Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Script for Data Merge from excel into Illustrator I am looking for a way to import excel data into specific layers in Adobe Illustrator CC 2017.
Essentially to have the excel data tables to link to different artboards and be able to be updated each time the file is opened or as needed. Assuming this would be some kind of script so one could just run the script again or a data merge process (similar to what is available in indesign.
Thanks in advance!
36 votes -
Assign shortcuts to custom scripts and allow actions to run custom scripts Hello!
It would be great to be able to assign a keyboard shortcut to a custom script. We use custom scripts in AI for a large variety of tasks at my job and we currently have to use a third party program on Mac (Quicksilver) in order to "assign" a shortcut to run them. This causes the scripts to run a bit slower and requires more development and support.
Additionally, it would be helpful to run custom scripts as a step within an action. This is currently possible to setup, but the action will "forget" the script the next time…
22 votes -
JSON for ExtendScript JSON is a standard JavaScript data format. Considering how close ExtendScript is to JavaScript it is very baffling that common functions like JSON.parse and JSON.stringify are not supported.
Support for JSON would be very appreciated.
8 votes -
Scripts palette! I can't believe nobody (including myself) voted for separate palette/panel. AI needs it.
7 votes -
Upgrade JavaScript scripting engine at least ES5 up. It only supports ES3 right now, which is very old, on the other hand,
@AdobeXD
supports ES5 above, which is very good.It will be wonderful if you have that feature support.
Thank you!
7 votes -
Allow Illustrator scripts to run in background I use a script to package a lot of ai files at once. Currently, the Illustrator window needs focus to run the script, or else the script will pause. If Illustrator could do this by itself in the background, it would eliminate the need to wait for the script to finish.
7 votes -
Python scripting support Illustrator supports vbscript and javascript... But not Python. Python support would be awesome - it's a very common language, easy to use, has lots and lots of libraries to simplify workflows etc.
6 votes -
Please add feature for to make object as key object via script to perform align operations. Hi, I am a plugin developer, and there is a lot of features we are missing in Illustrator scripting that can be done manually in Illustrator. This is the one feature. Please add this feature so that we have some method or property to make the object as a key object to perform "Align to Key Object" operation via script.
6 votes -
allow scripting access to the matrix property of symbol items Allow script access to the matrix property for symbol items. The matrix property is available for similar classes of items, such as raster items, but not symbols. It isn't possible for a script to understand how a symbol has been rendered without it.
5 votes -
Socket support in AI scripting engine. Please add support for sockets in the illustrator scripting engine. Currently we have to jump through a whole lot of hoops (messaging through bridge) to be able to connect to anything in a script.
4 votes -
Please add id support for each page element as we have in Indesign. It helps a lot in Illustrator scripting. WHat I think when we do scripting for elements, we should have a unique id for each element. SO it will be easy for developer to access the element using is instead of name
4 votes -
Add the note attribute to layers (as well as pageItems) Let us add notes to layers as well as page items. Please? :)
I need to store various bits of info not just on pageItems but on layers also.
3 votes -
Save AI and PDF files in the background With the latest version of Illustrator CC 2020, we have a feature to save the AI document in the background but there is no way to save the document in the background via script.
Could you please add the same feature for scripting as well.?
3 votes -
Ability to script warp text or object with horizontal and vertical distortions values As of right now, it is difficult for me to adjust warp text using a JSX script since you do not expose the bend % or values of the horizontal and vertical distortions. Can this be added to JSX script?
3 votes -
Adobe Illustrator Scripting VERY slow - C# Adobe Illustrator Scripting VERY slow - C#
Hello,i'm developting a small library to access PathObjects in Illustrator (works fine for CS2, CS5) - but i have massive performance problems with CC2019. I am using VS2017.
Code looks like:
Type AIType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID(AIAppName);
dynamic illuApp = Activator.CreateInstance(AIType);if (illuApp == null)
{return;}
if (illuApp.Documents.Count < 1)
{return;}
System.Array lll = illuApp.ActiveDocument.selection;
if (lll != null)
{
…for (int i = 0; i < lll.Length; i++)
{
dynamic path = lll.GetValue(i);
if (path != null)
{
var lll2 = path.PathPoints;
Application.DoEvents();
int iSelCount = lll2.Count;
if (iSelCount3 votes -
Add Transparency Preset Option on Script Transparency Preset like [Medium Resolution] and [High Resolution] are able to be setted on Normal Illustrator Dialogue, but it is not able to setted on Scripting.
My company and job is hoping this feature added badly…
Thank you.
3 votes -
3 votes
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Save a copy not accessible to call via SDK/Scripts. I'm not a developer, just an ardent fan of the work that the guys at AstuteGraphics do to improve the functionality of Illustrator.
One of their products they introduced before Illustrator had recovery capabilities was a plugin called Autosaviour. It's a tool that can not only regularly save your files at a given interval but also create backup copies of them too.
I recently asked the team if it was possible to adjust the way backups get created by utilising the 'Save a copy' function so that the original file could remain intact whilst in the background periodic backups could…
2 votes -
A standalone preset migration tool to allow for quicker setting migration and recovery in the event of a re-installation. Settings are regularly changed/updated and need to be rolled out to all users in a short amount of time in our environment. As such, a tool that will quickly copy/paste from one location to the app preset folders would be ideal. Swatches is a key example of this.
The build in tool that comes with Illustrator fails more often than not and thus is something we do not use. Ideally, we'd like to see something a user can double click/execute on their own to update these files.
2 votes -
Update ExtendScript Engine to Use Current ECMAScript Standards... Please consider updating the ExtendScript engine to utilize current standards. at the very least, ES6 would be greatly appreciated.
2 votes
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