Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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More appropriate way of having straight lines and adding arrow head easily
I am an academic and use straight lines and block diagrams for illustrating my methodologies. Although having a rectangle or square is super easy, it is not straightforward to create straight line or arrowhead. Please make sure these features can be used appropriately. Thanks
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gestures
Make it so Windows version of Adobe programs are capable of all gestures such as zoom and pan/scroll. This works perfectly fine on my MacBook, but on Windows I'm only able to chose if I can scroll/pan or zoom, but cannot zoom and pan. This makes working with the program extremely difficult and infuriating when it's such a simple feature that works in every other basic program.
I don't understand how this is still an issue when this has been posted on every Adobe forum for several years now. Especially now that you can't just purchase and own the programs, paying a monthly subscription, these programs should be capable of the basic gestures that every other simple program has been able to do for years and that Adobe is capable of doing on Mac. It's ridiculous that this is even still an issue.
Make it so Windows version of Adobe programs are capable of all gestures such as zoom and pan/scroll. This works perfectly fine on my MacBook, but on Windows I'm only able to chose if I can scroll/pan or zoom, but cannot zoom and pan. This makes working with the program extremely difficult and infuriating when it's such a simple feature that works in every other basic program.
I don't understand how this is still an issue when this has been posted on every Adobe forum for several years now. Especially now that you can't just purchase and own the programs,…
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The Ability to paste an object precisely where we want it to be in the layers panel
This feature, in particular, will be very time-saving cos I often find myself dragging the pasted object a good distance in the layers panel so that it is where I exactly want it to be.
Currently pasting works such that when we try to paste an object, it gets pasted at the very top of the highlighted/targetted layer. We know that Illustrator already differentiates between "targetting" and "selecting" an object or layer, so that's great. But I'd like to make use of that so as to be more productive and save a lot of time for myself.
I've attached an image if I wasn't clear enough by what's a "selected" layer and what's a "targetted" one. In the pic, the left one is a targetted layer with nothing selected. The right one is a layer that's all selected (It's also targetted cos you can't avoid it. Since we can't select anything from any layer without targetting the layer)
Request: When we try to paste an object, I'd like the ability to highlight/target an Object within a layer, so that the new object gets pasted below the targetted object, instead of at the extreme top of the layer which gets kinda annoying at times.
Similar flexibility should be given to groups. If we're trying to paste an object after targeting a clip group (or any type of a group), it should automatically get pasted within the targetted group.
This feature, in particular, will be very time-saving cos I often find myself dragging the pasted object a good distance in the layers panel so that it is where I exactly want it to be.
Currently pasting works such that when we try to paste an object, it gets pasted at the very top of the highlighted/targetted layer. We know that Illustrator already differentiates between "targetting" and "selecting" an object or layer, so that's great. But I'd like to make use of that so as to be more productive and save a lot of time for myself.
I've attached an…
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Commemoratively change 'Edit in Isolation Mode' to read 'Edit in SELF-isolation Mode'
For a little (temporary) comic relief during the pandemic and also as a small commemoration to the difficulty and pressure many of us are feeling from living and working in lockdown.
Perhaps also a nice way to remind each other that, albeit socially isolated, we're also connected through this crisis too.
Also, does anyone else emember when illustrator included Easter Eggs like; show number of clicks?
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お世話になります。
いつも仕事で使わせていただいております。先日、複雑なデータをグループ化した際、あったものが消えてなくなるという不具合が発生し、危うくミスになるところでした。
調べたところ、サブレイヤーが使われており、グループ化することによりオブジェクトが最背面へ移動し、なくなってしまったということが分かりました。現在は、どうしてもグループ化しなくてはならないときは「レイヤーを統合」してグループ化するなどして対策していますが、ネット上でも不具合として話題になっているようなので、グループ化する、マスクをかける、などによりあったものがなくなってしまうようなとき（重なり順が変わる時）にはアラートでお知らせいただければこのような事故が減るしありがたいな、と思いました。
どうぞよろしくお願いします。2 votes -
Update Blob Brush Tool Please with Refined Corners
Can you please add the feature of blog brush for clean drawings? Like no edges something like a paintbrush tool but an enhanced version. Please check the attachment for what I mean.. Just simply all lines joined together so it not create a mess. Thank You
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Add Canadian English to languages
Canadian English is missing from the language list. It has grammar and spelling rules of its own, and it is strange that despite its inclusion in InDesign it is missing in Illustrator.
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Always show text panel option by default (always on)
The fact that we now have to click a button to show optional items for the text panel in Illustrator hinders my workflow. It would be nice if we could make the options visible be default (always have them shown). For anyone creating logos or working with type, this is an absolute must!
