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  1. Add Eyedropper Tool to Swatch Options palettte

    Add Eyedropper Tool to Swatch Options palette

    To pick an existing color and make it a Swatch.

    4 votes

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  2. Add a way to color monochromatic Patterns

    Just like the Brush Stokes colorization.

    4 votes

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  3. Bring back colour themes!

    Colour themes within Illustrator was awesome! Why remove it, it's terrible in the CC app, and slows down workflow.

    It was a nice try, but cut the loss, bring colour themes back and kill it in the stupid CC app (also, kill the CC app, it's useless).

    4 votes

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  4. Let recolor Artwork affect Global Swatches

    When Artwork is recolored, we can choose to add new swatches, but those are not Global, while the old ones where.

    Why not ask to update Global Swatches when applying?

    4 votes

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  5. Allow to set a color for a gradient stop using Color Picker

    Picking colors or changing colors in Illustrator has always been a pain compared to Photoshop and I'm not sure why. When I want to choose a color for a gradient or in the color panel in general, why can I not open the color picker and move the slider around on the big square to actively change colors and see the colors change in real time? This frustration often makes me want to switch from using Adobe products.

    4 votes

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  6. スウォッチオプションでカラーコードを変更できるようにする

    今は、スウォッチオプションでカラーコードが入力できないので、RGBで入力しています。
    スウォッチオプションでカラーコードを変更できるようにしてほしいです。それとカラーをダブルクリックすることでカラーピッカーを表示させてほしいです。

    4 votes

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  7. Add a Spot Colors channel to the Separations Preview window

    Add a "Spot Colors" channel to the "Separation Preview" window. Like you have in Acrobat. See screenshot attached. This will make toggling through the spot colors a LOT more easier and efficient. Then having to turn on and off each spot color individually.

    4 votes

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  8. Temporarily disable selection handles while changing color

    When I'm changing an object's color, its selection outline and other debris like "live corner" markers get in the way of previewing the color change.

    I usually have to deselect the object to see if the change "worked" with the rest of my design. It's a tedious workflow.

    Illustrator should temporarily turn off these markers while I'm changing the color.

    Every other drawing app does this.

    4 votes

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  9. Eyedropper automatically adds colour to swatches

    I would suggest a function where eyedropper automatically adds picked color to swatches. Sometimes I take color from the picture and I have to first create an object, use eyedropper and then add it to swatches.

    4 votes

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  11. Importing color codes

    It would be great if we could import hex codes (or rgb etc.) as a large batch-- it would really speed up workflow. If instead of manually having to type in 20+ color codes (with the possibility of a mistake), I could import a list of them, that would be awesome!

    4 votes

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  12. Reinstate The Functionality Of The Swatches Panel In CS 5.5

    I’d like to see the functionality of the Swatch panel that was in (Windows) Ai CS 5.5 reinstated. Specifically, when the panel was opened, I used to be able to toggle through the Color Modes by holding Shift and clicking on the color square (thumbnail). If I held Cntrl, it would toggle to the color compliment. These were two great features that were eliminated with CS 6 through to the current version of CC 2017. Bring these back!!

    4 votes

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  13. Allow to set text format for CMYK values and other data in Swatch Info objects

    The data for CMYK values in cards inside of Swatch Info is formatted with commas.
    I’d like to have the ability to customize it: spaces, hyphens, as C100 M50 Y0 K0, etc.

    3 votes

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  14. Allow to use custom user templates for Swatch Info objects

    Swatch Info is OK (if completed!), but there is not enough customization currently.
    Take a look what an awesome ColorList script by Katja Bjerrum offers: https://productivista.com/make-a-list-of-colors-from-your-selection/ — we can set our own shapes before making a color legend.
    We could have done it semi-automatically after creating a Swatch Info, with Global Edit, to replace all chips with a custom shape... but for some reason these rectangles are immune to Global Edit (as it often happens, new features get loosely integrated with existing functions...)

    This actually also includes text parameters, but perhaps it’s a separate request... Sure, the font is the…

    3 votes

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  15. Edit Colors panel - drag and drop from document swatches

    1. In the "Edit Colors" panel, users can already select a document's color palette. However, it would be incredibly helpful to allow dragging and dropping individual colors from the document's palette directly into the active color set of an object.

    2. Currently, users have to manually input color values (e.g., RGB), which is time-consuming. Adding a drag-and-drop feature would make this process more efficient and user-friendly, greatly improving the workflow for designers.

    Thank you for considering this enhancement!

    3 votes

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  16. Easily resize pattern

    Would love to be able to easily resize the patterns within forms.

    Right now I have to resize the object using the option "adapt the pattern" while doing the modifcation, and resize it back without the option.
    Or make a new, big pattern within the pattern swatch.

    What would be useful is not having to leave your illustration or change the shape you would like to change the pattern that is applied to.
    Maybe having a preview of your illustration with the changes you make on the pattern tab/window.

    3 votes

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  17. Ability to use CC Library colors directly within Recolor Artwork dialog (without having to create swatches first).

    When recoloring a large batch of individual vector files, it's cumbersome to have to add swatches from CC Library for every single file in order to use those swatches in the recolor artwork dialog. It would be great to use the colors stored in CC Library directly in the recolor artwork dialog.

    3 votes

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  18. Make Pantone color swatches available

    Sort out the stupidity of not having all the Pantone swatches available, to use as it used to be. I don't know what you guys are playing at with Pantone but their color books are industry standard in design and print. More importantly and they are NEEDED in order to work consistently. You need to bring them back what you currently have is next to useless. I am having to make new swatches and cross reference them with Pantone connect and save them, it's stupid.

    3 votes

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  19. Select Artwork by Swatch

    This is how it should work:

    Select a Swatch in the Swatches palette, choose from the menu: 'Select all object that use this swatch' (as Fill / Stroke).

    Comes in very handy to select items via the Swatches palette in complex cartoon style drawings. It is also a way to - kind of - create long awaited multi layer groups.

    3 votes

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  20. Add Find/Replace Color feature from InDesign

    I would love to use the Find/Replace feature for color just as it is now used in InDesign. Changing a color that isn't global is tedious when you have many fills, strokes, patterns and gradients using the same swatch. Thank you.

    3 votes

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