This would be a very welcomed feature. Please add.

I'm a handicapped person with the ability of using my right hand only. So, I don't have the access on keyboards that much. I use screen keyboards or other tools for typing also to gain full controls on various application and software. I also managed to make the Photoshop my own. I figured out and arranged the interface of Photoshop to make it better for my usability where the History Panel was the essential tool for me. And when it comes to Illustrator, I got disappointed as it doesn't includes the History Panel. It's difficult going to edit then undoing as pressing Ctrl+Z is not for me. History Panel would come in handy for me here. Wish I could see this tool in an update soon...

I'm a handicapped person with the ability of using my right hand only. So, I don't have the access on keyboards that much. I use screen keyboards or other tools for typing also to gain full controls on various application and software. I also managed to make the Photoshop my own. I figured out and arranged the interface of Photoshop to make it better for my usability where the History Panel was the essential tool for me. And when it comes to Illustrator, I got disappointed as it doesn't includes the History Panel. It's difficult going to edit then undoing as pressing Ctrl+Z is not for me. History Panel would come in handy for me here. Wish I could see this tool in an update soon...

The main thing I want is to be able to skip through the Illustrator history timeline easily without repeated button presses, and to capture 'snapshots' with thumbnail previews that can be jumped between easily.

You can even replicate the functionality with the roundabout method of doing a few edits, copying the whole layer, then undoing back to a previous state, then pasting to a new layer. Then you can then switch between these 'snapshots' by turning on and off the visibility on the two layers. A more formal snapshot system would really help out though, being able to switch between them with one click and knowing that all my formerly saved snapshots won't get erased and can be jumped back to no matter how many edits I add to the history stack.

This is extremely useful when drawing artwork and trying to get a good feel for which of two different attempts at drawing the same feature/body part looks better.

Illustrator History panel is absolutely necessary.
For multi layered projects, heavily detailed work, we need to review steps that were taken to get there and how to get back to a specific look, or specific element.
We work in iterations. A design is never perfect the first time, and often we need to go back quickly with out guessing about a step.

it should have! is unbelievable nowadays with a broad of alternatives design apps with plenty of features Adobe don't fulfil all designers need

I also vote for a history panel in Illustrator, for all the same reasons as previous voters.

Okay, so this request originally surfaced in August 2017. We're almost into 2020! How much longer; how many votes are needed to get this done?????

I find it absolutely ridiculous that there's no history panel in Illustrator. WTF

The ability to see a list of what I have done in a document would be extremely helpful.
I am currently working in a document created by someone else that contains thousands of objects and a grouping system I do not understand. A critical object has vanished. Did I delete it or just hide it? When did this object disappear? I have no answers to these questions. Seeing a list of my actions would help me resolve the problem more quickly.

Please add,
I like to click between moments in history for comparison.
Cannot do this in Illustrator.

You've got my vote. This is an essential feature and available in so many of the other programs. How hard can it be to add to Illustrator?

We have all wanted this ever since it was introduced into Photoshop - yep still waiting!

i've same problem.

This feature has been being requested for years, seems like there are a bunch of blowhards in the Illustrator development team and user community that thinks everyone thinks like them and since they find no use for it, then we shouldn't

Many of like the ability to go back and forth real quickly so we can to compare the differences and see what we like better, and don't want to use the undo shortcut 20 times just to get back to a specific point. The funny thing is this feature would be easy for them to add and those that don't want it in their panels don't have to add it.

Please put a undo history panel. It would really help.

Please add a history

Put this in *******.

Please put the history panel in Illustrator like Photoshop has it. It will help a great deal in performing your work.

Please please please put this in! It’s a lifesaver in Photoshop and it’s so hard not having it in Illustrator.