Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Share for Review Feature - Multiple Updates (Clearing Cache)
I’ve been using Illustrator’s Share for Review feature and I honestly love it. It’s made collaboration with large teams so much easier it has organized comments, smooth conversations, and automatic updates when I refresh the link. It’s been a huge improvement for our big presentations and data-heavy reports.
One issue I’ve run into: after many revision rounds, some reviewers don’t see the updated file unless they hard refresh or clear their browser cache. This can be tricky for clients or senior team members who might not know how to do that.
If there’s a way to make updates appear more…
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Allow to disable labels when resizing or rotating an object
When we rotate or scale an object with bounding box, Illustrator shows a label with the rotation angle or width/height changes.
While the label looks similar to the Reference Labels for Smart Guides, it’s not it (and it’s larger).
Ai doesn’t allow to hide these, and sometimes it obscures the art we work with.
Please introduce a toggle!1 vote -
Double-click an Update Available icon in Links to update a link, like in InDesign
InDesign would update a modified link with a double-click into the warning icon in Links.
Illustrator forces us to select it (either on canvas or in the panel) and click the Update Link button.1 vote -
Accurate Color-Managed Print Preview in Illustrator (and Adobe Apps)
I’ve had this feature in mind for years, but a busy schedule and work across different fields kept me from writing it down. This request is for Photoshop, and if Illustrator and InDesign are missing it as well, they should be updated to support it. In Photoshop’s Print dialog, under Color Management, the preview should match the selected printer, color handling settings, and printer profile. It should show an accurate on-screen preview of how the document or design will actually look once printed. The software should offer the closest possible simulation instead of the rough preview we have today.
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Tab To Edit Next Artboard Name in Export for Screens Window
Hello,
In the Artboards panel, when you edit an artboard name, you can hit tab to key into the next artboard to change its name without having to reach back to the mouse to double-click the next artboard name to change it.
However, in the Export for Screens window, in the artboard section, if you hit tab when editing an artboard name, the Select: > All radial button becomes highlighted.
This is not the behavior I expect in this context, and is inconsistent with the behavior in the Artboards panel.
As a compromise, perhaps we could have conditional behavior, where,…1 vote -
J'aimerais pourvoir faire de la cartographie de façon simple en important directement des données des SIG (gpkg, GeoSON, BD Topage ...)
J'aimerais pourvoir faire de la cartographie de façon simple en important directement des données des SIG (gpkg, GeoSON, BD Topage ...)
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Artboard titles should respect bleeds and be placed above them, when 'Show Artboard name on canvas' is enabled
Consider Bleed Size When Showing the Artboard Title
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Export to generate video in Firefly
It improves workflow and integration with Adobe Firefly video generation.
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Can we please move the "Close all" button away from the "Save" button in the "FILE" dropdown menu
Maybe move the "Close" and "Close all" buttons to the bottom of the "FILE" dropdown menu, instead of having them sit so close to the "Save" and "Save as" buttons.
I have accidently closed various projects because of this.
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Library Colour Palettes – Standardise Across InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
Standardise the following across applications and when adding to swatches:
- Retain 'Global'
- Retain colour name
- Retain grouping
- Retain order in group
- Retain group name
- Allow adding group
- As in InDesign, allow deleting swatch and replacing with another (i.e., delete RGB and replace with CMYK)
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When opening a file with missing links and fonts, add an option to the warning dialog to...
Place the image rather than trying to open it natively/embedded. In my screenshot here the idea is you could choose to Cancel, open a new document and Place in new document, as those are always my next steps when this issue arises.
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Make it possible to edit user defined swatch libraries
For some reason, once a custom swatch library is defined, we can't edit it. An icon showing a pencil with a line through it indicates that. But why can't we make the swatch library editable (temporarily), e.,g. by alt-clicking the icon, or right mouse button it?
This is so rigid and inconvenient.
Also make it possible to save a swatch group as a new library, in stead of saving all in a newly created library. It's quite impossible to create a library from a subset of swatches currently.
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Please Return to PATH OFFSET IN OBJECT menu (from Path submenu) with custom commands
I'd like to have the "Offset Path" command back in the OBJECT > PATH section, with the option to assign a custom command via "Keyboard Shortcuts" as before the last Illustrator update.
I need to actually see and obtain the path, not through a visual effect.Problem:
In the drop-down menu in OBJECT > PATH, the OFFSET PATH and TRACE OUTLINE options are there and work, BUT THEY ARE NOT PRESENT in the shortcut database, so a custom command cannot be added.I use paths in all their features, so I absolutely needs to have the right commands for productivity…
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I Love Snapping Grids, the enhancement is amazing!
I Love Snapping Grids, the enhancement is amazing!
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Proper UI for text box conversions between auto-width, auto-height, and fixed-height
The current way to convert text boxes feels very cumbersome. There really should be a 3 item toggle (properties panel?) for quick conversions to:
Single height
Fixed height
Auto heightAnd there shouldn't be an overset text penalty if converting to single height.
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Option to have AI prompt me instead of me promptng AI
A feature set we need is for Adobe to allow natural language descriptions for automating process steps and allow AI to suggest alternative methods or workflow where possible and allow training-on-the-fly for how-to steps based upon stylistic and other choices I make when prompted with options by AI iteratively.
This would bring the power of AI to a “train me, don’t show me” type of assistance where AI suggests steps, tools, and options that I might use to create the effects or results I am envisioning. One great beauty in this is that I am learning how to do things…1 vote -
Make it possible to have NO active Artboard
I often take screenshots of my work within Illustrator for Proofing purposes and more.. but when doing this I'm often stuck with the dark outline of the active artboard mixed in with multiple other images that do not have the dark artboard line. yes, often times I can simply hide artboards and get what I need, but other times what I'm looking for is only within my Trim view. So even when I go into Trim view and try to hide artboards to remove this dark outline, it does not. I recently learned that toggling to overprint fill turns the…
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29.7.1 macOS - PDF Export- Critical Parser failure: Unknown character in content stream
In the macOS version of Adobe Illustrator 29.7.1, there is indeed a critical bug. When exporting files containing a large amount of text that has been converted to outlines, the resulting PDF file becomes corrupted.
To verify the issue, please follow the steps below using the attached file:
1. Launch Adobe Illustrator on macOS (I use Sequoia 15.6)
2. Open the attached .ai file
3. Export the file as a PDF using the “High Quality Print” presetResult: The exported PDF will appear corrupted, just like the attached example. Furthermore, when attempting to open the PDF in Acrobat Pro, the…
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Confusing migration confirmation dialogue box
Please fix the confusing migration confirmation dialogue box (popup), which is is needlessly unclear and needs revision. It asks a yes-or-no type question and provides a very clear negative option for a response. However, it provides two options for a positive response (I think), but which are bewildering. Each button just shows a version identifier: 29.7.2, 29.7.1, etc. Is this the new version and the version I was using last? Is this two versions where settings were detected? What version am I using when I see this? (Hmmm. I don't know. I can't check without answering first.) What happens when…
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