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  1. The Flip buttons in the Properties panel should copy objects

    In the Transform section of the Properties panel there are Flip vertical and Flip horizontal buttons.

    When holding down Alt while pressing the buttons it would be convenient if they could copy the object, like InDesign does.

    3 votes

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  2. Dimension tool style presets

    The dimension tool gives alot of style options for the arrow size, line thickness, offsets, etc. It would be great to save presets that could be switched from a dropdown list in the dimension tool options dialog.

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  3. Alt/Option-click on the "New style" icon to open a text style definition dialog directly

    It would be a giant leap forward for Illustrator to match InDesign's UX for paragraph and character styles management.

    Allow us to Alt/Option-click on the "New style" icon to open the style definition dialog directly, avoiding nonsense names like "Paragraph Style 1."

    The same approach is used for Graphic Styles, so it should be allowed for text styles as well.

    Original idea by Alan Gilbertson

    2 votes

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  4. Objects on Path should allow snapping to (smart) guides

    Hello Creatives,
    I hope you enjoy the new handy "objects on path" tool as I do.

    The Request:
    It would be awesome if Objects on Path (New Tool) could snap to smart guides, guides or even - let's go wild - to a grid. As sometimes you work within systems and/or objects are related to each it feels like this feature would make it a really great tool to design with.

    Kind regards
    Andreas

    2 votes

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  5. Custom keyboard shortcuts for File Commands should work when no document is open.

    Because custom keyboard shortcuts only work when a file is open, some File Commands like New from Template don't work when you would need it.

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  6. Add an option to create a preset for layers

    It would be very helpful if there's an option to create a layers preset where I can customize the names, colors, & etc of the layers & sublayers and save it as a preset for when I needed it.

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  7. アートボード等を削除してもナビゲータが広範囲をされるのを自動で調整をしてほしい。

    ナビゲータ表示がアートボードや 孤立点などを
    削除したあとも広域で表示されるのを
    自動的に調整されるようにしてほしい。

    この現象がおきた場合、現行は新しいファイルに
    コピーをし直すしか無い。
    （もし方法があるのであれば、教えて下さい。）

    1 vote

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  8. My illustrator does not recognize my gpu, an nvidia a4000 ada

    My illustrator does not recognize my gpu, an nvidia a4000 ada

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  9. Make it easy to colour pie charts using colour libraries.

    Unable to use the libraries colour menu to colour a pie chart. This is ridiculous. I had to make a separate box on the page and use the eyedropper to transfer the colour to the pie chart. Even the Eyedropper wouldn't work directly with the colour in the colour library and that is where all our brand colours are stored.

    2 votes

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  10. Highlight missing fonts in a symbol

    Missing fonts do not get highlighted if used in a symbol.

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  11. An ability to disable Text to Vector Graphic feature and any other generative options

    I'd like to be able to turn off the new feature for "text to vector graphic (beta)" if possible.

    15 votes

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  12. Artboard instant activation by mouse hover

    Currently you to have select the artboard first by left click inside the area, inorder to apply certain operations.
    Can there be a toggle option to auto select or activate an artboard whenever mouse hover it? we don't need to click every time to make it active. It saves loads of clicks if you have a complex project with multiple artboards.

    2 votes

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  13. 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.

    3 votes

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  14. Ability to create new fonts directly in Illustrator

    I want to be able to make a usable font in illustrator without having to use FontForge or another similar non-Adobe application.

    6 votes

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  15. Automatically pick a key object from a selection as a target path when using Object > Object on Path > Attach command

    Illustrator allows us to set a key object by clicking one of selected objects, to perform align and distribute operations (sadly, a very underutilized method!)

    But Objects on Path doesn’t use this method at all, technically being an align & distribute operation.

    If I have a selection and marked one object as a key one already, after calling Object > Object on Path > Attach command I STILL have to click a target path! I already made my choice before running the command, why does it force me to make a choice twice and precisely click again?

    A clear miss.…

    2 votes

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  16. Hide/Show all text appearances in the Appearance panel

    Have the option to hide/show all appearances in the appearance panel, not just individual ones.
    When working with text, having the computer constantly redraw appearances — slows the workflow. The ability to hide all would drastically improve performance, especially on text with multiple strokes/complex fills.

    3 votes

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  17. Explode Command

    There's a command in Autodesk 3ds max called "explode", it will ungroup a group of elements and all sub-groups under it, so if there's a group that includes multiple levels of sub-groups, they will all explode to individual elements or objects, would love to see that in Illustrator and Photoshop

    1 vote

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  18. More templates for phones

    Would be great to have consideration of other mobile phone devices on market, not just focusing on Apple. Or remove the Apple phones & just have the sizes on handsets.

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  19. Allow appearances to apply to linked files

    Linked documents (i.e. other .ai files) can't have their appearance modified.

    I.e. if I have a vector design.ai, I can place it in another .ai document however no stroke or fill options actually apply to the file.

    This makes scenarios where you have to invert the vector design.ai difficult without custom SVG filters to help try influence the linked document.

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  20. Please add an ability to align points using the Align panel

    Please add an ability to align individual points using the Align panel. This has always been an option, but it seems to have been removed.

    8 votes

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