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1. Change pattern colors, possibly with an Expand or Colorize effects

   If I have a design that uses a pattern, and I need to have the colors in this pattern to change, I’d have no choice but to create several copies of it and change colors in each one.

   It means that if I change a pattern later, I’d have to either change all the copies of the pattern, or repeat the changes in each copy of the original. And surely I can’t utilize global swatches for this, because duplicating one doesn’t work as expected. We don’t have proper variables to use also.
   Symbols won’t work in patterns (they get expanded silently if you try to use one by drag-n-drop — https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/51662026), so I can’t utilize them to build pattern copies faster.

   There are certain hacks...

   I can make a black-and-white variant of my pattern and put it in an opacity mask of a shape, as a giant rectangle, to allow me editing the colored shape later.

   There’s this great trick — https://x.com/toyotoyo2ro/status/1611781124635910144 — that uses flat front 3D legacy Extrude and the Pathfinder Exclude (you can see how it works in the file attached)... it crops, trims, cleans the pattern much more effectively than a manual expand and further cleaning would sometimes, but the Classic 3D is capricious and can 'hit the RAM roadblock' at any moment.

   So...
   Perhaps you can make a dedicated Expand effect, that would allow us to expand patterns live? It’d still need to know how Appearance work and how you can arrange attributes and effects...
   Or perhaps introduce a colorize effect we can assign to a pattern fill/stroke and force colors — something like this Shift Color effect by Astute graphics allows? — https://docs.astutegraphics.com/phantasm/shift-to-color

   If I have a design that uses a pattern, and I need to have the colors in this pattern to change, I’d have no choice but to create several copies of it and change colors in each one.

   It means that if I change a pattern later, I’d have to either change all the copies of the pattern, or repeat the changes in each copy of the original. And surely I can’t utilize global swatches for this, because duplicating one doesn’t work as expected. We don’t have proper variables to use also.
   Symbols won’t work in patterns (they get expanded… more

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2. Managing Plug-ins

   Isn't it about time Adobe offered a better solution to enabling and disabling plug-ins? A simple list with enable and disable option would suffice. It would really make debugging a lot quicker. Especially in Illustrator.

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3. Add more space character widths

   I would like to see the space characters menu expanded to include the Sixth, Eighth, Quarter, Third.

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4. Synchronize Gradient Angle Across Multiple Objects While Preserving Individual Gradient Colors

   I would like to suggest a native Illustrator feature that allows designers to synchronize the angle or direction of gradients across multiple selected objects without replacing each object’s individual gradient colors.

   For example:

   Red → Orange — 30°
   Blue → Cyan — 120°
   Green → Yellow — 240°

   After applying Match Gradient Angle → 30°:

   Red → Orange — 30°
   Blue → Cyan — 30°
   Green → Yellow — 30°

   The key requirement is that each object keeps its own gradient colors and color stops. Only the gradient angle or direction is synchronized.

   This would be especially useful for vector illustration, icon systems, infographics, branding, packaging, UI assets, pattern design, and other complex multi-object artwork where consistent lighting or gradient direction is important.

   I would like to suggest a native Illustrator feature that allows designers to synchronize the angle or direction of gradients across multiple selected objects without replacing each object’s individual gradient colors.

   For example:

   Red → Orange — 30°
   Blue → Cyan — 120°
   Green → Yellow — 240°

   After applying Match Gradient Angle → 30°:

   Red → Orange — 30°
   Blue → Cyan — 30°
   Green → Yellow — 30°

   The key requirement is that each object keeps its own gradient colors and color stops. Only the gradient angle or direction is synchronized.

   This would be especially useful for vector… more

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5. Randomize options for symbol sprayer

   I like to use the symbol sprayer to quickly place a cluster of shapes, but it never looks organic because every symbol is identical. I wish there were settings on the symbol sprayer to randomize the size and rotation of the symbols, similar to settings you might choose when editing a brush in Photoshop or Fresco.

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6. Allow for "New from Template" to remember the last folder used

   New from Template directs us to a dedicated folder that is buried deep inside of Ai’s bowels. It probably is handy for Ai to check it, but it’s now comfortable for us to access it to store the files within. Plus, different projects can have different templates, stored in their relative folders, and an option to make the last folder sticky can be helpful.

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7. "Paste Remembers Layers ONE TIME" option

   Rarely do I want this feature active more than 1 or 2 times. Honestly, making "one time" the default would be fine with me, but good to have options.

