I put an image there : https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-feature-requests/suggestions/32143753-keyboard-shortcut-to-toggle-between-align-to-selec
If that helps.

95% of the time, I align objects to selection. 4.9 % I'll need align to artboard. 0.1% I'll need Align to Key object.

But those 5% of the time mean I'll have to :

- open my align panel
- press the align to sub menu
- pick the desired option (artboard/key)
- press the needed alignment (very often centered)

And then 2 cases :
- think that I won't align later today and work
- realize that the next time i'm gonna press align, it will be set to artboard.

Alt-click on any align button should give us the "align to artboard" option. It could be reflected in the "align to" part of the panel while alt-pressing hover that panel.

Minimum option would be to have the 3 icons (selection/keyObj/artboard) instead of 1 dropdown menu. Would make 2 clicks + a visible reminder.

Hover tooltips would help newbies understand why those options.

How is this still not implemented?

It would be quicker for my workflow if I could have a way to toggle align to object to align artboard.

Even better would be having "Panel menus" added to what you can set custom shortcut keys for like in InDesign. Then we could set our own!

Hotkeys for Pathfinder options as well.

Yall don't have to assign hotkeys for it if thats been the issue. We'll decide what shortcuts to assign it to ourselves. We just need it in the shortcuts list.

Although there arent any hotkeys for it, you can create Actions that utilize align, then assign a hotkey to it. At least thats a workaround until they give us a hotkey for it.

I would add that they shortcuts only work with the numeric key pad and not the numbers above the letter keywords because that way we can leave those availabe for other shortcuts. For example, I have them set up to different levels of transparency in increments of 10% But other users may need the numbers for something else.

Yes, yes, yes!

I agree. I have used Corel Draw for years (due to employer) and now I'm back to CC 2018. The main thing I miss from the Corel to Illustrator conversion is the align keyboard shortcuts. Simply centering and alignment of items seems like common sense. PLEASE do it.

+vote. Yes although it's possible to bind align/distribute to F keys with an Action - the 'Align to Artboard' / 'Align to Selection/Key Object' Should be toggle-able with keys as well.

Also please include the option, control & function keys to create keyboard shortcuts, much like InDesign does. This would make keyboard shortcuts a lot more user friendly and diverse, especially for experienced and long time users.

I'm a long time user of Adobe products. Why the heck isn't there align shortcut keys??? Adobe - c'mon! Get your act together please!!!

I agree!! Align shortcuts would save SO much time.

smdh. Please add native support for these basic actions.

It is such a WASTE of TIME using the align menu with the mouse. It would be SO Much faster to use SINGLE KEY short cuts to align objects. IE 'W' to align to Top, "X' to align to Bottom, 'A' To align Left, 'D' to align Right ETC.

We have to make illustrator leaner, meaner and FASTER!

Thanks

JG

Allow hotkeys for the align tools.

This is very important as how many alignment operations are done on a single project this would save time!!

Was using illustrator earlier and just thought of this same idea. It would save so much time and would be such and easy addition.

Shift click = Align to Selection
Alt click = Align to Artboard

While this is necessary, you can still use Actions to record alignment/distribution (I do). These are limited to F-keys, but you can always redefine them in Autohotkey (Windows) and Hammerspoon (Mac).

As for the Tab — this button is taken (and I would be very mad if it would be taken from me).
'Next object above/below' is there, Alt+Ctrl+square brackets, is it what you want? (it kinda broken in Isolation mode though)