Posting again though others have previously requested, because ****, this should be a thing already - at least allow preference options to change the right-click menu. My mouse is exhausted, having traveled thousands of miles to the edit menu to copy and paste smdh (and yes, I know shortcuts exist, but I hate needing a multi-key press over a simple, single click)

Absofreakinglutely!!!!!

yes add this in right menu

Yes, please. It’s super annoying having some Adobe apps with this but others without. Even if you make it a preference or plug-in. Please add it.

Only 30 years waiting to add a basic feature, standard across every other application 😀

Please fix this Adobe.

This should be a standard option.

Why haven’t they done this yet?

Yes! Please add this function! Adobe, are you working on this? When will it be available? Much needed!

Yes please. Illustrator should have have better accessibility options in 2021. Have you every tried using Illustrator when you have hurt one hand? Even a setting to turn on an option like this would be appreciated.

It has been a standard Windows thing to include shortcuts to edit commands like cut, copy, and paste in the alt (right-click) menu. Would be wonderful if this was incorporated into Illustrator. It's not only a normal intuitive place to look for those commands, there are actually accessibility benefits as well that would make it a valuable add. In addition to cut, copy, and paste, we could use paste in place, paste in front, paste in back, and clear commands in that menu. Thanks for considering!

Example:

How to copy a layer in illustrator and paste it right below it?

For a person who seldom ever use illustrator is not that fast to find a way to do it.

In relation to microsoft excel, a much popular software, how do you copy a row?

When I started using Excel without knowing anything, I would just right click on the row, and it would give me options of what could do, and one of the options was "copy" the row.

When using Illustrator on how to copy a layer I couldn't find any options around the layer panel to copy it, and right clicking on the layer wouldn't give me the option of copying it either. I had to search YouTube and find out the way of doing it was " click on the layer, shift and drag"... Suuure, it is a similar as if you copy an object, how couldn't I figure it out? ....

I believe the problem with Adobe is that people are expected to learn it, but the software is not intuitive enough for people with zero exposure to explore it and find solutions easily on their own. Rather than having people memorize so many shortcuts the options of what you can do with certain things should be presented on a simple right click of the item.

Why should I go to the menu bar navigate through Edit section only to access: Copy, Paste functions

It's better if you could add a function where I can just right click and be able to copy, paste, paste in place etc

Why should I go to the menu bar navigate through Edit section only to access: Copy, Paste functions

It's better if you could add a function where I can just right click and be able to copy, paste, paste in place etc

Yes! I don't know why it doesn't have this. I want my Photoshop flow to work in here as well.

Please.

Why doesn't Illustrator have these basic copy, cut and paste settings in the context menu like almost every other program? It's just super annoying when we go back and forth between programs. Why do I need to use the keyboard or a drop down menu >-< instead of the super useful context menu.

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES.

Illustrator should add copy/paste functionality to the right-click context menu like InDesign already has. Comic book letterers like myself primarily use illustrator to do our jobs & I would save MANY, MANY steps per page if they would do this. Thanks!

Like any other software ever, you would expect there to be a pop-up menu when right-clicking on a layer. For some reason, this has always been lacking in Ai, and has been bugging me since day 1.

The pop up menu should include all standard stuff like: copy / paste / duplicate / group / ungroup etc.

What I especially miss is a "rename all" button when selecting multiple layers.
Everyone always ends up with many many layers, yet there is no way to multiple rename layers!?

Also, a quick export option would be great to have in a simple right-click pop-up menu!

I totally agree with you!