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  1. Better integration of User Templates

    Saving a User Template is not very convenient, since the Templates folder has not the right privileges initially. Why not create a folder in ~/Documents/Adobe in stead of a rather undescriptive folder named 'Cool Extras' in the Application folder?

    2 votes
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  2. Save SVG without the enable-background style property being added

    The enable-background property seems to be automatically added into the svg code when created. That attribute is deprecated and no longer recommended to be used. There doesn't seem to be a way to avoid it being in there, and the only option is to manually strip it out of the svg code. Could a feature update be made to stop automatically adding this property?

    1 vote
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  3. Simple Drop Shadow Action - make action active

    I'm trying to create a drop shadow action for a specific ratio that will be used company wide. But each time I try to record it, it doesn't want to stay active. It's always grayed out and unusable.

    1 vote
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  4. Make the Info panel more usefull

    The info panel is too concise in my opinion.
    E.g: when a place image is selected, it should show its pixel size, scale, rotation, color mode etc.

    4 votes
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  5. Please Support the File Info feature for SVG files

    When saving files in SVG format, we can't currently save File Info, such as copyright, file name etc. You can fill it in but it disappears when you open the file again. I was told but Adobe that the File Info only works with .ai files and they suggested I ask about it here.

    This is valuable to me because I can record copyright information with each SVG file.

    2 votes
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  6. Copy Live Type into Indesign in Preserving text boxes

    I work on graphic novels where the type layers are set in PS (ugh)
    Brought into Illustrator as editable text. Would love to be able to copy and paste the entire page as editable formatted text into InDesign,
    Currently it pastes as outlines.

    3 votes
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  7. Please allow hiding the "shape properties" from transform panel.

    This area wastes half the panel.

    I will never use "shapes" - why is this bit of panel always showing?

    2 votes
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  8. why on earth does the stupid logioptions panel open constantly and prevent doing anything until it is closed manually wtf

    why on earth does the stupid logioptions panel open constantly and prevent doing anything until it is closed manually wtf

    1 vote
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  9. Make Global Edit work with guides

    Guides in Illustrator are treated like objects. It does not suite everyone, and there is a request to make them a completely separate entity, like ones in InDesign, without them being able to get selected with 'normal' object, get grouped, etc.

    Still, when a selection of a guide is made, it is expected for it to behave like a selection would do. We can transform them (rotate scale, flip, move), hide/lock individually... and it feels normal for a selected guide to be affected by the Global Edit feature.

    However, it does not :(

    7 votes
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  10. Automatically restore Type Character panel settings

    When entering text, sometimes we modify settings in the Character panel.
    For example, to type CO2 (carbon dioxide) correctly, we select the '2' and enable "Subscript" on it.
    What is very annoying is that this custom setting ("Subscript" in above example) remains enabled the next time we enter some completely different text elsewhere and we always have to go back and first fix the setting in the Character panel.

    Feature suggestion:
    Changes made to the "Character panel" should automatically reset to "default" once the text block editing is completed (or before starting editing some new text elsewhere).

    2 votes
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  11. "Alternate" Grid by keyboard shortcut

    In technical drawings (but not only), sometimes we temporarily need a finer grid (more subdivisions) just for a couple of work steps, after which we return to the original (larger) grid.
    It is painful that for this we always have to go and change Illustrator Preferences (back and forth).

    Feature suggestion:
    In Illustrator Preferences make it possible to define two different grid subdivision values: "default" and "alternate".
    The "alternate" grid is such that it becomes active immediately when holding a specific keyboard combination (e.g. ALT key) while drawing.
    As soon as the keyboard key combination is released, the grid returns…

    1 vote
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  12. Illustrator and Illustrator Beta File Association Issue in Windows 10 and 11

    When installing Adobe apps, files extension associations work as expected in Windows 10 and 11.

    When installing a beta version of the same Adobe app, files association are moved to the beta version. There is no way to move the file association back to the regular app without manually changing the windows registry because:

    1.) The regular app does not appear any longer in the file association drop down list (in settings)

    2.) Right clicking illustrator file and changing associated app through folder structure locally also does not work. Even though I select the correct app (Illustrator.exe), the beta app…

    5 votes
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  13. The "Select Same" function including points as a choice

    As of now, the Select menu includes "Same" and "Object". With a point not being an object, it would be under the "Same" submenu where it only has the option of selecting shapes and/or texts under certain conditions.

    If in need to select multiple points, we could use the Direct Selection tool to select each of the points, but similar to shapes and texts, it would be helpful to have a one-click solution to select the points.

    Some conditions to include (similar to "Select >> Same >> Fill Color") could be:
    - the points having to be on a certain…

    2 votes
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  14. Make Recolor Artwork freely draggable

    The initial Recolor panel cannot be dragged around on small screens (that you need to set up for recording tutorials or for whatever other reason). The controls are hidden. It would be great if this panel would behave like a normal panel when dragging around.

    In the screenshot the monitor is set to 1280 x 720 and the dragstrip is not available. For even smaller screens, some control might get out of reach.

    5 votes
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  15. Please make New Swatch available all the time

    Sometimes, I have a complex selection of unpainted paths, and then I need to create a color swatch to apply. But unfortunately 'New Swatch' is greyed out. Why? Why isn't it always available?

    1 vote
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  16. Opacity mask detection and text inside

    Sometimes we need to convert all text in the document to shapes (Create Outline) to be in the save side in print process.

    When we have opacity masks that have text inside the mask layer, we can't edit it until we find the mask. Sometime, we receive documents that we didn't make ourselves and it will be not be easy to find all masks.

    The suggestion is to:
    - Have a command to find out all opacity masks.
    - Have a command to select text in the whole document even inside the masks.

    5 votes
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  17. Auto fit text in text frame

    It would be really useful if Illustrator could autofit text within set parameters, similar to InDesign. This would minimize over matter that often occurs when importing text, especially when using the variable links.
    I mean resize the text to fit the text frame to avoid over matter and get everything in. Text frame size should not change.

    3 votes
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  18. Gradient tool on desktop similar to the iPad version!

    Please make the Interactive Gradient Tool work as in the iPad version, where both end nodes behave similarly.
    On the desktop version, when one end is dragged, it moves the whole gradient around.
    On the iPad, both ends can be moved independently.
    It makes the tool counter intuitive!

    11 votes
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  19. Anchor point sliding (reposition point tool)

    It would be nice to have an Anchor Point Slide function that transfers the anchor's position along the path without disturbing it, the same way nodes work in a 3D software. I find it very frustrating when I'm trying to reposition an anchor point without altering the path, but there's no way to do that.

    7 votes
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  20. Adobe fonts do not auto activate reliably. Constant issues with Adobe fonts activating properly.

    Your product does not auto activate and integrate "Adobe Fonts" properly. Fonts constantly fail to load or activate from the Adobe fonts library.

    When features like this are not available, you are selling us a product that does not work. Everyone paying for an adobe subscription should be refunded based on the value of the feature. I.e. we should all be refunded for the value of PANTONE color use your app lost... why are we constantly paying to subscribe to a suite of programs that does not live up to the features promised? Send me a letter when the class…

    1 vote
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