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1. Easier access to Tools

   Please rework the tools palette. Some ideas:

   1. make it easy to use the full height of the monitor to show more tools

   2. make it possible to select / activate tools directly through the All Tools overview, even when they are already loaded in the tools palette. It's inconvenient and annoying to watch an icon blink and then have to go into that to select a hidden tool.

   3. make it possible to drag tools from All Tools that are already in the tools palette. Dragging should result in the desired tool on the desired spot, and remove it from the other position.

   4. add Search to All Tools

   5. add a favorites / recent used Tools section. Just like in the Swatches palette.

   6. make it easy to switch to the previous tool with a key (see how Cinema4d utilizes that technique)

   Please rework the tools palette. Some ideas:

   1. make it easy to use the full height of the monitor to show more tools

   2. make it possible to select / activate tools directly through the All Tools overview, even when they are already loaded in the tools palette. It's inconvenient and annoying to watch an icon blink and then have to go into that to select a hidden tool.

   3. make it possible to drag tools from All Tools that are already in the tools palette. Dragging should result in the desired tool on the desired spot, and remove it from the other… more

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2. Can we have better gradients when working in CMYK to Pantone?

   Have better control with gradients when working with spot colors to CMYK. When using the normal gradient tool and working with Pantone colors to CMYK you get a nasty grey gradient. Currently you have to create two shapes, extend on of the gradients and set it to multiply. The new 2026 gradient dither feature does not fix this problem.

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3. Make permanent artboard captions displayed on top when using Artboard Tool / mode

   In Ai 2026 (build 30) a new option was presented, 'Show Artboard name on canvas', in Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display, enabled by default, following this request:
   Provide an option for making artboard names / numbers visible on the artboard (like when editing artboards), https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/40405873

   While it’s great and all, these new subtle captions replace the old 'label' ones we used to get when enabling Artboard tool / mode... and these new captions are rendered BELOW the artwork, even when I specifically want to deal with artboards, not artwork.
   These should appear on top when using Artboard Tool, and I’d say these should be old-style labels with clear distinct backgrounds. Gray text of new-style labels is barely seen on gray backgrounds I use a lot.

   Why do we need to see the numbers and labels above art?
   For this — Display artboard captions when exporting artboards, http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/48094511

   In Ai 2026 (build 30) a new option was presented, 'Show Artboard name on canvas', in Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display, enabled by default, following this request:
   Provide an option for making artboard names / numbers visible on the artboard (like when editing artboards), https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/40405873

   While it’s great and all, these new subtle captions replace the old 'label' ones we used to get when enabling Artboard tool / mode... and these new captions are rendered BELOW the artwork, even when I specifically want to deal with artboards, not artwork.
   These should appear on top when using Artboard Tool, and… more

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4. Shadow and other Stylize effect dialog boxes - Modernize!

   Can you please make the Stylize (under effects) dialog boxes actually useful?
   The up and down arrow .125 inch default is just useless, far too big of steps to allow any real control. Unless (maybe) you're putting a shadow under a giant object.
   X & Y movement rather than direction… the whole thing is clunky and hasn't changed in a decade or more.
   Try putting a drop shadow on any reasonable font size (for example), I find myself making changes in weird amounts (oh, .06 is too much, I'll change it to .052 and see if that works).
   It's just painful to work with.
   How about a slider?
   Or, if you want to see a useful drop shadow interface, Photoshop has one! Use that. Perfectly functional.
   Please, please make this a useful interface, I've been waiting for this since version 5.5. That's too long.

   Can you please make the Stylize (under effects) dialog boxes actually useful?
   The up and down arrow .125 inch default is just useless, far too big of steps to allow any real control. Unless (maybe) you're putting a shadow under a giant object.
   X & Y movement rather than direction… the whole thing is clunky and hasn't changed in a decade or more.
   Try putting a drop shadow on any reasonable font size (for example), I find myself making changes in weird amounts (oh, .06 is too much, I'll change it to .052 and see if that works).
   It's just… more

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5. Allow to select Dimension Text

   The numbers displayed by the new Dimension Line Tool should be copyable and editable. Thus we will be able to easily use them in calculations of the golden ratio and edit the length of the line when needed.

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6. Display the confirmation when a HEX value is copied from the Color panel

   Today, when we click the dedicated button to copy a HEX value, either in the Color panel or in Swatches Options dialog, Illustrator selects the value (and copies it), but the fact it gets copied is nowhere stated.
   I’d use the Ai’s 'shy message' to inform the users about this instead ( '#XXYYZZ copied') and would not select the value — but would select it by clicking the '#' symbol instead, to match the 'click the caption to select the value' paradigm Illustrator uses in all other fields.

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7. Illustrator and Photoshop show fractional CMYK color values differently

   I have a CMYK document, and it has a linked image in it, with an intentionally chosen profile, with some specific colors set for the background, and these have to be the part of the background, because of blending modes used.
   Now I need to grab those colors form the clear parts of the background to quickly transfer them into vector part of the design. But when I try — Ai lies about values.

