Skip to content

Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests

← Adobe Illustrator

When entering a new feature request, please provide:

  1. Description
  2. Why is this valuable to you?

How can we improve Illustrator (desktop)? Vote or share a new idea — one request per entry, please.

(thinking…)

Enter your idea and we'll search to see if someone has already suggested it.

If a similar idea already exists, you can support and comment on it.

If it doesn't exist, you can post your idea so others can support it.

Enter your idea and we'll search to see if someone has already suggested it.

  • Hot ideas
  • Top ideas
  • New ideas
  • My feedback

4600 results found

  1. Illustrator icon

    I don't know if it annoys anyone else but it drives me crazy the Photoshop icon has rounded corners and the Illustrator icon has sharp corners. Why aren't all the Adobe icons either rounded or sharp, just be consistent!

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  2. Variables issues with images paths

    Hi all,
    am currently using "Data merge using the Variables panel". The following article does not have enough information for me: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/data-driven-graphics-templates-variables.html
    The issue lies with the photos
    My photos are not stored locally but in our company's shared google drive folder
    So instead of having a link: C:\Photos\BillTucker.jpg this is how an image link would look like: /Volumes/GoogleDrive/My Drive/Automation/scljwhj2uqvn8ajetqhn.png
    From the article, I've understood that it can not contain blank spaces. I wanted to know if there was a way around and if other users have had this issue.

    Thanks in advance

    2 votes
    1 comment  ·  Other...  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  3. not grayscale color as default, or set other color setting as a default

    I know that you can change the color mode in color window. But it's really pain in the *ss to do it every time I create a new document.
    and the idea setting grayscale as a default for every document with every color mode is ridicolous . (why Illustrator not changing it since it's way too inconvinient)
    Idk the history of Illustrator etc. and I won't be bothered by it, I just want to have an option to change the default color setting. that's it.

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Colors, Swatches, Patterns  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  4. Why Apple Mac is slower than PC Windows !

    I have no more energy to type about the poor and slow performance on macs... just carefully watch the video please... !

    https://youtu.be/mtCttOjDMeM

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Performance, Enhancements  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  5. "Align to" [artboard or selection] button in the alignment dialogue

    I think it's a very simple thing to do for you guys: I'd really like to see the "align to" button (artboard or selection) added to the align-window.
    Actually surprised to see it's not..

    2 votes
    1 comment  ·  Other...  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  6. Scripting "Envelope Distort -> Make with Mesh" ...

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Effects, Appearance, Graphic Styles  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  7. Lock the document if its oppened on PC (like in InDesign)

    To avoid, that two people or more work on the same document at the same time.

    2 votes
    2 comments  ·  Documents and Artboards  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  8. Allow to add points in curve when Simplify panel is open

    With the Object > Path > Simplify feature, it seems like the ability to quickly add a point to the outline by clicking on the artwork, while the panel is open for refinement. The feature in there 'show original outline' combined with this new recommendation would be a very intuitive way to refine a shape.

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Tools  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  9. Photoshop + Illustrator Plan

    I am Photoshop user and I would like to learn Illustrator. But it's a bit pricy, especially when you don't use it as professional. Could you create another plan like Photography Plan but with Illustrator insted of Lightroom?
    Or maybe would it be possible to pay for example 1€ and get 10h per month to use one of any program ? I think it will be great chance for people to learn any of Adobe software who don't need it as professional.

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Other...  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  10. Make Split into Grid to work for several shapes

    When multiple shapes are selected and Split into Grid is used, instead of splitting each individual shape it creates a big box containing all the shapes and splits the big box instead.
    Who would want that? If I select multiple shapes obviously I want to split them individually. If I want to split a big box I'll take a second to create a big box first instead of ruining my delicate little shapes.

    Also, it'd be appreciated if it can split more than just squares: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/49837212

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Tools  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  11. Rounding errors when changing the unit

    When working pixel-perfect, e.g. for creating icons, I switch the unit to pixels and the standard move distance to 1 px. After changing it to mm for different projects and then going back to pixels, it always goes to 1.0001 px distance - which means 2 px. Please fix this rounding error.

