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  1. Shortcut/button for the "Enter isolation mode"-function

    After Illustrator changed the place where to put pasted objects (before the objects where put in the selected layer, now the objects are put in a new layer at the top), I use the "Enter Isolations mode"-function a lot, to get the pasted objects the right place. I know there is a button, but it doesn't always show. So I would really like a shortcut for this function. Or make a button in the properties panel. Or both. Please.

    2 votes
    12 comments  ·  Isolation  ·  Admin →
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    Resolved (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    Disabling 'Paste Remembers Layers' in the Layers panel’s flyout menu solved the problem with pasting in place into a selected layer, therefore a specialized hotkey to the layer isolation is no longer required for the user.

    If you still need this hotkey — please comment.

  2. Layers Panel Row size is too small by default on 5K screens. Allow Illustrator to remember selected Row Size.

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →
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  3. New interface for Image Trace is too different

    New Image Trace UI design is terrible. The old was perfectly fine. Designers rely on consistent tool set up so we can work FAST. Stop messing with my wor flow. If it Ain't broke, don't FIX

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Tools  ·  Admin →
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  4. Let Artboard/Fit to Selected Art work for Selected Guides too

    When working on patterns, I often create a rectangle converted to a guide for the tile size.
    Unfortunately Fit to Selected Art does not recognise a guide to fit to.
    So I need to first release the Guide, then apply Fit to Selected art, and then make the Guide again.

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Documents and Artboards  ·  Admin →
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  5. Export revisions only

    When making minor updates to an existing presentation or pdf, option to "Export Revisions Only" to an existing file name or pdf - similar to Adobe Acrobat's new feature to detect changes between similar documents, this feature allows you export/update only the pages with revisions into an existing .pdf file. This saves a lot of export time when a client asks for several small revisions to a 10-20+ page presentation or document.

    2 votes
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  6. Option to assign chosen profile selection to all open documents in Missing Profile box

    When opening a project, I frequently have to choose either not to colour manage or I have to assign a particular profile to the document due to working with a number of different print houses. As I can sometimes open 10-20 documents at a time to edit them, would it be possible to assign the designated choice to all open documents at the same time, i.e., have a selection box you can tick to 'Apply selected profile option to all open projects'?

    Currently it is really laborious choosing the profile for each individual file as it opens.

    2 votes
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  7. Gradient Mesh Tool should have the ability to add a circular mesh within a circle.

    Gradient Mesh tool should have the ability to add circular mesh lines within a circle. Currently if you have a circle, a new mesh line will only span from one edge of the circumference to another however it would be good to add a concentric circle in the circular mesh

    2 votes
    3 comments  ·  Meshes, Distortion  ·  Admin →
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  8. OFFICIAL ONLINE USER MANUAL that we can easily search by tool or command name

    We still need a forum for complex questions like ‘how to…’, but the current community is TERRIBLE at answering ‘what is’… You need to stop pushing this responsibility of explaining features to users and start making an OFFICIAL guide where we can easily search what each tool or action like 'expand appearance' actually mean and their nuances explained with pictures. Please make this ONLINE and always updated!!! Your old pdf manual actually does this quite well.

    I am sick of watching outdated tutorials or WAITING for a response from users who might be equally outdated or not knowing what they're…

    2 votes
    3 comments  ·  Learning and Help  ·  Admin →
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  9. Make an option to allow to transform (move / rotate / resize) a pattern within object without holding ` (backtick / grave / tilde) key

    Newly redundant options in Transform menu
    With the AI ver 27.5 update the "Transform Pattern Only" option does not work anymore in the Transform palette options menu.
    It used to be that the pattern would move interactively within its container if it was dragged or rotated. Now the whole object moves. My small business works exclusively on pattern design and this happens on both our machines. (Win 10 and Win 11. Both i7 with 32gb) RAM).