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Allow to pick tool from Customize Toolbar for temp use
Customizing the tool bar has been a great addition. But there are some occasions where I need a tool (ex: spiral or grid). This is rarely used, maybe once a month or less, but when I do need it, I don't want to have to add it to my tool bar. Can we just choose the ellipses for customize tool bar, and when we click on a tool, it is activated. I don't need to see it added to the toolstrip, I just need it for that moment.
Think of the three dots as a user experience hierarchy versus a way to customize the tool strip. "More tools here" and then anything that is secondary or tertiary is available without customizing anything.
Customizing the tool bar has been a great addition. But there are some occasions where I need a tool (ex: spiral or grid). This is rarely used, maybe once a month or less, but when I do need it, I don't want to have to add it to my tool bar. Can we just choose the ellipses for customize tool bar, and when we click on a tool, it is activated. I don't need to see it added to the toolstrip, I just need it for that moment.
Think of the three dots as a user experience hierarchy versus a…
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Overprint black: ignore groups
This may be brought up elsewhere, but I've tried to give it a clear title.
Currently, when setting overprint to 100k strokes (for example), Illustrator may not display/apply the overprint for grouped objects, making the user have to find the erroneous objects, then ungroup them.
Overprint slows Ai down a lot, making this task a real headache, so it'd be lovely if this were sorted in the menu.
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2d to 3d Packaging render option
It would be really useful for the packaging industry if our 2D packaging artwork can be visualized as a 3D render without having to use a third party software very much like ESKO's Studio (https://www.esko.com/en/products/studio), please?
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don't let me draw on a locked layer (or store the shape I draw)
I often draw a shape in illustrator with the pencil tool then find it was time wasted because the layer was locked.
Either give me an alert so I know to unlock the layer, or store the shape so I can then put it in a new layer.2 votes -
New document preset details fields tab order
When creating a new document in both Illustrator and Photoshop the Preset Details tab order is frustrating. It would make more sense to enter a width in the field then hit tab to go to height field. Currently it tabs from width to units to height.
I often enter a width hit tab and enter what I think is a height only to find it's sitting on the units dropdown.
InDesign has this tab order correct and is much more sensible.2 votes -
How much the arrow keys move a selected object around in any direction **w.r.t. the zoom level**
I think the primary goal of letting us control the object with the arrow keys is so we can be accurate with its placement on the artboard. But this becomes completely useless if the zoom level is very high, in which the arrow keys move the object a big distance. This forces us to use the mouse to get an accurate position for the object.
What I really need: If we've zoomed in on an artboard, then let the arrow keys move the object a smaller distance than usual so that we can be more accurate with an object's placement with the arrow keys. I think anyone would find this ability useful.
I think the primary goal of letting us control the object with the arrow keys is so we can be accurate with its placement on the artboard. But this becomes completely useless if the zoom level is very high, in which the arrow keys move the object a big distance. This forces us to use the mouse to get an accurate position for the object.
What I really need: If we've zoomed in on an artboard, then let the arrow keys move the object a smaller distance than usual so that we can be more accurate with an object's placement…
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Please make link addresses flow in Illustrator's Links palette if the palette is too narrow
Please make link addresses flow in Illustrator's Links palette so that a placed image whose path is lengthy doesn't force the palette to expand (endlessly) to the right, forcing palettes joined to its right off the screen. It's disruptive to have to resize palettes when an image is placed. Heaven help us when it's an image from Adobe Stock in the Library!
I've posted this request for at least two or three years now. I can hardly imagine I'm the only one with any distaste for the behavior.
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You can restore all warning dialogs with Preferences > General: Reset All Warning Dialogs command
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Fix the zoom error
Zoom error when edit artboard name. Illustrator automaticaly zoom 1700% and miss the pixels, after I zoom out a bit, there are the real pixels on 1600%.
Every time I edit an artboard name, I must check, that my icon ruined or only the bug... please why?2 votes -
Use dark mode open/save dialogs in Mac OS Catalina
The open and save dialogs currently appear light when the OS is set to dark mode. Can you fix this?
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Add 'Average & Join' to the Object > Path menu
There is Object > Path > Average, and there is Object > Path > Join. And there is also the very useful Average & Join command... but that's only discoverable if you go digging through the Keyboard Settings and notice it lurking in the 'Other Object' section.
Please make it easier for novices to discover it, and for experts to point novices to it, by adding Object > Path > Average & Join right below the two menu items it combines.
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Blend Tool Default Settings
I use the blend tool primarily to create specified steps between objects. The tool always defaults to smooth color spacing. It would be great to be able to set a default spacing mode. In fact, it would be even better if the properties panel showed blend tool options.
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