Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Trim View Hot Key
Add hot key feature for Trim View in Illustrator. Have it function like when you hit "W" in InDesign.
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Envelope Mesh needs corner points option
Envelope Mesh needs to have points that can be converted to corner points. It only has Bézier curve points which make it impossible to get perfect straight angles. Like the pen tool has. I have struggled with this for years.
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Add ability to sort or reorder Objects on Path
Love the align to path tool. It has made things so much easier.
One suggestion, however, would be to rearrange the order of elements you aligned. Ideally, you would allow us to sort elements and give certain properties like HUE, Transparency, Size, Rotation, and then we could easily make things like fading shapes to signify movement or just by size where the bigger things were aligned at the end.
You could even make a series of tools like the Symbol Sprayer tools that let you manipulate the pieces on the path by spreading in areas and shrinking areas. Resizing or…
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Make Split into Grid to create warped grids based on shape if needed
Split to Grid should learn how to split into more than just squares. Look at your Mesh tool, it obviously knows how to split different shapes, just move that code to the split tool would make it about 329983% more useful.
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Switch symbol shortcut
I would love to have a way to quickly switch symbols with a shortcut (maybe using the keyboard numbers where each symbol corresponds to one symbol).
I have a job where I have to manually insert many symbols of different sizes, and without a shortcut it takes much time.3 votes -
Allow to copy the area value from the Info panel
Why can we copy a HEX color from the Color panel, but can’t copy the area of it (or any other value as well)?
In some cases we need to get the value to share with someone, and now Ai wants us to retype it.
Sometimes we also need these to be placed on canvas — but I think it’s a job for the Dimension tool? Why Measure and Dimension are different tools in the first place?
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Type > Text wrap > Make / Release / options
I constantly expect Text Wrap to be in the Type menu instead of the Object menu. Can it show up there?
You don't have to move it from the Object menu, I'm fine with there being two ways to get to it.
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Type Automation/Modulation Tool
A automation/modulation tool allows type to be edited based off different parameters. (ex. typewriter function that allows more ink bleed onto random letters on a body of type). Similar to music production automation/modulation in that there would be values from 0-100 and then those settings could have a parameters (ex. setting the bounds of the automation from value of 80-100 and then having the ability to randomize that automation between those values). The highlighted text that needs automation/modulation would have a separate window with a linear grid to adjust each individual character and a drop down menu of what parameter…
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Preview Only Text Features
Can we get additional features to handle Preview Only Text?
• A Highlight Preview Only text feature similar to the Highlight Substituted Fonts Preference?
• A Outline Preview Only text button or preference?
• A preference to turn the feature off all together? (Considering it is currently bugged and Area text within it's container gets moved — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/49832784)
Illustrator 2025 is now using embedded fonts instead of demanding they be substituted. You can not add text or paste it into a different document however you can adjust the tracking and the scale. When you paste it into a new…
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Issue with Saving Group Hierarchy in SVG Export
I am experiencing an issue where the group hierarchy is not being preserved when exporting or saving files in SVG format. No matter which variant I try, the user-defined hierarchy from the original file is lost in the SVG output.
Attached is a screenshot comparing the results of exports from different versions of the software, highlighting the issue. Despite trying multiple approaches, I have not found a way to save the groups as they appear in the original file.
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Bring back Duplicate button in the Contextual Task Bar
It would be very useful to bring back the repeat / duplicate icon in the Contextual Task Bar -- specifically when selecting shapes. Illustrator 2024 had this feature when a shape was selected. The 2025 update removed this feature.
Please bring this back, or allow users to customize the Conceptual Task Bar in the settings.
7 votes -
Support architectural standards for arrow styles for Dimension tool
When the arrow style #21 is written on a drawing, it is marked inside the dimension extension line. International architectural drawing standards require that the mark be placed at the intersection of the extension line and the dimension line. Please improve this.
14 votes -
The box selection increases the selected items within the box selection, leaving the others unselected
Adobe Illustrator 2025 Currently, I want to box the font, and there is a border below. I select the box, and the border below is also selected. However, I don't want to lock it. I hope to increase the selection of the selected box and leave the others unselected
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Feature Request: Manual Adjustment for Pattern Brush Guide Path
I am a batik illustrator from Indonesia who uses Adobe Illustrator daily for creating intricate and detailed designs. Pattern Brush is one of the key features I rely on to develop seamless and repetitive motifs.
However, I have encountered a significant limitation: when creating a Pattern Brush, Illustrator automatically places the guide path (the green line) exactly at the vertical center of the artwork’s bounding box, without offering any option to reposition it manually.
This becomes a challenge when creating traditional batik designs, where the repeated elements need to follow a specific base line or custom flow rather than being…
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Don’t require hitting Find before Replace All becomes active in Find and Replace dialog
Illustrator’s Find and Replace dialog is bad.
One of the issues is that we can’t immediately Replace All after we enter text. We have to press Find first.Why? If it’s nothing to replace — replace nothing (and perhaps show a message, preferably a shy one, not a clunky modal dialog).
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Korean text can't wrap cleanly at syllable boundaries
In InDesign, Korean text can wrap cleanly at syllable boundaries, but in Illustrator and Photoshop it still can’t. We’re simply asking for the same “syllable‑by‑syllable” line‑break option that InDesign already has. Who on earth wants to type Korean like “인‑디‑자‑인‑처‑럼,” with every syllable forced onto its own line? We just need consistent letter‑spacing and neat line breaks.
Korean users have been requesting this for more than ten years. Adobe, please—could you finally make it happen?
2 votesThe team is working on this, but it’d take some time for this change to land into all apps
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Add color to toolbar icons.
The new 'Objects on a Path' tool has brought color to the toolbar. It now stands out a lot.
I have a bunch of plugins that add tools to the toolbar, and have a bunch of cryptic monochromatic icons. Perhaps it is time for both Adobe and plugin developers to bring some color to the toolbar so we have one more thing to help us remember which extremely specialized tool we use once in a blue moon is which?
(This also may require a switch in the prefs to revert to largely monochromatic icons for people who are colorblind and/or…
3 votes -
An ability to disable all generative tools and options, like Text to Vector Graphic, Generative Pattern...
I'd like to be able to turn off the new feature for "text to vector graphic (beta)" and others like it if possible, or for these to be disabled from the start, with an AI-free build.
76 votesThis is considered by the team for the roadmap. More updates will be posted when anything becomes known. Thank you all for the push — please keep being vocal about things that matter to us, upvote and comment.
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4 votes
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Create a symbol without replacing art with the symbol.
I would like a switch in the New Symbol dialogue to allow me to leave the original art on the canvas instead of replacing it with a symbol.
Also it would be nice to be able to make a symbol out of the entire contents of a layer nested in another layer without the entire layer being replaced by the symbol.
I use symbols in weird ways and both of these behaviors annoy the heck out of me.
4 votes
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