Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Let the user choose the colors of the Transparency Grid
Sometimes the chessboard is too heavy in contrast, too dark, too light, too gray. Please add full flexibility.
2 votes -
生成拡張メニュー
生成拡張機能はオフにできるオプションも設けてほしい。右クリックメニューにも追加されたようなのでいつも使うコマンド（重ね順）へたどり着くのに大変邪魔になる。意図せずターンテーブルを作成し始めると、キャンセルもできないので作業に結構なタイムロスが発生します。
2 votes -
Add a option for leader or select leader button
In this case of tabs, I wanna change the dot leader to be smaller and have more spacing, but I can not select multi tabs and change it at oncce.
2 votes -
Change pattern colors, possibly with an Expand or Colorize effects
If I have a design that uses a pattern, and I need to have the colors in this pattern to change, I’d have no choice but to create several copies of it and change colors in each one.
It means that if I change a pattern later, I’d have to either change all the copies of the pattern, or repeat the changes in each copy of the original. And surely I can’t utilize global swatches for this, because duplicating one doesn’t work as expected. We don’t have proper variables to use also.
Symbols won’t work in patterns (they get expanded…3 votes -
Text on a circle - with top and bottom arcs of text married together uniformly
Provide a simple text on circle interface that builds text on the top and bottom arcs of a circle. Its is not simple to do this accurately, keeping the circular alignment and the font size the same, using traditional methods. A tool that could marry the top and bottom arcs together, with control of each arc for advanced control, or simply mirroring the top and bottom text arcs in a uniform way would be a great time saver.
2 votes -
Add Blend effect for Appearance to blend adjacent attributes
We need a blend fx in this Appearance to blend between 2 layers (may be fill or stroke), no need to create and blend separate objects with just different colors for this graphic effect
2 votes -
Allow smart guides to highlight the outline of an object or path snapped to
Often when there are multiple objects in very close proximity to one another, determining which of those objects the active object is aligning to can be uncertain, especially when those close-proximity objects are small or their paths are very close.
And when you are trying to align an object to another using smart guides as the reference, one might be aligning to the wrong object.
That is why it is important to know exactly which object is being aligned to... Currently the pink line 'touches' at its endpoint, the object it's aligning to. This can be confusing when there are…2 votes -
Adjust spacing between bullets and text
Currently, the bullet-to-text gap is an automatic setting that cannot be controlled by the user, despite placing tab stops on the tabs ruler. There is no mechanism to control this either, in the paragraph tab. Whereas in apps like Word, the spacing can be adjusted between the bullet and text directly.
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Warichu’s Adjustment value is limited to an integer in point
Confirmed in Illustrator 30.3.0 and CS4.
It's probably a problem that occurs in all past versions.The "Warichu" using for vertical writing text, under use in Japanese environment.
The adjustment value is set only to integers of points and it is very troubling.
In that state, I can only do a rough job too much.
I would like to improve so that more detailed values can be set.<Japanese>
Illustrator 30.3.0 および 14 (CS4) で確認済み。
おそらく過去のどのバージョンでも発生する問題です。割注設定の行間がPoint整数値ごとにしか設定できない。
これでは大雑把な仕事しかできない。
細かい値を設定できるよう改善して欲しい。また、テキストオブジェクトの拡大・縮小に追従されない。
<検証手順>
1. テキストに割注を設定し、行間をpoint以外の整数などにする
2. 割注設定を再び開いて値を確認する- 割注の行間に目安となる長方形を作成
- テキストと長方形を選択して拡大・縮小
<結果>
2. 値がpoint整数値に四捨五入されている
4. 割注の行間は長方形とずれてゆく<理想とされる結果>
2. 割注の行間は入力した値をキープすること
4. 割注の行間はテキストと同様に拡大・縮小されること6 votes -
Add "type on path" option when you right click on text that is on a path
When I'm working with text that is already on a path, I'd like to be able to right-click to get to the "Type on Path" options. Would be very convenient and faster.
