Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Group color handles in the Recolor panel’s Edit mode
It would be great if we could select colors in the Edit mode of the Recolor dialog and group them together so they will be linked and move as one.
Right now, they're all linked, and we can unlink a single color from the rest, but there's no way to dynamically group sets of colors. In this example, for instance, it would be nice to group a bunch of them by hue (the reds, the greens, the purples) or by value (the light green & pink as one group, the dark purple, red, and green as another group, etc), or…4 votes -
Save to cloud dialog: files in folder not visible
The new update(s) does not bring back the feature to view files in the folders and in grid view when saving to cloud. This has been causing a lot of problems and inconvenience. Reported few times and have been told that these will be brought back in the next update, but it never did. Frustrating and annoyed.
2 votes -
Make Turntable keep strokes live and unexpanded
Turntable is really starting to pick up steam for us, apparel designers. We can use it for additional views sometimes needed by factories (side views, a glimpse at the inside of a garment that is lined with a different color etc.)
It would be even more incredible if it didn't expand your outlines.2 votes -
Alternate colors to improve row legibility
When Panels contain lists, it would greatly improve accessibility and legibility to alternate the hues of the entire rows.
In the mockups attached, it is much easier to follow each line and click the corresponding circle for each layer than if the rows were all the same color.
2 votes -
Symmetrical Anchor Point Handles snapping
It would be incredibly helpful if the handles of an anchor point could be positioned symmetrically and equidistant, as shown in the attached image. This feature would streamline the design process by eliminating the need to create half a path, copy it, and mirror it.
Thank you for considering this feature request!
66 votes -
Tab now shifts to toggle buttons in Layers Panel instead of renaming the next layer
In the newest update (29.6) the layers panel has some changes. When you hover over the toggle buttons, they highlight. Before updating, I could double-click to rename my layer, then hit Tab to rename the next layer. Now, Tab just moves to the toggle buttons and the tools at the bottom of the panel. I think this should be adjusted back to make renaming layers a smoother process.
25 votes -
Show thumbnails in Artboards panel
I would love to be able to see a thumbnail of the artboard in the Artboard panel (similar to how you can for layers) I often have many artboards and would like to move them into a certain orders visually — not just by name.
3 votes -
Allow customized names for exported artboards
Allow me to customize the name of artboards that are exported or saved as.
OR, change the automatic naming to include the artboard number at the front of the file name so they will be in the same order as they are in the document when sorted alphabetically.
Here is how I would use this feature:
We use Illustrator to create client presentations. Artboards are named according to their content. Often saving/exporting as a PDF from Ai results in a file that's too large to email.
So I export each artboard as a PNG. The naming convention for these files…
2 votes -
Double clicking a gradient should open the gradient editor
When a gradient is clicked in the toolbar's Fill Stroke Controls, the Fill turns black, in stead of opening the gradient editor.
Why? It's not of any use, and contra intuitive.Please open the gradient editor whenever a gradient is double clicked.
3 votes -
Adding the [null] 'swatch' to the Recent Colors quick use panel
Adding the [null] 'swatch' to the Recent Colors quick use panel would make for efficient color swapping. Yes, the null option is always on the tools panel; intuitively a recent selection even of null/no color should sit in the recently used Recent Colors area.
2 votes -
Make "Create Outlines" not greyed out when text is selected
If I am creating a text element for the sole purpose of converting it to outline, it is confusing that the "Type > Create Outlines" option is greyed out when the text is selected.
"Create Outlines" should not be greyed out, and when the user clicks there could potentially be a warning the first time saying:
"Creating Outlines will make it impossible
to edit the text box, would you like to proceed?[ ] Do not show this message again"
Although one could assume that the user knows what they are doing, and that the warning message might be annoying…
2 votes -
Support SVG 2.0 for import and export
When importing SVG 2.0 files into Adobe Illustrator, some attributes will not be properly recognized and get lost.
SVG 2.0 is gaining wider adoption in modern design and web workflows. If Adobe Illustrator, After Effects and other industry-standard creative tools do not implement full SVG 2.0 compatibility soon, it will create major unnecessary frictions for users. Designers will constantly need to manually modify files and roll back to outdated SVG 1.1 syntax to make their assets editable across the toolchain. This breaks the seamless handoff between design and development that modern vector workflows rely on.
2 votes -
Rename the 'Typing' history step for auto-bullet conversion to a clearer label (e.g., AutoFormat)
Using Undo to roll back the auto conversion of bullets now works as it should (thanks to this report: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/46954429), but the history step is just called with general 'Typing', and it doesn’t add clarity.
Compare it with something like Microsoft Word, where the step is called 'AutoFormat' — still a broad name, but much easier to spot!
Plus, Word offers to undo the auto-formatting right there in text when typing with a widget... and it offers a way to disable it completely right THERE.
Ai’s solution is rather blunt and cheap and lacks elegancy in this current form.…3 votes -
Support Artboard Background Fill Color when saving to Cloud (.aic)
- Windows 11
- 30.2.1
- Create an .ai document and change the fill color of an artboard. Save it locally (still .ai). Close and Reopen it and observe the fill color is the same. Now save that document to the cloud (.aic). Close and Reopen it and observe the fill color is reset to transparent.
- I expect the artboard fill color to stay the same when saving as an .aic, just like it does as an .ai
- Attached
I tried to troubleshoot it through the Illustrator Discord channel - https://discord.com/channels/634884897185595412/637037500451258369/1476316280947474583
3 votes -
Dithering for Freeform gradients
Dithering to freeform gradients is missing but very handy to have. Esp as this is now the only gradient type without it. Dithering in linear and radial gradients is great so having the same option for freeform seems a logical feature.
4 votes -
Turntable feature is not available for Intertwine objects
Quoted from Victoria White:
When I use the Intertwine tool, the turntable feature is no longer available. It would be very helpful if the turntable remained active after Intertwine is applied.4 votes -
An ability to enlarge panels on mouse hover to have larger controls (dynamic and local UI scaling)
Using a 4k screen I find the palette to be small, and I struggle seeing them detailed especially when it comes to gradients.
It would be handy to have a feature to enlarge the palette when the mouse hovers on it. Potentially deciding on to which palette activate this. Like for me I'd like to activate it only on the gradient, swatches and colors palette. Maybe a temporary shortcut to press while hovering onto the palette. Thanks.Also having a better color picker on the color palette would be nice.
Thanks.
2 votes -
Show the consistent color picker dialog both when editing a fill and a swatch
For some reason AI uses different color pickers in similar occasions. I would like to see a unified color picker that has all the best from the other color pickers: HSB and Grayscale and RGB/Hex or CMYK (depending on document color mode).
In the current version double clicking a swatch brings up a completely different interface than double clicking a fill color for example.
I would like to see a color picker that shows all I can possibly need, without having to change systems all the time via a menu. (most of the time, I use HSB and RGB to…
2 votes -
Keep the Spacing value active when you have 1 artboard in New Document dialog
I often start with 1 artboard only in a new document (and I create these using classic dialog, because it’s faster than the modern one). There is a bug with the value used from a previous session (like 20 mm I love) looses precision (becoming 19.999 mm)... I reported this problem here — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/51116116
But even with this bug fixed, I don’t see why this field should be disabled.
I can see why Columns is, and other options in these section... but the Spacing GETS used when you create a new artboard LATER — and Ai offers now way to…5 votes -
Make Path direction available for all Paths
Make Path direction available for all Paths. Not only Compound Paths are influenced by Path direction. Patterns are too. And other apps, like After Effects make use of Path direction as well.
2 votes
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