    2 votes
    1 comment  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  12. Shape-mode

    Just as there is an outline-view, there should be a shape-view. I am incredibly tired of having to guess which parts of a path are part of a shape.

    There should be a mode where the focus is the shapes that have been defined (e.g. through pathfinder or manually), and the status of any line in relation to a shape.

    The overview should differentiate the status of every component by colour (e.g. part of a shape, part of multiple shapes, part of compound path etc) and then allow you to click on any element and see a list of which…

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  13. Implement adaptively-sampled distance field (ADF) technology for 2D drawing

    Please incorporate adaptively-sampled distance field (ADF) technology into illustrator's drawing tools. Adobe already licenses this technology for use in fonts, and Mischief the only 2D drawing software that incorporated the technology has been discontinued.

    2 votes
    1 comment  ·  Other...  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  14. Better Customer Care

    How about better customer follow up?

    I've had4 on-line tech support "episodes" over MANY, MANY hours, only to have the tech tell me nothing is wrong with Illustrator. I've asked to escalate the case with a follow up call from Senior Support TWICE (See attachments). We agreed on a call back time/day/number and I have not had any follow up from Adobe.

    Please get your act together! From what I've been reading on line, people's patience is running thin.

    Adobe! Are you listening?

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Learning and Help  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  15. The Graphic Styles Panel needs to have Global and Local panels to allow persistent styles across Illustrator

    We create a lot of vector elements and having to change the fill and stroke every time is painful. No fill/No stroke as the default would be MUCH better. Why it's a white fill and black stroke is beyond me.

    2 votes
    1 comment  ·  Effects, Appearance, Graphic Styles  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  16. New text alignment icons in the paragraph panel

    I would suggest to add new text alignment icons in the Paragraph panel.

    It would be useful to have the possibility to align text to the top, the center and the bottom of a text box.

    See image to view icons example.

    2 votes
    1 comment  ·  Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  17. Make artboards searchable in finder

    Make artboards searchable in finder. If I would like to search for a specific Page/artboard.

    Example:
    Search: Order3 = file: Order2019 will appear in finder as that artboard named Order_3 are located in that file.

    File Name: Order2019
    Artboards:
    Order    1
    Order2
    Order    3
    Order4
    Order    5
    Order_6

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Documents and Artboards  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  18. Allowance to change the keyboard shortcuts for Previous Artboard and Next Artboard

    I have all of my keyboard shortcuts set to the left side of the keyboard, since I draw right-handed and keep my left hand on that side of the keys. In my animation workflow, I like to scrub back and forth quickly between artboards, but I do not like the current LOCKED shortcuts for going back and forth through them:

    Previous Artboard (Currently locked to Shift-PgUp)
    Next Artboard (Currently locked to Shift-PgDn)
    First Artboard (Currently locked to Ctrl-Shift-PgUp)
    Last Artboard (Currently locked to Ctrl-Shift-PgDn)

    There is currently no listing for them in the keyboard shortcuts menu, so they cannot be…

    2 votes
    2 comments  ·  Documents and Artboards  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  19. Change forms of Pan-CJK font in language dropdown menu

    Super OTC Pan-CJK font like "Source Han Sans" has multiple forms of character in same unicode. In Indesign, we can change them by choosing language in dropdown menu, but in Illustrator, it works only for hyphenation and we can't choose CJK languages.

    Please add function to change forms without installing Subset OTF.

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

  20. Project Glowstick - Painting with Light

    If you haven't yet watched the tech demo from this years Max, check this out!

    https://youtu.be/K6rUDQpFdsk

    Pleeeeeease bring this tool to illustrator. The grad tools we already have are fantastic, but this is just next level.

    2 votes
    1 comment  ·  Effects, Appearance, Graphic Styles  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?
1 2 … 156 158 160 … 229 230
  • Don't see your idea?

Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests

Categories

Feedback and Knowledge Base

(thinking…)