2 votes -
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 -
Arc from circle - Stroke or Fill
I think it's time to implement the Circle to have sweep/ratio handles to ease with various infographics and artworks. Request is a Circle that can be "cut" to any place to create a stroke only semi circle or arc. Example below.
2 votes -
Library assets in Illustrator Should Carry Asset Properties
I would like Library Assets to carry all properties with them when bringing them into open artboards. For example a blue rectangle with a 0.25 pt inside stroke and a name "xyz2" should be just that when imported into a Layer.
Currently "xyz2" comes in as <Clip Group>, with properties of a rectangle clipped together with another rectanglular shape that is not an outline, but an expanded appearance, and now I have three parts instead of one, minus the description.
I'm checking out "xyz2" but getting "x" 'y" "z" "" "2"2 votes -
Save this Preserve Numbers option state (either checked or unchecked) for CMYK or RGB
CMYK or RGB PRESERVE NUMBERS CHECK BOX. Save this parameter (either checked or unchecked) like it used to be in earlier versions.
2 votes -
ショートカット「Command+Option+tab」
過去にIllustrator CS5でショートカット「Command+Option+tab」を多用しておりました。
ペンツール使用時に「Command」を押して矢印ツールに切り替え、その後「Option+tab」で矢印を白・黒切り替えてオブジェクトの微調整をしておりました。
現在、そのショートカットが使用できずツールボックスで切り替える等しておりますが、
以前と比べて格段に作業性が悪くなりペンツールを使用するだけでストレスが溜まります。
大昔は「Command+tab」で出来、その後「Command+Option+tab」で出来た昔から長年使用できていたショートカットです。
私以外にも不満を感じている方はいらっしゃると思います。
復活をぜひよろしくお願いします。2 votes -
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 -
Favorites for presets (like swatches and brushes)
First of all, I am really excited about the new textures and brushes released in the latest versions.
It occurred to me that it would be useful to add a "favorite" flag for each of these tools.
This way, a "favorites" folder or filter could be created, making it much faster to locate the resource.
Also, I was wondering if the texture previews could be made even larger, so they can be viewed more quickly.Thanks.
2 votes -
Please make a one button solution to remove clutter from New documents
When I create a new document in an updated Illustrator, I always get 'Video Rulers, Safety Margins, Center Mark and Crosshairs' visible. I never use those (smart guides, and precise creating shapes is enough), and wonder if anyone does.
To get rid of these annoying green distractions I have to visit a lot of places. Intuitively, Document settings is the place to go (I just started a new document)..., but no. We need to go to Artboard and then 'Quick Actions (??)' / Artboard Options to shutdown the Center Mark, there Crosshairs and the Video Safe Areas (5 clicks).
Then…2 votes -
Hidden layers significantly increase exported PDF file size even when Illustrator editing capabilities are disabled
When saving an Illustrator document as PDF, hidden layers appear to remain embedded in the resulting PDF and significantly increase its file size.
I have a document containing several dozen layers. Only one layer is visible at a time and is intended to be exported as a single A4 page.
When I save the document as PDF with all unnecessary PDF options disabled, including Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities, the resulting single-page A4 PDF is approximately 200 MB.
I then tested the same document by physically deleting all hidden layers and leaving only the visible layer. After saving the PDF again…
2 votes -
Make zooming in respect the text insertion point (text cursor)
With or without the Zoom to Selection option (in Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display), zooming in (I use Cmd/Ctrl+Plus a lot when I edit text) into the edited text won’t respect the blinking cursor’s position. So If I decided to zoom into a text I’m editing, Ai would just zoom in the middle, hiding my point of interest out of the view.
Thanks to Brian Wood for bringing the attention to it.More of it — if I START typing (or press an arrow button), hoping for the view to adjust (like it used to do) — it won’t…
6 votes
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