Ilustrator needs to have the option to use Animated Zoom in Outline Mode
When you switch to outline mode (Ctrl-Y) you immediately go back to the outdated and incredibly frustrating marquee-zoom tool instead of the new and much more efficient Animated Zoom tool to click and drag to zoom. Incredible program, but this is by far one of the most annoying and "I-want-to-rip-my-hair-out" features.

We have the fix available in the latest release. Please update Illustrator using Adobe Creative Cloud application to the latest build for version Illustrator CC 23.0.
Please refer to our knowledge base FAQ – https://illustrator.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/1844590 if you face difficulty in update.
Or get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html
Warm Regards,
Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
Adobe. Make It an Experience.
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Anonymous commented
same same, no difference, I am sorry for it is rude but it's truth, I need to pay every month to accept this incontinent bug over 2 years. Please fix it asap.
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Anonymous commented
I'm also getting two different zoom behaviors depending on which mode I'm currently in (Preview or Outline). It's a very annoying bug that is definitely still present in Illustrator 24.2
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Anonymous commented
Updated to Illustrator CC 2020 (24.0) two days ago and using scrubby zoom is not working in Outline mode. Normal mode is working just fine.
'GPU Performance' is enabled along with 'Animated Zoom'
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Anonymous commented
Works for me. Have you got GPU active?
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Wa commented
@ADMIN Ashutosh Chaturvedi: This has NOT been fixed in Illustrator 23.0.2 (the latest release as of Mar 4, 2019). -
Anonymous commented
I'm getting two different behaviors of zoom. When I'm in GPU i get scrubby zoom. When I'm in outline I get zoom to selection. I'm on the latest illustrator CC with auto updates and windows 10 (non insider)
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Alex Grant commented
I would really, really like the option to turn off animated zoom in outline mode. I really prefer the marquee zoom and would be a much happier user if I could toggle it in the preferences. Thanks!
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Anonymous commented
@Qwertworks uncheck Preferences/Performance/Animated Zoom
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Qwertworks commented
Is there an option to switch between these two zoom methods? Because I actually like the marquee zoom tool. I find it very efficient in zooming in and out very fast.
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nicky commented
@Nitish Agarwal (Illustratore Team)
1. Reduce the track thickness display in outline / GPU view
2. Assign a keyboard command to the new bleed view. W button
3. Enable Smart Guides in bleed view
4. Increase zoom levels above 64,000%. The sò has just been increased, but for the precision of the design sometimes 64,000% is not enough -
Hans commented
The problem is that effects are ON i outline mode, you just can't see them. I have no idea why. If you have an objects with let's say a heavy gaussian blur to it and you ty to scale it in outline mode, the effect is still loading even if you can't see it. It doesn't make any sense.
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Willy Loor commented
When I'm working on a document and if I change to Outline mode the program is unable to zoom out and becomes unresponsive, to the point that I need to close the file and open it again. After I do that the file works again but the dynamic zoom feature no longer works and reverts to how the zoom feature used to work on previous versions.
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Anonymous commented
Outline mode is currently unbearably slow for some configurations. There are many related threads and it seems Adobe is admitting the issue and working on an indirect fix (adding animated zoom to preview-mode, which requires adding GPU-acceleration as well).
Been going on for more than a year! Happens on latest mbPro, iMac, iMac Pro, etc…
Only workaround afaik: finder > illustrator.app > right click > open in low-res mode. Looks like ****, but works fine even on a 5K external display.
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Collin commented
Looks like you guys need a visit from Don Norman and Jakob Nielson! Usability is a tad flawed wouldnt you say —after 20 iterations of illustrator... Time to get it right! Why does Astute Graphics have to create plugins to solve these standard usability issues.
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Collin commented
The outline preview in general is just terribly slow. Wouldnt their be a way to improve redraws as you scroll around and zoom in and out of screen? Im using a $3k usd imac. Illustrator was faster 15 years ago.
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Herman van Boeijen commented
WOOHOO!
(most helpful comment of the day) -
Christopher Clinton commented
Ya'll should also post:
1. Your version of Adobe Illustrator
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Anonymous commented
Just adding even more info:
Illustrator doesn't need "animated zoom in outline-view", it needs GPU acceleration in all view modes.
The bigger the viewport the slower the refresh rate seems to be. Only GPU accelerated preview offers acceptable speed. Turning off GPU acceleration entirely makes everything much slower even. External displays (again, higher resolution = more pixels) cause the refresh rate to drop significantly.
Outline-view (as it doesn't support GPU acceleration) is a lag-monster like it never was before.
Quoting Joaquin from below, again:
"Ilustrator needs to be SUPER responsive and snappy in Outline Mode like it was before the MacBook Pro Touch was released".
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Anonymous commented
Just adding even more info:
The bigger the viewport the slower the refresh rate seems to be. Only GPU accelerated preview offers acceptable speed. Turning off GPU acceleration entirely makes everything much slower even. External displays (again, higher resolution = more pixels) cause the refresh rate to drop significantly.
Outline-view (as it doesn't support GPU acceleration) is a lag-monster like it never was before. Illustrator doesn't need "animated zoom in outline-view" as suggested somewhere else, it needs GPU acceleration in all view modes.
Please let us know how can we assist/help and make you understand and solve the issue!
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Steffen commented
Only small viewports guarantee fluid performance in all view modes (GPU-preview, regular, outline-view). Happening for 12 months. Seems to be an issue for a lot of users.
https://twitter.com/stellavie/status/954751415884353541
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2302560
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2432052
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/24316101. Latest Version, but applies to all CC…
2. Related to existing and new documents. Reset prefs, reset OBOE, new user account (MacOS), fresh installation. New hardware purchased.
3. Blazingly fast performance
4. Still the worst performance ever experienced
5. https://www.dropbox.com/s/cu7yzxu98258gi3/adobe-cc-illustrator-2017.mov?dl=0