Keyboard Shortcuts for all languages available in every installation
When installing Illustrator (or ID, PS, …) in a specific language/region, only the corresponding keyboard shortcuts are installed. But not everyone working with en_GB als language also uses a keyboard with that layout.
For example, I'm used to have my whole system set to English as interface language, but I use keyboards with Swiss German and Swiss French layouts. This makes more than half of the default shortcuts unusable and reassigning each an every shortcut every time a major revision is released is a major pain.
The keyboard shortcuts are small text files, packing all languages with every install won't make a huge difference in size but a huge difference in convenience for everyone working with different languages.
An alternative: put all keyboard shortcut presets up for download on the corresponding support page, that already offers cheat-sheet PDFs for every language.
Thanks.
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Anonymous
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Hello! Since I have a swedish keyboard I cant use the shortcut for arranges. So Ctrl + [ for arrange backwards wont work since my [ is located on the number 8 button and not on a seperate button as it is on a uk/us keyboard. Would be really nice if this also worked on european keyboards! :)
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Mads commented
I have been using InDesign for many years now, and I have been able to choose Danish shortcuts. However, I can't in Illustrator. This also applies to other languages than just Danish. The keyboard shortcuts in Illustrator are based on an English keyboard. It is very frustrating, and it hinders my workflow because I have to resort to the menu. I have asked for this a very long time, and I am very disappointed that this simple, innocuous capability is not present in Illustrator, but it is in InDesign.