Option to permanently expand areas of the Properties panel
I have a lot of empty space in the new Properties panel.
Having to click the '...' every time I want to access extra options seems clunky when I have so much unused space.
In the old interface you could double-click on the top bar of a panel and it would expand to your preference and remember that expansion.
A similar option here would be welcome.
Alex
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Anthony Esau
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Regarding my previous comment, the Transform panel shows the options for live shapes as desired. It is a little confusing since these options are labeled "Rectangle Properties", "Ellipse Properties", et cetera and that is why I expected them in the Properties panel rather than the Transform panel, but having them visible by default is better functionality even if the panel name is a bit of a mismatch.
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Anthony Esau
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Besides the type work described above, when working with live shapes it would also be much better to have the ability to edit their options readily available in the properties panel rather than have to click the ellipses to see "more options". The user should be able to choose to show them by default rather than have them hidden.
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Jaap Nauta commented
When an object is modified somehow, for instance; blend or type on path, always show the options. Preferably in the properties panel. Use a hierarchy for these options when there are more.
Options and properties in illustrator are hard to find. That is why I still do not like Illustrator after more then 25 year of using Adobe products. -
Anonymous
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Please include an option (by right click perhaps) to have certain areas of the properties panel's "more options" to always show.
Specifically, right now I'm doing a ton of type work and having to click the ellipses every time I need the rest of my character settings is incredibly counter intuitive and getting to be really frustrating.
Thanks you.
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Ziaullah
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Thanks for reporting the issue.
I got your issue and right now there is no way to open it automatically in Properties panel when the live shape is selected.
However if it is hindering your workflow you can use Transform Panel.Regards,
Mohd Ziaullah
Illustrator Engineering Team -
Andy
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When you have a primitive shape selected in the properties panel there are three dots which allow you to edit the shape attributes eg pie angle if it's a circle. I can see no way to have that panel open automatically why is it always hidden behind the three dots button? I'm constantly having to click to open that panel.
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Ricardo
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It'll be great if the More Options (the three dots) appears automatically when passing the cursor, so it's less clicks to do, so is a faster workflow.