Please make the Preview option sticky
Just about everything you do in Illustrator to the drawing cannot be seen until you turn on Preview. Unfortunately the Preview option cannot be set to ON or Sticky from last use. I am aware that way back in the 80s this was done because the computing power was not strong enough to deal with drop shadows but this is now not the case. I am also aware that very very complex drawings can also be affected by having the Preview on but I very seldom do complex drawings. PERHAPS there could be some kind of self-sensing regulator that when the delay of display reached a certain level, a popup window would show up suggesting to the user that they should turn off Preview. But it would still be the user's choice. However, as it is I'm always checking and re-checking and re-checking that Preview box and that hinders my creative juices and makes working with Illustrator not as fun as it should be.
Gary Coyne
shared this idea
Hi Everyone,
All the effect checkboxes have now been set to ON by default, and are sticky (meaning that if you disable preview, on next launch of Illustrator preview will remain disabled). This functionality now is available in our latest release build – 24.1.1 for Win and 24.1 for Mac which is available worldwide now.
We are working on making all remaining preview check-boxes sticky. Will update this thread when done!
What’s new in 24.1: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/whats-new.html
You can update to the latest release using Creative Cloud desktop App: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html
Thank you for all the feedback.
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Eddie Deighton
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However you last used the programme, so the functions should be retained for when you next open it, just like your workspace preferences. This, and rulers, should always be default on, not off. Can't believe how many years this feature request has been going on for...
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Margaret Trauth
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God yes, it’s not 2000 any more.
Every window with a Preview checkbox should save the state of its checkbox and come up with the same setting I left it on.
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Paul Pankow commented
This is literally driving me nuts whenever I use this app.
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This! I can't believe this has not been realized yet.
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Ton commented
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Matthew
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I 100% agree! Why do I have to click that little checkbox every single time I want to affect the appearance of an object? In what universe does someone not want to see what a filter (or whatever) is going to do to an object before applying it????
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Eddie Deighton
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One thing that has always baffled me - can we not have the Preview tick box option set to 'on' as default when scaling, rotating, etc.? I can't think of one instance where I haven't NOT wanted to immediately preview the actions I've selected with the tools when I open them.
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Paul Roper
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I requested this a while ago - I find it really annoying having to turn Preview on EVERY time I use any effect. Their answer was along the lines of "a very tiny proportion of Illustrator users create very complex artwork on pathetically underpowered computers, and Previewing an effect can really slow it down, so that's why we always have it turned off by default". Which, as you know, is a ridiculous reply, because:
1. Why is Illustrator so slow? Oh, because it's running the same clunky, 31-year old code from version 1, and they're too lazy to fix it.
2. Anyone creating a complex illustration on an underpowered machine would expect previews to be slow, and they are a tiny fraction of users.
3. And just....FFS Adobe, get your act together! -
James Clarke
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Hi Team,
I'm using the Transform Effect pallet multiple times to finely adjust multiple object appearances.
Each time I open the panel I must switch on the Preview again, to see what I'm doing, which is frustrating after the 100th time.
With overall performance in mind, is there a way to toggle this to on by default, maybe in the prefs or within the panel?
Jamie