Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Selectable content in the Links Palette info
Selectable content in the Links Palette info pane. Currently, the only interactive line is the path link. This would be useful for example to have the ability to select and copy the percentage of scale so that I can place a second image at the same scale in a separate function.
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Cannot Resize - Bounding box reset doesn't help
I have tried resetting the bounding box of everything on my artboard and it doesn't work I cannot resize text or images!
4 votes -
Show link image while resizing or moving
Instead of seeing just the bounding box when transforming linked files, why not show the content of the link? Transforming linked files, image or vector based, would be more intuitive. This currently requires a workaround.
4 votesThis is what Illustrator is capable of now with Preferences > GPU Performance options turned on.
It should work for both linked or embedded images, vector or raster, exactly as you described.
If it does not happen for you — please report it as a bug, and provide screenshots or screen recordings of the behavior, along with full OS and app specs.
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Multiple Artboards Selection for deletion
Since we dont have the multiple artboard seletion for (Deletion,Editing),Every time user has to select on the single Artboard and have to do the changes, that consumes more time if the artboards are more.
In easier terms ,Its hard to select everytime the artboards and to move it...
4 votesIn the latest versions it is possible to select multiple artboards, both on canvas an in the panel, using Shift and Ctrl/Cmd modifier keys.
If this still an issue for you, please comment back.
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Cycle transparency modes with middle mousewheel
In the transparency panel (upon mouse-hover), cycle through transparency modes (Multiply, overlay, etc) with middle mouse wheel scrolling.
Similar to the wheel on "The Price Is Right."
Would be even cooler to preview all transparency modes at once within a thumbnail window.
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Full stroke style capabilities in touch workspace
The stroke currently only lets you adjust the size of it, you should also be able to control the style of that stroke, whether you want it to be dashed or the shape of it in the touch workspace.
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Top Tab Ordering
Is there a way to order the tabs at the top when multiple files are open?
It is a real pain to reorder the tabs at the top, so that you can sequence through the pages in order of file name / date etc.
It seems silly to have the top tabs, but not be able to have them automatically order themselves...
(unless there is a way already)4 votes -
Add Expand Image Trace button in Properties
When you do an image trace of an image there is no button to expand it.
4 votesExpand button is now available in Properties for Image Trace objects from version 27.6.1
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Add more options to preferences
Every time you guys change something on these programs it seems to affect me. Most of the time it is not in a good way. I believe this could be solved by allowing the user more options in preferences to turn on and off these options.
For instance.
You changed the way the the zoom in and zoom out works. It used to be it would just zoom out directly from where you are but now it zooms out from the object selected which is very annoying.
I'm sure that works for some people but if it was a preference…4 votes -
Easy portability of customization
I really want easier customization portability in AI.
Workspaces and Keyboard Shorts specifically.
I'd love to be able to use any computer and just by signing into CC have these come along.
And if not that at least a far more straight forward/intuitive method of moving them from one computer to another and from one version to the next.
It literally takes me a half hour to set things up as I like if I have to do it from first principles (and longer for keyboard shortcuts — I usually don't even know what I have until I try and…4 votes -
Density pixels and screen pixels unit to include to design mobile apps
Always as designer we have to calculate or check the calculation in other sites for dp or sp to px. It will be helpful if you include these units in adobe illustator.
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Prototype mobile / web feature in Illustrator itself
It is helpful to integrate prototyping for mobile and web to show clients in Illustrator itself
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Add “Select Objects by Path Only” to the right-click menu
Add “Select Objects by Path Only” to the right-click menu. Quick and easy switching
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Background option for thumbnail view when saving vectors, especially white vectors
When a user goes through the save options on the pop-up window, it would be nice to add a feature that lets one select a background color for the thumbnail image. My reason for this is so my white vector files do not disappear on a white background. That would be great for me as a designer. The real trick would be if this thumbnail could also be viewed by anyone on their computer. White logos and icons I develop are passed off to clients or internal team members. Seeing that thumbnail can eliminate doubt and questions about the image…
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Allow to reset the position of a single panel, not the full workspace
Reset Workspace for me is mostly used to get all the panels I torn out from docks to get back in their stables.
But sometimes it’s just one panel, and waiting for Ai to creak and choke just to get one panel back is an overkill.
And putting it back manually is not as simple as sounds — my memory remembers where it should BE, not where it should be PUT in!
So can we get a way to force one chosen panel to be reset? 'You — go home'! I’d use it rather often.3 votes -
Ruler & Grids, Guides, Snap options as separate panel
There are already UI elements for changing these settings, but they're only available in the properties panel with the selection tool selected and no object selection – which is very inconvenient.
Make them a separate panel instead.
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Custom Keyboard Shortcuts dialog should highlight changes from defaults
This is such a little thing, but I would love to scroll through my list of keyboard shortcuts and see an indication next to ones I've changed to custom, that are different from the default.
3 votes -
Ability to turn off all tips/tours
I have seen the same blue warning message about discontinuing PMS colors over and over no matter how many times I dismiss. I've been using this software for 20 years. I don't need tips. I especially don't need tips multiple times. Can we have a one stop shop to turn off all of this stuff? They seem to get more intrusive with every update.
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Please show that a document is loading, on the Home Screen
When double clicking on a recent file, to open it, from the Home Screen, there is a very noticeable multi-second delay - where nothing changes or indicates that the load operation is happening.
Like, when I double click too slow to actually trigger the file open function, there's no way to know that my double click failed, without just waiting a few seconds to see if the Home Screen goes away and the file begins obviously loading, so I land up wasting extra time, just to realize I still need to double click to open my file.
It's only slightly…
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Allow to add folders for opened document tabs in the top tab bar
Hey guys! While using Adobe Illustrator, I thought it’d be super helpful if we could organize the opened document tabs in a workspace panels better — like grouping them together and renaming the groups, kind of like folders. It’d make things a lot easier when working on multiple projects and trying to keep everything separated by sections.
3 votes
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