Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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An ability to have an exact width without tracking
The width should be based on the actual vectors and not the letters with Tracking (Kerning). If I add 100 tracking to the text, it is wider then the actual vectors and that creates issues with making sure the letters will fit on a wall that they would be attached to.
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Make USEFUL hover hints for ALL the options, fields, menu commands
Clearly the team doesn’t really care about making hover hints to be a learning tool.
Rarely these actually try to say what an option or a field does or controls: like 'Start editing similar shapes together' for the 'Global Edit' button in the Control panel, or 'Click to pick arrowhead to apply to start point of path' in Stroke panel...
But in most cases the hint is extremely rudimentary.
Try to hover the 'W' field in Transform panel — you’d get 'W value'. W?! Weight? Wand? Why not say 'Width Value', or even 'Set Width for the selected objects'?Then…
5 votes -
PROGRAMA HORRIBLE
QUE TREMENDO PROGRAMA DE MRDA,LO MENOS INTUITIVO DEL MUNDO, MUCHO IA MUCHO IA PERO NO PODES ALINEAR UN CUADRADO CON OTRO PROGRAMA DEL REBERENDO OJETE AGUANTE CANVA
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Prioritizing selected object
An option to prioritize selected objects.
This has many use cases, here is one examples to - hopefully - make the function more clear:
If you have a stack of objects which overlap, the selected object will be prioritized, meaning you can move and scale it until you »deactivate« the prioritization or you deselect the object. You don't deselect this object if you click move the object with your mouse, even if another object is in front if it.
This can also be helpful when you work with type, where a transparent bounding box around the type often leads to…1 vote -
Export selected artboards using "Exports for Screens" with editing capabilities preserved
Can you provide a checkbox in Adobe Illustrator that allows exporting the selected artboard from a file with multiple artboards, while preserving editing capabilities? This would ensure that fonts and images are not missing, and that the file size remains small due to only the selected artboard being included.
I work for a Hindi newspaper, and the fonts I use in the file are not available everywhere. As a result, the fonts get missing on certain systems if the file is exported as a PDF without 'Preserve Editing Capabilities' enabled, which affects the quality of the product. Additionally, if the…
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The option to define visibility of layers and objects by artboard.
The option to define visibility of layers and objects by artboard.
This way, one could set multiple artboards of the same content with different sets of layers or objects visible in each.
I often have to hide/show some layers before export (for instance when I do the same complex artwork in multiple languages). Of course the default would be the current behavior.1 vote -
Allow Join Tool to join selected open diverging paths with a straight connection
The Join Tool isn't working as it should. It trims extra paths but it doesn't join the anchor points.
1 vote -
Preference for keyboard increments in NUMERICAL value boxes
I love being able to use the up/down keys to change the values of the numerical values in panels and dialog boxes such as OFFSET PATH.
The problem is that the incremental jumps are to far (1/8 of an inch when set to inches). We can use modifier keys to increase or decrease this jump, BUT it is still big jumps.
I can find no other way to adjust this other than moving to Points or pixels for the measuring through right clicking the ruler, even though I am working in inches. This moves the increment to those base values:…
2 votes -
Starter Toolbar
Starter Toolbar' - a new toolbar organization in Illustrator that makes finding and using tools more intuitive. This new toolbar reorganizes similar tools into logical groups, making it easier to locate exactly what you need.
1 vote -
Make Package to find ALL links used by linked files themselves
Would be great if Packaging to into account all linked AI and PSD files and made sure those files and their links were included.
So when I create an AI file that links in another AI the links for that file are also included, or if a PSD is linked the links in that PSD are also included! And vice versa for PSD files that have linked AI files with PSD links in those said AI files...2 votes -
Allow to customize created dimensions more: move and style text, reposition lines, change units and scale, etc.
The functionality of the Dimension Tool needs to be improved. I think this tool should be made even more customizable. Example: Numbers and fonts should be able to move, rotate, change its style (add stroke or box it). We need to be able to easily change the units of measurement directly in the settings of the tool itself. Also lines with dimensions should be able to move arbitrarily (up and down) with Direct Selection Tool.
2 votes -
Move items inside/outside hidden and locked layers.
I want to move items in and out of locked and/or hidden layers.
I use the lock and hidden options to not accendently modify them on the canvas, but I do neet to rearrange them in the layers, or need a copy of an item.4 votes -
Support SVG text-anchor attribute (export and import)
For correct positioning of dynamic right-aligned or center-aligned text, we need the position of the anchor point.
But Illustrator does not export it.
Our ask is that the anchor point is exported to SVG using the text-anchor attribute.
You can read about it here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/text-anchor2 votes -
Allow Illustrator to remain in native file mode after saving to PDF
Currently, saving a PDF from Illustrator keeps the saved PDF open in Illustrator. If you edit the file that is still open, you're editing the PDF and not the native Illustrator file. It is difficult to see that you're working in PDF other than just remembering that Illustrator does this (when other Adobe apps do not), and/or to look at the extension on the file tab.
Feature request is to change this function so that Illustrator remains open in the same Illustrator file format instead of switching to working in the saved PDF via Illustrator. This would be similar to…
4 votes -
変数のデータセット名をCSVからインポートできるようにして下さい。
変数の機能はとても便利なのですが、インポート時にデータセットの名前を任意のものにできないので不便です。現状だと、自動的にデータセット名1、データセット名2、データセット名3....というような名前が設定されます。これでは実際に選択するまでなんのデータなのかわかりません。
現状はイラストレーター上で一つ一つ変更するか、XMLでダウンロードして名前を変更しなければならず、不便なので、よろしくお願いいたします。2 votes -
consult:Quality of JPG
As shown in the picture:
Maximum -----------jpg100
High ------------- jpg80
medium ------------- jpg50
Low ---------------jpg20
Are they one-to-one correspondence?1 vote -
Allow to change transparency/opacity with digit (number) keys, as in Photoshop
Photoshop allows us to start typing numbers and thus change the opacity for the selected layers. If we are fast enough, we can type something like '57' and Ps takes it as 57%. Pressing zero makes it 100%.
There is no way to disable this in Ps... and it doesn’t allow to use digits keys for any other command or a tool.
Ai allows to map digits just fine (and 1 and 2 are used for Quick Pen Tool currently), and it also allows to map keys to opacity values in Keyboard Shortcuts > Tools — although these are not…
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Add a quick way to toggle the alignment of a stoke (Center, Inside, Outside): with Opt/Alt-click and/or a hotkey
There are many modes, states, values in Ai that require precise clicking in a tiny button or a field to toggle or change. We need faster ways to access these.
A keyboard shortcut to quickly toggle how the current stroke is aligned would be nice to have... for those who prefer clicking, Opt/Alt could be added to avoid precise aiming, just to loop through the modes.
2 votes -
Bring back show bounding box while moving objects
When moving any objects in Illustrator, the bounding box will disappear. I need this feature to align objects on the artboard. Please bring back the bounding box when moving objects
1 vote -
Edit Colors panel - drag and drop from document swatches
In the "Edit Colors" panel, users can already select a document's color palette. However, it would be incredibly helpful to allow dragging and dropping individual colors from the document's palette directly into the active color set of an object.
Currently, users have to manually input color values (e.g., RGB), which is time-consuming. Adding a drag-and-drop feature would make this process more efficient and user-friendly, greatly improving the workflow for designers.
Thank you for considering this enhancement!
3 votes
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