Make it possible to "overwrite" an existing Custom View instead of having to delete it to update a View with the same name.
Make it possible to rename more then one view at a time in the "Edit Views" dialog. Right multiple views can be deleted but only one view can be renamed because renaming only takes effect when "OK" button is pushed.
5 votes -
Add menu highlighting the same as the new InDesign feature
I find the new menu highlight option very useful in InDesign. It would be helpful in all Adobe products.
Please add menu highlighting the same as the new InDesign feature.
In the attached I have highlighted PDF and Print Presets.
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For complex artboard setups: Artboard groups, folders, labels, hide/show toggles and other enhancements to the Artboards window
Currently the Artboards window lists all artboards in a single numbered list. The only customization available for the list is the ability to renumber the artboards. A helpful enhancement to consider: Add the ability to organize artboards list into nested groups and folders. For more complex situations, features like color coding with custom labels, and tags and filters could be helpful. To help de-clutter complex overlapping artboards, it would be helpful to be able to toggle the view on and off for artboards similar to how layers can be shown or hidden.
51 votes -
Stop installing foreign fonts I don't need
The font list is getting longer and longer, so it seems. Now we have (rather gimmicky if you ask me) Variable fonts.
I just want to get work done. I live in the Netherlands and I speak Dutch and English.
I don't speak Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew or Thai so I don't need to have these fonts available. These fonts just clutter my already long font list and make browsing and finding the font I actually need more difficult.
Solution: check the system in what language it is in and only install fonts which the user can actually use. Offer whatever…
13 votes -
Where is the Inner Shadow effect?
Photoshop has it, InDesign has it, even Sketch has it. It's such a fundamental feature. Of course we can use some techniques to simulate the effect, but why Illustrator lacks the most basic function?
71 votes -
Multi-page PDF import — need an option to distribute artboards
Here is the comparison of Importing 300 pages pdf vs creating same 300 pages via new document dialogue. Are we still in the same product?
Expected: distributing the artboards evenly or even giving options to distribute artboards during PDF import.
Observed: facepalm
13 votes -
Inverse Point Selection
Please add Select > Inverse for nodes (points) on the path. E.g. in isolation mode. This sometimes speeds up the time.
5 votes -
Ctrl+Scroll to zoom instead of Alt+scroll in Windows
Can you please add an option or something to change the zoom shortcut from ALT+Scroll to CTRL+Scroll?
Because in Windows the ALT button activates the app menu which is pretty stupid! Or at least disable the activation of the app menu with the ALT button.For example I zoom in using ALT+Scroll and now I want to select the Type tool using T on the keyboard and I get the Type drop down menu from the top (see attached screenshot).
And as you can see this can become very frustrating especially when spending hours in Illustrator!Btw please don't suggest…
14 votesEnabling 'Force Enable Pinch-to-Zoom on Touchpad' option in Preferences > General makes Ctrl + Scroll for zoom work
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Сreate a offset path preset
I typically use the same 2 offset path sizes .125 and .0625 there needs to be a way to save these presets so I dont need to manually type them each time.
2 votesThe intended way to do presets like this is to record an action, as per the comment.
Open Actions panel, create a new one, select a basic temporary shape, run Offset Path command, enter the value you need, commit, stop the action recording. Now you can run the action to automatically offset the selection.
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Select elements of a compound object in the Layers panel
I don't understand why a compound object can't be expanded in the Layers panel to reveal its elements, and let me select and manage them. Just like I can see and select elements in a (clip) group, and cat go to into isolation mode with a compound. What's the rationale to prevent this ?
2 votes -
Allow negative value spacing in pattern brush.
Simply allowing negative value spacing in the Pattern Brush Options, so it overlaps. Would eliviate a lot of work tinkering to make the original object right for pattern brushing as well as for allowing more interesting patterns.
22 votes -
Symbols with multiple features / variants
Would love to be able to construct multi-function symbols... the basic symbol is the same but when I place it, I would like to be able to change it from one of several variants which stays in the same place I put it..
8 votes -
Edit Artboard with Double-Click
Enter the edit artboard with a double click instead of going through the whole process in order to resize and move the artboard
2 votes -
adobe doesn't support multiple monitors with multiple resolution
adobe doesn't support multiple monitors with multiple resolution. My main monitor resolution is 3860 x 2160 and the other one is 2560 x 1080.
3 votes -
Star toool key bind
I feel like there should be a star tool pre-set key bimd as many students who use laon computers dont get the chance to set their own key binds.
1 vote -
Stop changing artwork location when changing paragraph justification
When working with type, it is incredibly annoying that all of it shifts it's location when you're changing paragraph justification. I'm not sure for what reason you would want it to move the actual type and not just shift the justification icon box shown at the type baseline.
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4 votes
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Add option when creating New View to opt out from changing zoom level
The custom Views is a godsend for complex artwork, but sometimes it would be nice to keep the zoom level and toggle only the Layers settings (visibility, lock status, etc). So either an option when saving the custom View, or a program-wide preference setting would be highly appreciated. In this way, the request for a layer visibility toggle shortcut could also be partially addressed.
2 votes
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