Add an option for Pathfinder to make compound paths instead of groups
If you draw a row of rectangles (with gaps) and hit Unite button in Pathfinder — Ai will create a group.
But if you hold Alt, then hit Unite, and then hit Expand in this panel — Ai will make create a compound path!
I almost always want a compound path.
And I hate this workaround, since it requires twice as much operations (yeah, 2 instead of 1!). Another workaround is an action to ungroup and make a compound path — which is still a 2 steps operation!
The alternative is to have a panel full of actions for each of the Pathfinder’s buttons — which is just stupid since I just have one already, it's called Pathfinder! Why should I create a complete duplicate of it to workaround this?
What I want is just an option in Pathfinder which makes it to create compound paths instead of groups.
And I want it by default.
AdminEgor Chistyakov
(Admin, Adobe Illustrator)
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And perhaps you also want to upvote this:
Make option to generate compound paths instead of groups when text is outlined
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/33627964