Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Please bring back the search function for "Shared with you" files in Adobe Illustrator 2026
My team uses the Adobe cloud to store and share files across the team. Looking up for older files shared is now very inconvenient as the search function for "Shared with you" files in Adobe Illustrator 2026 has been removed.
Please bring it back.
3 votesThe Home Screen team has been informed
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Share for Review entire drawing area
It would be great if you could choose to either share for review in Illustrator artboard by artboard (as exists now) or to share the entire pasteboard/drawing area so a reviewer could see all of the artboards at once. View the file exactly as the author sees it, akin to how Figma does it. Sometimes the finished area is helpful for review. Other times, such as early in the design phase when you're really just ideating, sharing the whole mess makes more sense. I currently screenshot the whole thing, but that makes commenting harder.
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Support noise effect from SVG exported from Figma
…<svg width="255" height="255" viewBox="0 0 255 255" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <g filter="url(#filter0_n_1_5)"> <circle cx="127.021" cy="127.021" r="127.021" fill="#FF7575"/> </g> <defs> <filter id="filter0_n_1_5" x="0" y="0" width="254.042" height="254.042" filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse" color-interpolation-filters="sRGB"> <feFlood flood-opacity="0" result="BackgroundImageFix"/> <feBlend mode="normal" in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImageFix" result="shape"/> <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.71641594171524048 0.71641594171524048" stitchTiles="stitch" numOctaves="3" result="noise" seed="7505" /> <feColorMatrix in="noise" type="luminanceToAlpha" result="alphaNoise" /> <feComponentTransfer in="alphaNoise" result="coloredNoise1"> <feFuncA type="discrete" tableValues="1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 votes -
Support angular gradients exported from Figma
Example:
<svg width="255" height="255" viewBox="0 0 255 255" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<g clip-path="url(#paint0_angular_21_6_clip_path)" data-figma-skip-parse="true"><g transform="matrix(0 0.127021 -0.127021 0 127.021 127.021)"><foreignObject x="-1021.98" y="-1021.98" width="2043.96" height="2043.96"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="background:conic-gradient(from 90deg,rgba(255, 116, 116, 1) 0deg,rgba(255, 222, 116, 1) 360deg);height:100%;width:100%;opacity:1"></div></foreignObject></g></g><circle cx="127.021" cy="127.021" r="127.021" data-figma-gradient-fill="{"type":"GRADIENT_ANGULAR","stops":[{"color":{"r":1.0,"g":0.45723783969879150,"b":0.45723783969879150,"a":1.0},"position":0.0},{"color":{"r":1.0,"g":0.87335550785064697,"b":0.45723783969879150,"a":1.0},"position":1.0}],"stopsVar":[{"color":{"r":1.0,"g":0.45723783969879150,"b":0.45723783969879150,"a":1.0},"position":0.0},{"color":{"r":1.0,"g":0.87335550785064697,"b":0.45723783969879150,"a":1.0},"position":1.0}],"transform":{"m00":1.5555609304460614e-14,"m01":-254.04237365722656,"m02":254.04237365722656,"m10":254.04237365722656,"m11":1.4210854715202004e-14,"m12":-1.4883232856864256e-14},"opacity":1.0,"blendMode":"NORMAL","visible":true}"/>
<defs>
<clipPath id="paint0_angular_21_6_clip_path"><circle cx="127.021" cy="127.021" r="127.021"/></clipPath></defs>
</svg>
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Função Encostar
Deveria ser adicionada a função "ENCOSTAR" para não ter que ficar mexendo as coisas com o mouse pra elas ficarem ENCOSTADAS
3 votesThe current description is too brief, please elaborate: what should it do exactly (some before / after images would help), where should it appear, what’s the reason behind it.
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Make Swatches panel minimal size smaller
Please, make it possible to reduce the Swatches panel height like it was in Illustrator 2024.
