Allow us to choose between groups and sublayers when expanding symbols
Why dynamic symbols always turn into groups when expanded (Break Link), but all static ones become sublayers?
Why can’t we decide what we want these expanded results be?
I’d use groups all the time, but I know some others would prefer sublayers... Is it a technical difficulty?
Also — why does an extra wrapper group appear for an expanded dynamic symbol?
AdminEgor Chistyakov
(Admin, Adobe Illustrator)
shared this idea
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Monika Gause shared a workaround — the creation of a layer for the expanded static symbol can be prevented if you group it before expanding.
It makes a former symbol wrapped in a double group, but at least it doesn’t force sublayers. -
L Coyle
commented
Yes! This is important! Sublayers are hard to "clean" up if you don't want them in your file. If it's a one layer file, sure you hit Flatten, but otherwise prepare to spend the next hour dragging and dropping... groups are way easier, and they are expected, because that's the behavior of dynamic symbols.
Also, dynamic symbols are always double-grouped when you break the link, even when the original art is a single ungrouped path. Is that necessary?