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  1. 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 votes
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    Resolved (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    This 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.

  2. Keyboard shortcut to duplicate a layer and its content or an object

    Please consider creating a keyboard shortcut that will duplicate a selected layer and its content, as in PsCC, for example.

    In PsCC one can duplicate a selected layer and its contents by using either of two keyboard shortcuts: 1) 'Ctrl+J' -or- 2) 'Alt+(any up/down/left/right arrow)'.

    In either case, the duplicated layer+content will appear above the selected layer.

    Thank you.

    36 votes
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  3. Make Reference Point controls larger and easier to click

    Reference Point control is very small on modern displays in every place used and is hard to aim and click.
    I think it’s better to have it larger, both visually and for UX.

    8 votes
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  4. Show number of selected objects

    It's amazing nobody asked for this.

    Just use that bottom filed that can show artboard name, current tool, etc, for saying how much objects user has selected.

    If you are as lazy as you are implementing user requests — make just this. But make it better and allow this field to show several things instead of one. And add artboard number there.

    39 votes
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  5. be able to scroll around in an image while i have the “recolour artwork” window open

    2 votes
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  6. 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 votes
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  7. Support (like all other software) Ctrl-Ins, Shift-Ins and Shift+Del for Copy, Cut and Paste

    It's a common behavior on windows the Ctrl-Ins, Shift-Ins and Shift+Del for Copy, Cut and Paste.
    Adobe software doesn't support this at all.

    3 votes
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  8. MacOS Full Screen Mode

    Utilization of the OS level window management to perform and launch full screen mode like the vast majority of all other apps.

    87 votes
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  9. Stop nagging me to update

    I'm well aware that there is a new update. I do not have time to deal with the nonsense Adobe is known for in their constant "updates". Quit nagging me about it with the ridiculous pop-up.

    2 votes
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  10. Ability to invert the zoom direction when using option+scroll.

    I'm scrolling down to zoom in & up to zoom out (using option+mouse scroll)- there should be an option available to invert this methinks. Just seems that it should be the other way around.

    3 votes
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  11. Split View on Mac

    Split View on MAC, allows for full screen view while running 2 apps, with ability to interact with both sides of the screen. Its available on all apps, except Abode! I check PS and AI - they both don't work in this view.

    36 votes
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  12. "Video Safe Areas"

    Hi. I've been asked to remove the video safe areas, margin and center mark from a new Video document, and had to look online to find that those "guides" where related to the artboard (each artboard, btw) and not to the document's preferences (which makes sense, btw).

    Where I searched for them : in the view menu (and read carefully), in the preference, UI, in the properties panel. Took me a while to get to the artboard tool, then artboard options.

    May be the 3 "guides" could be linked to a single button in Artboard tool properties panel…

    2 votes
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  13. Tool palettes docked in touch bar

    I would like to be able to dock tool palettes in the touch bar.

    3 votes
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  14. 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.

    4 votes
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  15. Export for Screens - bigger window size for "prefix"

    On export for screens, the "prefix" section: In addition to adding a checkbox for AI filename, make the prefix window longer. I frequently have longer prefixes and it is a minor pain to scroll over to change a prefix name. There's plenty of room in that box to make it the width of the rest of the export screen.

    10 votes
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  16. get back old buttons and arrows look

    could you get back old (prior to CC) look of buttons (non-rounded), and old small arrows? these new ones look pretty ugly.

    2 votes
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  17. Keyboard commands to cycle through layers similar to Photoshop

    Please consider a way to navigate, activate, delete and move layers using keyboard commands, similar to photoshop.

    8 votes
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  18. Notes Feature

    Create a notes panel to write notes for yourself, the next person working on your file, the print house, etc.

    The notes would pop up first thing when you open a file, and can be printed, amended, deleted etc... they could be print instructions, or time logs, or anything deemed of value to associate with the document.

    These notes would travel with the document.

    39 votes
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  19. Properties Panel, values are not selected by clicking on the symbol in front of their field

    If I click on a symbol in a panel for a property like W or H or X or Y the current value gets selected. This does not work in the Properties panel, nothing gets selected and I have to double click inside the property field to select it.
    It slows down and is not consistent with the way it has worked for years.

    4 votes
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  20. Layer panel options

    Layer panel options
    Hi, for 5K screen users is it possible to increase the size of the layer thumbnails more than 100px ? if not it can be a request I think :). thank you

    4 votes
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