   Instead of
   70-15-0-0
   0-35-85-0
   0-95-20-0
   I get
   69.8-14.9-0-0
   0-34.9-85.1-0
   0-94.9-20-0

   Not much, right? Just 0.2%, why are you mad?
   But these would be enough to break Select Same Fill later, duplicate swatches if added next to existing ones in other documents, drop my trust level for the tool and force me cleaning this mess in the time I need I can’t spend. Sure, there are methods to help with this, but it’s not MY error. It’s Ai’s lie.

   ...later Ton Frederiks suggested it’s Photoshop that is rounding numbers.
   To quote: if the placed file gets rasterized, it gives the fractions in Illustrator. But if the file gets exported from Illustrator as .tif, Photoshop will show the same rounded numbers it started with. Photoshop will not allow fractions and force round numbers when we try to enter percentages like 69,8%. CMYK values go from 0-100 while image values have a range from 0-255.

   Indeed, I tried to rasterize a rectangle with fractions in CMYK color (55.69) and opened the image in Photoshop — and got integers, 56...
   But then I mix the very same color in Ps, making integers manually, fill half of the image with this new color and try to pick colors from this image in Ai: Ai still picks the original 55.69 from the original half of the image... and 56.08 from the half I flooded with Ps’s 56!
   And Ps SEES them as different color when Color Picker is used, displaying different Lab, RGB, HSB values, but CMYK stays the same, rounded.

   In my experiment below I did a similar thing: created these in Ai first (but no fractions), rasterized it, used to make a composition and placed back into Ai.
   Double conversion and forcing integers (visually) would explain it.

   So Ai is rather precise... but the irritation stays.
   Now the question would be — what to do with the uncomfortable truth? 'Fighting ignorance' is my favorite choice, but...

   I don’t have a clear solution to this — and I invite others to a discussion — but perhaps the Eyedropper can get an option to Emulate Photoshop Eyedropper (round CMYK values)?

   I have a CMYK document, and it has a linked image in it, with an intentionally chosen profile, with some specific colors set for the background, and these have to be the part of the background, because of blending modes used.
   Now I need to grab those colors form the clear parts of the background to quickly transfer them into vector part of the design. But when I try — Ai lies about values.

   Instead of
   70-15-0-0
   0-35-85-0
   0-95-20-0
   I get
   69.8-14.9-0-0
   0-34.9-85.1-0
   0-94.9-20-0

   Not much, right? Just 0.2%, why are you mad?
   But these would be enough to break… more

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8. Ruler & Grids, Guides, Snap options as separate panel

   There are already UI elements for changing these settings, but they're only available in the properties panel with the selection tool selected and no object selection – which is very inconvenient.

   Make them a separate panel instead.

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9. Display color values for named swatches when hovering

   Illustrator automatically names swatches by their color values and displays these names when we hover over swatches in panels.
   But if we rename a swatch, Illustrator displays just the name, but not the color formula.
   InDesign does the opposite — always shows the color values when we hover, but not the name.

   I’d like to see both. Yes, I know that for the automatically named swatches it’d mean both the name made of values will be displayed along with the actual values... but you can solve it with the InDesign’s 'Name with Color Value' option for swatches.

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10. Allow to share a document by directly emailing it from the Share dropdown

    New "Share" dropdown is horrible. It does so much less. I miss being able to email directly from Share dropdown. Backwards tech!

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11. Add a Delayed Render toggle and Render button to reduce re-renders

    Performance suggestion: as a panel, every adjustment causes the object to re-render, so fine-tuning the settings takes a long time. Maybe put a Render button on bottom with an on/off toggle switch labeled something like Delayed Render. Kind of like how Excel does it with Pivot Table updates.

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12. Enable Display Font Names in English by default in non-CJK versions

    Previously we got a dedicated option for this, based on this request: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/35995396

    But it should be the default choice in non CJK versions.

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13. A 'scale object' switch next to 'scale corners' and 'scale strokes & effects'.

    Sometimes I want to scale just an object's strokes and effects without scaling the object - for example, if I've got an 'iris' graphic style that combines multiple fills and strokes to create a stylized iris of an eye, that I created for one size of eye, and would like to use for a closeup drawing.

    Currently I would have to do something like this:

    1. draw a path with the 'iris' style, realize it's designed for a very different scale
    2. turn on scale strokes & effects
    3. rescale the path to be larger
    4. turn off scale strokes & effects
    5. rescale the path back down to roughly its original size
    6. maybe go back to step 2 if the size needs further adjustment
    7. maybe redefine the style or define a new one with a name like "iris closeup" so I don't have to do this again

    I would like to be able to do this instead:

    1. draw a path with the 'iris' style, realize it's designed for a very different scale
    2. turn on scale strokes & effects, turn off scale object
    3. rescale just the strokes & effects, maybe fiddle with the scale a few times until I get it right
    4. maybe redefine the style or define a new one with a name like "iris closeup" so I don't have to do this again

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    Possibly it would be a good idea to make it impossible to have all of the scale object/corners/strokes & effects off at once; I would suggest that 'scale object' should be the one that comes onn when you try to turn them all off at once.

