super important feature.

770 votes and six years later… nothing.

I couldn't agree more...

"6 years guys ! 6 **** YEARS

Well, you've lost a user here! I'm done !
Tired of these money makers without consideration in BASIC FUNCTION patching

You should be ashamed of yourself adobe

For the others, better call astute graphics if you ever want an actual solution to a problem

or go Affinity designer

see ya :!!!

This is ridiculous! Pls go and ask Maxon how to store gradients. And copy their colorpicker ui while you're at it.

Yes, as @Mark says, add Patterns too

Agreed. Decent workaround, if you're working on a computer, is to make a custom palette. But that doesn't help if you're working on a mobile device. Maybe just create a file saved to your library that has your gradients in boxes and then open and copy/paste into the current document? I don't use libraries much since I don't have to share.

I use quite a few gradients in my design work. I really need to be able to access them in my libraries for faster workflow.

6 years guys ! 6 **** YEARS

Well, you've lost a user here! I'm done !
Tired of these money makers without consideration in BASIC FUNCTION patching

You should be ashamed of yourself adobe

For the others, better call astute graphics if you ever want an actual solution to a problem

or go Affinity designer

see ya :!!!

And...patterns and brushes to CC Libraries

It's going to be 6 years since this request... still can't add gradients to the CC Library, is that impossible?

I believe CC Libraries was added in CC 2018. I assume by "cloud-based version" you mean when the CC subscription started--AFAIK, there is no cloud version.

As a work-around, you can add objects filled with gradients to the CC Library. Then right-click to Place a Copy. The gradients will be added to the Swatches.

I swear this was possible in the first cloud based version of illustrator, the one that came out after CS6? Maybe this has been pending so long because they removed that functionality for some reason.

Is it possible to save a custom gradient in the default palette so that it persists in new documents and also documents that were created on a different system? I have a custom swatch palette which reappears in documents where I've added it before. but I have to open it every time I start a new document or open one sent to me by another creator.

I vote for this topic. Adding gradient in the CC Library and being able to use them through all Adobe software would be so helpful.
I hope this request will be considered by the Adobe team.

Since there's defined gradients within the Corporate Design of my company, this would be very very helpful

As the title says. Please make gradient swatches compatible across Adobe programs so that I can put them in folders in Illustrator.

09/2022, still can't add gradient to CC librar.. I really don't understand it

It's SO frustrating to see this feature in PS and not in AI. The best part of the CC is being able to seamlessly float between my favorite applications. This is definitely a time suck.

Important. I can't believe that it's not possible. Going forward, I will save graphics to CC Library in Illustrator, but this seems awkward.

As a first workaround, I used Capture from the libraries window in Photoshop. This allowed me to save my gradients (albeit again awkwardly) to my libraries, but they're not accessible in Illustrator!

See attached screenshot that says Capture / "linear library gradients are not supported in Illustrator.". On Mac Pro / Adobe Illustrator 2022.

This would help my workflow on a brand I'm working with pretty significantly! I like using libraries across the adobe programs so I always have my colors and key components available, and this feels like it's just missing.

@mark, yes it should not be limited to gradients but there are workarounds:
Global colors, gradients, brushes and pattern swatches are not supported in CC libraries.
But as a workaround you can drag an object using a brush/pattern/gradient/global color to the CC Library
You can also drag multiple items using different brushes/patterns/gradients/global colors together into a CC library to simulate a library.
The easiest way to add them to a new document is to hold down the Alt key when you drag them from the library and place them in a new document. The patterns/gradients/global colors automatically get added to your swatches panel.
You can hit escape before you click to place the object(s) or delete the dragged library items because the swatches and brushes are now part of the document.