Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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An option to not highlight the active artboard in Trim View
It would be great if the Artboard Display Highlight Color could be hidden when in Trim View. So it doesn't interfere with the visual look of the artwork and yet could be larger in the standard display mode to enable easier workflow.
2 votes -
Recent Color Swatch Used Keybind
In short, a recent color swatch keybind would increase efficiency during creating projects. Currently I am working on a project where I have to use the same colors repeatedly. If there was a keybind to automatically change the color to the most recently used color it would be nice.
Ex. You have to type out a text on a card and you want to change the color of certain words quickly without having to go into the swatches board and having to highlight.
Instead of that you could:
Use a color once
Highlight the new uncolored text
Do a keybind…2 votesThis can be achieved with Actions panel. It allows to record certain operations and assign F-key-based shortcuts to call them later faster.
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Add opacity slider to guides settings
Please add an opacity slider to the guides settings.
5 votes -
Allow to manually sort and rename Variable Stroke Width profiles
It would be great if we had the ability to manually sort VSW profiles.
For now the only way to do it is to delete all the native ones and carefully name your own (and the UI doesn’t offer us to change the name of a profile later).
2 votes -
"Width Profile" option to Select Same menu
Can we add "Width Profile" option to Select Same menu
2 votes -
Guys, why don't you have a "Behance Project" on the New document screen? This should help a lot.
Guys, why don't you have a "Behance Project" on the New document screen? This should help a lot.
2 votes -
Support noise effect from SVG exported from Figma
…<svg width="255" height="255" viewBox="0 0 255 255" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <g filter="url(#filter0_n_1_5)"> <circle cx="127.021" cy="127.021" r="127.021" fill="#FF7575"/> </g> <defs> <filter id="filter0_n_1_5" x="0" y="0" width="254.042" height="254.042" filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse" color-interpolation-filters="sRGB"> <feFlood flood-opacity="0" result="BackgroundImageFix"/> <feBlend mode="normal" in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImageFix" result="shape"/> <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.71641594171524048 0.71641594171524048" stitchTiles="stitch" numOctaves="3" result="noise" seed="7505" /> <feColorMatrix in="noise" type="luminanceToAlpha" result="alphaNoise" /> <feComponentTransfer in="alphaNoise" result="coloredNoise1"> <feFuncA type="discrete" tableValues="1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 votes -
Support angular gradients exported from Figma
Example:
<svg width="255" height="255" viewBox="0 0 255 255" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<g clip-path="url(#paint0_angular_21_6_clip_path)" data-figma-skip-parse="true"><g transform="matrix(0 0.127021 -0.127021 0 127.021 127.021)"><foreignObject x="-1021.98" y="-1021.98" width="2043.96" height="2043.96"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="background:conic-gradient(from 90deg,rgba(255, 116, 116, 1) 0deg,rgba(255, 222, 116, 1) 360deg);height:100%;width:100%;opacity:1"></div></foreignObject></g></g><circle cx="127.021" cy="127.021" r="127.021" data-figma-gradient-fill="{"type":"GRADIENT_ANGULAR","stops":[{"color":{"r":1.0,"g":0.45723783969879150,"b":0.45723783969879150,"a":1.0},"position":0.0},{"color":{"r":1.0,"g":0.87335550785064697,"b":0.45723783969879150,"a":1.0},"position":1.0}],"stopsVar":[{"color":{"r":1.0,"g":0.45723783969879150,"b":0.45723783969879150,"a":1.0},"position":0.0},{"color":{"r":1.0,"g":0.87335550785064697,"b":0.45723783969879150,"a":1.0},"position":1.0}],"transform":{"m00":1.5555609304460614e-14,"m01":-254.04237365722656,"m02":254.04237365722656,"m10":254.04237365722656,"m11":1.4210854715202004e-14,"m12":-1.4883232856864256e-14},"opacity":1.0,"blendMode":"NORMAL","visible":true}"/>
<defs>
<clipPath id="paint0_angular_21_6_clip_path"><circle cx="127.021" cy="127.021" r="127.021"/></clipPath></defs>
</svg>
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Support background blur in SVGs exported from Figma
<svg width="367" height="255" viewBox="0 0 367 255" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <rect x="150.75" y="18.5726" width="216" height="216.897" fill="#7580FF"/> <foreignObject x="-51.0876" y="-51.0876" width="356.218" height="356.218"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="backdrop-filter:blur(25.54px);clip-path:url(#bgblur_0_1_16_clip_path);height:100%;width:100%"></div></foreignObject><circle data-figma-bg-blur-radius="51.0876" cx="127.021" cy="127.021" r="127.021" fill="#FF7575" fill-opacity="0.7"/> <defs> <clipPath id="bgblur_0_1_16_clip_path" transform="translate(51.0876 51.0876)"><circle cx="127.021" cy="127.021" r="127.021"/> </clipPath></defs> </svg>(I'm sympathetic that general
<foreignObject>support is nigh impossible 🙂 Figma uses this only for background blurs and angular gradients)4 votes -
Função Encostar
Deveria ser adicionada a função "ENCOSTAR" para não ter que ficar mexendo as coisas com o mouse pra elas ficarem ENCOSTADAS
3 votesThe current description is too brief, please elaborate: what should it do exactly (some before / after images would help), where should it appear, what’s the reason behind it.
