Allow to rename attributes (fills, strokes, effects) in Appearance Panel
Appearance are the most powerful feature of Illustrator, but the learning curve is difficult and for Advanced User it's difficult to manage and remember what are doing what in a Complex Appearance (cf. Screenshot where I had to use Colors to identify properties…)
Please allow for all the items in the panel (fills, strokes and effects) ) to get custom names.
It will be more easier to understand Complex Appearance samples and for Advanced users, it will be way more efficient.
Another related request:
Allow to make folders in Appearance Panel
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/49257353
Stéphane Baril
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Margaret Trauth
commented
ooh thanks for merging my duplicate request as a comment here, I didn't find this one when I made my post yesterday :)
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Margaret Trauth
commented
When building complex appearances you get to a point where you look at a Graphic Style you made a while back and go "what are all these different fills and strokes for" and the only way to figure this out is to make a shape with one and start turning stuff on and off to see what it does.
I propose letting us name stuff in there. Compare the first and second screenshots; it's immediately obvious what each fill or stroke contributes to the final rendering in the first one because there's names for everything. It's like the difference between a ton of variables and routines with names like "a417" or "fv89()" and names like "currentSelection" or "renderWithOutlines()".
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A very similar request:
Allow to color code attributes (fills, strokes, effects) in Appearance Panel
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/49260260 -
I should add:
if this ever happens, the team should immediately add search support, as the Layers panel has (or better, since it’s rather flawed). And surely there should be an option to disable this, for those who doesn’t work with long stacks (something Layers never got). -
Евгений Гонжа commented
We need to be able to edit the names of the effects in the Appearance panel.
For example:
Transformation - Trans: Rotation 2 copiesWhen several effects are applied, it is not clear what is inside the effect on the effects panel now.
Thank you.
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Dragan
commented
Ability to name each item in Appearance panel, like with the layers.
Example: Fill: Bottom Background Shade, Stroke: Top Left White Light etc.
This would let us easily get around complex objects.