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8. Please add a Search inside of the Cloud Projects folder

   Please add a SEARCH INSIDE of the cloud PROJECTS FOLDER, you can search in YOUR FILES but not in Projects???

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9. Show thumbnails in Artboards panel

   I would love to be able to see a thumbnail of the artboard in the Artboard panel (similar to how you can for layers) I often have many artboards and would like to move them into a certain orders visually — not just by name.

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10. Double clicking a gradient should open the gradient editor

    When a gradient is clicked in the toolbar's Fill Stroke Controls, the Fill turns black, in stead of opening the gradient editor.
    Why? It's not of any use, and contra intuitive.

    Please open the gradient editor whenever a gradient is double clicked.

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11. Rename the 'Typing' history step for auto-bullet conversion to a clearer label (e.g., AutoFormat)

    Using Undo to roll back the auto conversion of bullets now works as it should (thanks to this report: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/46954429), but the history step is just called with general 'Typing', and it doesn’t add clarity.

    Compare it with something like Microsoft Word, where the step is called 'AutoFormat' — still a broad name, but much easier to spot!
    Plus, Word offers to undo the auto-formatting right there in text when typing with a widget... and it offers a way to disable it completely right THERE.
    Ai’s solution is rather blunt and cheap and lacks elegancy in this current form. Please make it better.

    Using Undo to roll back the auto conversion of bullets now works as it should (thanks to this report: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/46954429), but the history step is just called with general 'Typing', and it doesn’t add clarity.

    Compare it with something like Microsoft Word, where the step is called 'AutoFormat' — still a broad name, but much easier to spot!
    Plus, Word offers to undo the auto-formatting right there in text when typing with a widget... and it offers a way to disable it completely right THERE.
    Ai’s solution is rather blunt and cheap and lacks elegancy in this current form.… more

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12. Show the consistent color picker dialog both when editing a fill and a swatch

    For some reason AI uses different color pickers in similar occasions. I would like to see a unified color picker that has all the best from the other color pickers: HSB and Grayscale and RGB/Hex or CMYK (depending on document color mode).

    In the current version double clicking a swatch brings up a completely different interface than double clicking a fill color for example.

    I would like to see a color picker that shows all I can possibly need, without having to change systems all the time via a menu. (most of the time, I use HSB and RGB to modify colors, but AI does not offer both in one view.)

    Take a look at Cinema 4d's color picker as a starting point, and improve it more to create the Adobe version (and then... put it in all CC apps! :-)

    For some reason AI uses different color pickers in similar occasions. I would like to see a unified color picker that has all the best from the other color pickers: HSB and Grayscale and RGB/Hex or CMYK (depending on document color mode).

    In the current version double clicking a swatch brings up a completely different interface than double clicking a fill color for example.

    I would like to see a color picker that shows all I can possibly need, without having to change systems all the time via a menu. (most of the time, I use HSB and RGB to… more

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13. Using new Absolute mode in Transform Each dialog ignores clipping masks

    Separate transformations do not affect the mask

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14. Allow Users to Change the Default Save Location Behavior

    In other production software, there is a preferences setting that allows users to change whether the program will open the file explorer relative to the current file's save location or to remember where it was last opened to.
    This feature is sorely missing from Illustrator and causes me loads of headaches when exporting assets for multiple clients in rapid succession.
    To make things worse, if you use the Asset Export window (Export for Screens), the "Export to:" filepath will prepopulate to the last location that that particular file saved to. If you click the folder icon to the right of it, you would expect the file explorer to open in that directory. But it does not. Instead, it opens in the last place Illustrator exported assets to, regardless of the active file.
    This is counterintuitive, and I often have to backtrack to find assets that I for sure thought I exported, but turns out they were sent to a seemingly random folder.
    Please let us choose whether or not Illustrator will open the file browser relative to the active file's location or whether Illustrator will remember where it last saved a file regardless of active file.

    In other production software, there is a preferences setting that allows users to change whether the program will open the file explorer relative to the current file's save location or to remember where it was last opened to.
    This feature is sorely missing from Illustrator and causes me loads of headaches when exporting assets for multiple clients in rapid succession.
    To make things worse, if you use the Asset Export window (Export for Screens), the "Export to:" filepath will prepopulate to the last location that that particular file saved to. If you click the folder icon to the right of… more

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15. Please update the Glyph Panel with a search feature for icon tags in icon fonts.