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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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Add "Go to Object" in layers panel, not just "Select Object"
Would love "Go to Object" option when selecting an object to find it in the layers panel. Currently, it only has the option to "Find Object" from the menu. I then have to scroll through sometimes hundreds of items within that layer to find the little dot.
3 votesLayers panel has a dedicated button at the bottom, with the magnifying glass — it’s the same Locate Object command. But if you want Ai to automatically select it for you, please upvote this request.
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Make the Edit in Photoshop button work for multiple links at once
Suggest adding the ability to make the edit in Photoshop button in the links panel to be able to work for all the selected links at once. Right now, it only works for one link at a time; otherwise, if multiple are selected, the button is greyed out. This will increase productivity as you will not have to select each link one by one.
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Performance
Please make huge improvement in performance. I've been working for prints for years but Ai just keep slowing down every version. Even slower than Photoshop. And the canvas so limited. I could only split my design to 4 sizes to get Ai safely working to prevent hang or not responding and plus rasterized the contents.
How come the actual vector software could not handle so much vector (paths, shapes, etc).
Hope you make a huge breakthrough in development. Couldn't wait!3 votes -
Please add a shortcut for 'Enter Isolation Mode' for layers.
Please add a shortcut for 'Enter Isolation Mode' for layers. This is a very useful command, and accessing it by clicking a tiny icon is difficult.
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Add arrow buttons to change the font size or remove type units in Contextual task bar
Please remove the "pt" from the textbox (if there are no other size descriptors), and/or:
add +/- buttons for one-click increase/decrease font size.3 votes -
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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Estimate file size before PNG and other formats export
I would love to save an estimate of file size before exporting PNGs, that way I could adjust the resolution to suit my needs. I would be really useful for exporting files for web for example.
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Create new document using current document settings
I would like to be able to create a new document using the current settings in an open document; artboard measurements, bleed, color swatches, etc.
For example, when I am creating logos I often iterate on multiple artboards until the client is happy with the final output. I would like to then create a new document so that I can copy/paste the final, approved, logo into a new doc so that I have a clean file I can share or link in InDesign documents.
This could work as either an option in the new document window, or right clicking an…
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Move artboards with the Selection Tool the same as Photoshop
In Photoshop, artboards can be moved simply by selecting the artboard name above the artboard. The same functionality would be useful in Illustrator, instead of having to select the Artboard Tool.
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Make permanent artboard captions displayed on top when using Artboard Tool / mode
In Ai 2026 (build 30) a new option was presented, 'Show Artboard name on canvas', in Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display, enabled by default, following this request:
Provide an option for making artboard names / numbers visible on the artboard (like when editing artboards), https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/40405873While it’s great and all, these new subtle captions replace the old 'label' ones we used to get when enabling Artboard tool / mode... and these new captions are rendered BELOW the artwork, even when I specifically want to deal with artboards, not artwork.
These should appear on top when using Artboard Tool, and…3 votes -
Turn off artboard names / labels when using Artboard Tool
When using the Artboard tool, the artboard label can interfere with the artboard content. Can there be an option to turn the artboard name off or move it to be above the artboard and not within the boundary?
3 votesTo hide the permanent captions for artboards, go to Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display and disable the new 'Show Artboard name on canvas' option.
This would restore the previous behavior with labels being displayed only when Artboard Tool / mode is active, and shown above the artwork.
This feature was added because of this request
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Select > Object > Select All Symbols
Please? It would be handy to be able to select all symbols in one grab instead of doing them one symbol type at a time.
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Absolute mode for Scale tool
Speaking of Transform Each new absolute mode, presented in one of Beta builds (removed for now).
While having it is great (especially in the finished state), Transform still relies on one of 9 reference points.
To set a custom transformation pivot/origin we need to use interactive tools... and they don’t offer absolute lengths.Here, take a look, a real example.
I need to scale this > shape to be exactly 20mm height — and I need it to be scaled exactly from the position I marked with guides — the bottom right corner of it.
Transform panel can’t offer me…
3 votes
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