Add Search in Preferences and make them user friendly
These are various recommendation to simplify preferences in all Adobe Applications.
• list groupings (ie General, Type, etc.) in alphabetical order
• or list groupings in logical order
example for the first three - General, User Interface, Performance...
• re-review all preference settings and reduce or simplify (Slices has two option?)
• incorporate a search function to provide the user the ability to quickly locate a specific preference (refer to Apple's System Preferences Search capability.)
• make preference category lists universal in title and order for all Adobe applications when possible
The reason is, I wish to work and not have to take time to find preferences. Additionally, I have to reset preferences each time a major update is installed.
Thank you.
DJ
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Kyle Ridolfo commented
@egor yes that's fine to merge my comments into #1
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There are several related requests:
1. Add Search in Preferences and make them user friendly: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/42476344
2. Command Palette / Panel / Bar: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/36568675
Kyle, would you mind me merging your request with the #1? -
Mature Adobe apps have countless settings and actions that can be hard to find in the menus and Preferences dialog.
Please consider taking a look at how JetBrains has solved for this problem. In JetBrains IDEs, you can start typing when any preference window is open to jump to the setting you need. It's really intuitive and powerful.
They also have a powerful command menu CMD-P where you can type to open any file in the project, or to find any action that you want to run. It's much more efficient then digging through a menu or clicking many tabs in preferences.
It would also be great if you could look at how they handle re-mapping keyboard shortcuts. Along with being able to type to find the shortcut in question, you can also click a button to identify where a keyboard shortcut is mapped to (Click button, type CMD-S, it jumps to the Save... setting where you can remap this to another key combo). And, of course, they let you type the name of the setting to jump to the place to remap it.
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Jane Higgins
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And please make the type larger. So hard to read. Takes so much time to painstakingly go through the preferences.