    Currently, if I create a text block to add an icon-font, the default placeholder text prevents the icon font from being displayed in the Glyphs pallet. I have to delete the placeholder text just to see the Glyphs.

    But more importantly, I spend a great deal of time digging through these icon fonts to find the icon I need.

    What would be ideal is if you would enhance the Glyphs pallet to include a simple text field that would allow me to search within an icon font (or really any font) for a specific character tag.

    The enclosed image shows how the Glyph panel could look. You would add a search field to the top of the panel where I could type in an icon search term. In this case "arrow". All of the icons in the font with the tag "arrow" would be highlighted in yellow.

    If I select an icon, it turns blue and the associated tags are displayed at the bottom. In this case, I searched for arrow, but wanted the play button. So I could click the Tag button and add the "arrow" tag to that icon for future reference. If I wanted to delete a tag from a font, the popup tag menu would allow me to delete the tag (as well as the close button on the tag itself).

    Also, notice that this would allow me to view as a standard glyph table as well as a taglist table. The icons would run vertically in a column with their associated tags to the right of them.

    By maintaining the font-icon-tag list in a simple json file or xml or whatever, you could allow new icon font makers to tag their own fonts for convenience. You would only have to tag the fonts in the Adobe Font Library, which I would volunteer to do if it would help make this possible.

    If someone added an icon font that had no tags, they would be able to add their own tags.

    Currently, if I create a text block to add an icon-font, the default placeholder text prevents the icon font from being displayed in the Glyphs pallet. I have to delete the placeholder text just to see the Glyphs.

    But more importantly, I spend a great deal of time digging through these icon fonts to find the icon I need.

    What would be ideal is if you would enhance the Glyphs pallet to include a simple text field that would allow me to search within an icon font (or really any font) for a specific character tag.

    The enclosed image shows… more

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16. Bigger text input files for generative prompts

    Two lines are way too less in many cases. Make it scalable. Preferably automatic ;-)

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17. New Align Setting: "Align to Nearest Artboard" (Smart Artboard Awareness)

    Illustrator’s "Align to Artboard" should be viewport-aware.

    Currently, if I’m zoomed in on Artboard 10 but Artboard 1 is technically "active," objects fly off-screen to Artboard 1 when I hit align. This is counter-intuitive and forces a constant cycle of "Undo" (Ctrl+Z) and manual clicking to re-activate the correct board.

    Proposed Solution:
    Add a setting for "Align to Nearest/Visible Artboard." The software should automatically align to the artboard the user is currently looking at or the one the object is physically overlapping, without requiring a manual click to "activate" it first.

    Make the alignment tool smart enough to understand the user's current context.

    Illustrator’s "Align to Artboard" should be viewport-aware.

    Currently, if I’m zoomed in on Artboard 10 but Artboard 1 is technically "active," objects fly off-screen to Artboard 1 when I hit align. This is counter-intuitive and forces a constant cycle of "Undo" (Ctrl+Z) and manual clicking to re-activate the correct board.

    Proposed Solution:
    Add a setting for "Align to Nearest/Visible Artboard." The software should automatically align to the artboard the user is currently looking at or the one the object is physically overlapping, without requiring a manual click to "activate" it first.

    Make the alignment tool smart enough to understand the… more

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18. Continuous Line via Length and Angle

    Create a variant of the line tool that you can continuously add a segment via entering length and angle in a tool options dialogue box. It would stay open and follow you around on your screen until you click okay/finish/done. Just a small box with length and angle options.

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19. Support Artboard Background Fill Color when saving to Cloud (.aic)

    1. Windows 11
    2. 30.2.1
    3. Create an .ai document and change the fill color of an artboard. Save it locally (still .ai). Close and Reopen it and observe the fill color is the same. Now save that document to the cloud (.aic). Close and Reopen it and observe the fill color is reset to transparent.
    4. I expect the artboard fill color to stay the same when saving as an .aic, just like it does as an .ai
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    I tried to troubleshoot it through the Illustrator Discord channel - https://discord.com/channels/634884897185595412/637037500451258369/1476316280947474583

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20. Temporary multi-object alignment without grouping

    In Figma, holding Shift temporarily allows selected objects to be treated as a single unit when performing alignment actions (e.g., aligning to the artboard). This avoids the hassle of grouping and then ungrouping the objects. Can we have the same functionality in Illustrator as well?

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