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Exact ARC export in DXF
Illustrator internally represents curves as Bézier paths, while CAD/CNC workflows rely on true ARC entities (constant-radius circular arcs).
At the moment, there is no reliable way to export Illustrator geometry containing circular arcs to DXF while preserving them as exact ARC entities. All curves are approximated as splines or segmented polylines, even when the geometry is mathematically circular.
This creates a serious issue for CNC workflows, where exact radii and true arcs are required for correct toolpaths, tolerances, and part fitting.A highly valuable feature would be:
• Detection of constant-radius Bézier curves
• Optional conversion of those curves to…4 votes -
Share for review needs rotate tool in the web cooperation mode
I use the share for review usually for the very complex packaging designs.
In many cases the package has text on all sides and that means that the texts are sometimes 180 or 90 degrees rotated. Its very inconvenient for the client to comment those texts. So the web interface definitely needs a simple 180-90 degrees rotation tool.
4 votes -
Give the choice to change the export resolution with or without changing the number of pixels.
When exporting as an image llustrator will always change the pixel amount when you set a resolution higher or lower than 72 ppi. Photoshop has an option that is missing in Illustrator, the option to check/uncheck “Resample” when changing the resolution. When Unchecked only the ppi metatadata is changed and the pixel amount stays the same. When checked Photoshop behaves like Illustrator does and changes the amount of pixels when the resolution is changed. It would be a welcome addition to have this choice in Illustrator.
17 votes -
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.2 votes -
Allow to covert a global / spot swatch into a normal / process color when user tries to edit the HEX value in Color panel
As mentioned by oldsystem here — https://www.reddit.com/r/AdobeIllustrator/comments/1pj3jae/my_4month_list_of_illustrator_2025_issues_state/ — Illustrator doesn’t allow to change a global/spot color in the Color panel by editing a HEX value. We just can’t type there.
However, if we open a Color Picker instead, it’s not a problem — we can enter a new hex value and get the color converted into a normal/process color, with no warning or shy message even about the conversion happened.
Please make these consistent. Allow editing the HEX value and show a shy message, similar to one we see when we convert live rectangles into just paths by moving an…
2 votes -
Bi-color contour brush
I want to suggest to the Adobe Illustrator developers the creation of a brush that allows for precise adjustments of both the line width and the outline width in millimeters, and that, when lines intersect or overlap, it combines the elements and creates a continuous outline around them. This would allow you to create patches for milling machines.
2 votes -
Make Swatches panel minimal size smaller
Please, make it possible to reduce the Swatches panel height like it was in Illustrator 2024.
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Snap Bézier handles to consistent lengths
Would it be possible to add more precise settings regarding the snap behavior of the Pen tool’s anchor points, especially for the handles? This feature exists in Figma and is very useful for ensuring that handles have the same length, distance, and alignment.
In addition, these handles are often difficult to click. They should be made more accessible, either by increasing their size or by enlarging them by hover.
2 votes -
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!
2 votes -
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.
2 votes
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