    2 votes
    6 comments  ·  Colors, Swatches, Patterns  ·  Admin →
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  10. Find Replace dialog box to allow access to document for copy paste

    When you open the find/replace dialog box you no longer have access to the document so you can copy text. So you have to copy text -> open find/replace box -> paste in find field and click done -> copy the text you want to replace with -> open the dialog box again to paste and then find/replace. In InDesign this is not the case

    2 votes
    1 comment  ·  Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
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  11. Add Color Mode "BITMAP" to TIFF Options in FILE->EXPORT->EXPORT AS

    Add Color Mode "BITMAP" to TIFF Options in FILE->EXPORT->EXPORT AS

    I regularly export high resolution ( 1440 dpi ) black and white tiff images from illustrator. Right now they must be exported as grayscale and then I have to open them in photoshop and convert them to 1 bit images and resave.

    2 votes
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  12. Connected Arabic letters 'break' on curves

    Arabic text on curved paths tend to break, like in the example. The current work around is to either convert the text to outline and fix the breaks, or to create an art brush with the outlined text and adjust, again, manually.

    Can this be fixed to allow the text to be on the curved, and editable.

    2 votes
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  13. "Soft Messages" interface in SDK, as alternative to modal dialogs

    Can the SDK get an interface for Soft Messages like the "Shape Expanded" message that quietly appears at the top of the screen, then fades away on its own? Sometimes modal dialogs or even floating windows are just way too intrusive to simply pass a message on to the user.

    I have managed to pretty much replicate this in one of my own plugins using annotations, but it would be much simpler if a few lines of code could allow any developer and any plugin to call a behavior that already exists in Illustrator.

    2 votes
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  14. Export for Screen Preset system is a FIASCO

    As comments for this thread are closet, I start a new one.
    https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/32015539-custom-presets-for-asset-export-export-for-scree

    This Preset thing is a disaster. It doesn't fix any issues I have with Export For Screens.

    It doesn't save the Folder for the export. So I have to set it every time I open my document, as Illustrator set it to the same folder as where my AI document is. This was, and now still is, my major problem with Export for Screens.

    Also, I have to select the Preset every time I open my AI file. The least I was hoping was that the settings…

    2 votes
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  15. Printing one artboard multiple times on one sheet

    It would be very beneficial to have a feature that allows you to save a pdf with multiple copies of your artboard on one sheet with cut marks. Something similar to the attached screenshot (that was manually created).

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Print  ·  Admin →
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  16. Reduce the shortening / truncating of color swatch names when in list view

    Remove the color type from the right column of the color swatch menu which would result in more space for the color name and ultimately less truncation of color names.
    The color type; spot, process or global is already indicated by a dot or triangle on the thumbnail on the left. It doesnt need to be indicated again on the right. If this was eliminated, there would be more space for the color names.
    The color mode isnt important. Book, cmyk or RGB - it doesnt matter to users when searching this list. RGB or CMYK is already apparent as…

    2 votes
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  17. Create set of tools for items in Menu/Object/Path...

    I find I frequently got to Menu/Object/Path/Offset Path or Menu/Object/Path/Outline Stroke along with Envelope distort and Expand.

    It would be great to have these functions available as Clickable Tools that I could add to a Toolbar.

    2 votes
    4 comments  ·  Tools  ·  Admin →
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  18. set pdf content active as helpers/rules when imported

    As it's convenient to keep links to reference file, it's sometimes mandatory to attach/align new shape to points/path of the imported shape.
    but by default the pdf content is not "live". it would be valuable to have this content live as it's possible for Glyphs or symbols...
    Many Thanks

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Images, Links  ·  Admin →
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  19. Export 3D elements with ALL of the faces separated.

    Please give us the ability to export 3D elements created in Ai with ALL of the faces separately (bevels, extrusion, front/back), so that they can be colored or textured individually. It would be very valuable and save time to have this in one app, just as is/was in Ps. thank you!

    2 votes
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  20. Keep the organizational structure of Libraries the same between Adobe apps

    I have put a lot of work organizing my libraries in Photoshop it would be nice if that organization structure would translate across all Adobe apps with libraries. Not have to organize my assets again in every program.

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Cloud, Libraries  ·  Admin →
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