Keyboard shortcut for Relink (Link palette)
One of the features I use very heavily is the Relink button in the Link palette. It has major advantages over the Place function:
1) it automatically replaces selected linked images (Place requires you to check the Replace checkbox, which becomes unchecked once you do any other Place that isn't a replace)
But most importantly,
2) It allows you to relink multiple linked images (replacing them in order from topmost to bottommost).
Since there is literally no other way to replace multiple linked images in a single action (Place grays out the Replace checkbox if you have more than one linked image selected), clicking that tiny little chain in the Link palette is the only way to do this. That means you have to have the link palette open in order to access this feature. While I use the Link palette for all sorts of things, unless I'm replacing linked images (or checking their attributes), I usually have it collapsed or hidden by other palettes.
So the current workflow is (1) select the objects to relink, (2) open/show the Links palette, (3) click the tiny little chain icon. When doing lots of relinking, this is tiring.
A keyboard command that would activate this functionality would be a huge timesaver for anyone who is using Illustrator's otherwise excellent aggregation functionality.
Thank you for your consideration!
Ted Alspach
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Kazem Rahimi commented
changing the linked image for vector file with keyboard shortcut is a absolutely useful and time consuming function.
I am working with Illustrator for many years and hoping for this feature. -
Lionel Loeb commented
Can't agreee more! We want a relink shortcut… so we can try images, without loosing the size of the picture (usefull for highres images)
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Billet
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The way the link palette works in InDesign is a good model.
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I am work with Adobe Illustrator for many years and Always I wish this fuction.
Defining A keyboard shortcut relink placed file is very timesaver for all person and workflows.