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    It might also be nice to add the ability to hold down some key or another while scaling to toggle scaling objects/corners/strokes & effects, similar to the way holding down ~ lets you toggle the state of the 'transform patterns' switch with some transformation tools. Offhand I would say this ability belongs on the Scale tool, dragging the handles of the Free Transform too, and on the handles of the Bounding Boxes; I am making this list because the Free Transform and Bounding Box still don't understand the ~ key to toggle pattern transformation after many years of existance...

    Sometimes I want to scale just an object's strokes and effects without scaling the object - for example, if I've got an 'iris' graphic style that combines multiple fills and strokes to create a stylized iris of an eye, that I created for one size of eye, and would like to use for a closeup drawing.

    Currently I would have to do something like this:

    1. draw a path with the 'iris' style, realize it's designed for a very different scale
    2. turn on scale strokes & effects
    3. rescale the path to be larger
    4. turn off scale strokes & effects
    5. rescale the… more
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14. Recognize Artboard Overlapping

    I often run into times where I try to drag an artboard and I might accidentally overlap artboards which then grabs the art on the other artboard. If Illustrator can recognize artboard overlapping and warn the user of it or have a smart option which recoginzes and keeps the art on their respective artboards even if they are overlapping, that would be really nice.

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15. Make the Intertwine feature a standalone tool in the toolbar

    Can we please make the Intertwine feature it's own standalone tool, so If you are intertwining elements you can still edit and continue intertwining without having to restart, as it's currently impossible to go back to intertwining same elements when you have left the mode.

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    Need More Info  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    Please share the file with the team. Send it over to sharewithai@adobe.com and mention the link to this very report — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/50605484

16. Alias/map similar colors to a proper swatch via an Ink Manager similar to InDesign

    The header pretty much describes it. Sometimes links don't have properly named spot colors or such and instead of spending time editing those links it would be easier to add the proper swatch in AI and then "map" the link colors to that color.

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17. Allow to detach Variable Stroke Width profiles dropdown as a separate panel

    A fly-out panel would be good for VSW profiles, same as in this request for arrowheads: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/50777822

    When there are a lot of profiles, selecting them from a dropdown menu is hard.

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18. Highlight the current color in Recent Colors section, just as in Swatches

    I love Recent Colors. Can you please make it so that selecting an object highlights its color in the Recent Colors section, the same way it does in Swatch Tiles?

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19. Absolute mode for Scale tool

    Speaking of Transform Each new absolute mode, presented in one of Beta builds (removed for now).
    While having it is great (especially in the finished state), Transform still relies on one of 9 reference points.
    To set a custom transformation pivot/origin we need to use interactive tools... and they don’t offer absolute lengths.

    Here, take a look, a real example.

    I need to scale this > shape to be exactly 20mm height — and I need it to be scaled exactly from the position I marked with guides — the bottom right corner of it.

    Transform panel can’t offer me anything but three fixed positions. Sure, I can use one and move the artwork, using Snap to Grid. But sometimes it's just a very procedure — a selection is more complex than a single path, accidentally deselecting is quite easy, and reselecting with Undo is untrustworthy.

    So I grab Scale tool, hold Opt/Alt and click the point.
    In an ideal world I’d be able to toggle absolute mode and set 20 mm for my desired height...
    In the world we are in I paste the current height (I copied in a previous step), type 20 (the desired height), multiply in instantly by 100 by adding two more zeroes (since inputs don’t support more than one arithmetic operation) and divide it by the current height value I copied beforehand (which is not always the case).

    This gives me the result I wanted... but it could have been faster with the absolute mode, don’t you think?

    Speaking of Transform Each new absolute mode, presented in one of Beta builds (removed for now).
    While having it is great (especially in the finished state), Transform still relies on one of 9 reference points.
    To set a custom transformation pivot/origin we need to use interactive tools... and they don’t offer absolute lengths.

    Here, take a look, a real example.

    I need to scale this > shape to be exactly 20mm height — and I need it to be scaled exactly from the position I marked with guides — the bottom right corner of it.

    Transform panel can’t offer me… more

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20. Scale Strokes Only

    When Scaling numerically, the have choice whether to scale Strokes (and) effects as well.

    What I am looking for, is a way to scale stroke widths, without scaling the objects. In that way, it is easy to change several stroke widths, while keeping the ratio between the stroke widths. (I know the work around, to scale back the objects without scaling the strokes - but that comes with some risks and limitations)

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