Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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New Align Setting: "Align to Nearest Artboard" (Smart Artboard Awareness)
Illustrator’s "Align to Artboard" should be viewport-aware.
Currently, if I’m zoomed in on Artboard 10 but Artboard 1 is technically "active," objects fly off-screen to Artboard 1 when I hit align. This is counter-intuitive and forces a constant cycle of "Undo" (Ctrl+Z) and manual clicking to re-activate the correct board.
Proposed Solution:
Add a setting for "Align to Nearest/Visible Artboard." The software should automatically align to the artboard the user is currently looking at or the one the object is physically overlapping, without requiring a manual click to "activate" it first.Make the alignment tool smart enough to understand the…
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Keep the Spacing value active when you have 1 artboard in New Document dialog
I often start with 1 artboard only in a new document (and I create these using classic dialog, because it’s faster than the modern one). There is a bug with the value used from a previous session (like 20 mm I love) looses precision (becoming 19.999 mm)... I reported this problem here — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/51116116
But even with this bug fixed, I don’t see why this field should be disabled.
I can see why Columns is, and other options in these section... but the Spacing GETS used when you create a new artboard LATER — and Ai offers now way to…1 vote -
Continuous Line via Length and Angle
Create a variant of the line tool that you can continuously add a segment via entering length and angle in a tool options dialogue box. It would stay open and follow you around on your screen until you click okay/finish/done. Just a small box with length and angle options.
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DATA MERGE . File Names from CSV
REPEATEDLY NOTICED NOT YET AVAILABLE FEATURE
It would be tremendously helpful, if we could name exported files via the CSV-file used for data merge, so we can have actual full names, instead „Data Set 1“, … „Data Set 217“.ISSUE
Data Merge exports are being exported without customized file names, which is a major time issue, when dealing with large scale data merge exports.SUGGESTED SOLUTION
Giving users in the VARIABLES -> VARIABLE OPTIONS menu the option to assign „FILE NAME“ to a variable via TYPE, and make this accessible to the ACTIONS when exporting via BATCH.WHY
More effective…2 votes -
Allow selecting layers’ colors directly in the Layers panel
In the Layers panel would be useful to select a layer color directly from a dropdown list or something like that, instead of double clicking the layer and then choosing a different color.
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Make fields respect units entered
When creating a new document, it is annoying having to select the units from a drop down.
Why not just respect the units the user enters: 1920px, 210mm, 10cm, 5"Typing this in the input field:
1920px
when the dropdown is set to centimeters,
results in 67.7333 cmIt's contra intuitive, even more since the result has the unit typed in the input field.
My request:
Please make this smart: when typing 1920px, the unit should change to pixels,, when typing 10cm, the unit should change to cm.2 votes -
Add a forced 'lowercase' option in the Character panel’s menu, similar to one InDesign has
InDesign has a way to force a selected text to be always displayed in lowercase.
Illustrator does not offer this option, as the attached screenshots show.
This option would be useful for cases when a font relies mostly on lower-case characters, using its upper case for emphasis, rather than a traditional usage of it, for starting sentences and given names with capitals — not uncommon in comics.
A current workaround is to run the native Type > Change Case > lowercase each time a text gets pasted (or setting up a custom routing with third-party apps to change the text…4 votes -
In artboard mode enable unit of measure in Distribute Spacing using Align panel
Recently Artboard mode added support for the Align panel’s Distribute commands, which is great, however I can't type in the unit box for distribute. This is surely a quick fix to just enable that box when in ARTBOARD Mode.
I find myself needing to set spacing between artboards all the time, and the rearrange tool does not always work, because it just sets the same distance between multiple artboards.
I have found many scenarios where rearrange does not work, because I have different artboards of different sizes stacked on top and below and left and right.
What I really need…
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Allow to see what file has changes when opened/imported, and allow to bulk the choice
When I try to open several .ai documents at once (many at once), Ai warns me about the changes someone made to some of these.
...but it doesn’t show me clearly what document this warning refers to (no, look at the 'the current tab' is not clear enough) and won’t allow me to apply this choice to all the document I open, forcing me to click like dozens of times. This is murky and exhausting.1 vote -
Saving custom templates/workspaces that SAVE BRUSHES + SWATCHES WE HAVE CUSTOMIZED
At the moment, anytime I create a new document I have to re-load in my customized brushes and swatch workspace. There is no ability to save a custom workspace with the brushes+swatches how I want it. I also cannot do this via saving a custom template, which seems like the logical thing to do.
It's such a small thing, but it's a bit silly that I have to dig through my desktop files anytime I need my own brushes/saved swatches/saved template. I'm a professional who sends off custom files over to factories all the time and it slows me down…
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A way to delete all unnecessary handles on straight lines
I want a way to delete all unnecessary handles on straight lines Join tool create (here’s a bug report: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/51071002).
I want to select all of those and make them lines in one click. It is very time consuming to take care of each individually.2 votes -
Give access to Merge Swatches command in ExtendScript
I manage to develop a script for color mapping using ChatGPT (http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/50084142), but my biggest road block is that the script has to read every single element in the document to remap the CMYK to the Pantone Colour.
What are the chances that Adobe will include the Merge swatches to the extend script?
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Reorganize the SWATCHES WINDOW to be able to see ALL colour values
Many os us (designers) don't have a huge screen to be able to spread all windows/tools allover thus, my request is regarding the way the colours names are displayed in the swatches window. I can’t see all values!!!
Even using the "small list view", all values can't been seen (this is what I see now: C=30 M=60 Y=4...) unless the swatches window is really wide... using too much space out of my screen. (check attached image)
Maybe a quick solution could be using C30 M60 Y40 K10 instead of C=30 M=60 Y=40 K=10
There are also many space “not used”,…
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White Canvas with Artboard Tool
The Canvas is turning white every time I use the Artboard tool. Please remove this feature and leave the original Canvas colour. I use the Artboard tool very often, and the Canvas is turning white every time, making my screen flash from grey to white. This is bad for the eyes.
2 votesThis got solved with enabling the 'Fade region outside Artboard' back in the Artboard Options dialog.
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Allow Actions to use commands from Artboards panel
Currently, there's no way to add an artboard using the Actions panel.
Please allows Actions to record these commands.2 votes -
Make Artboard for Selection
Currently, there's no way to add an artboard using the actions pallet. If there were, I would create the action that said:
Copy Selected Element(s)
Create a new blank artboard
Activate new artboard
Paste in Place.Essentially, it would create an identical artboard for whatever you had selected. This would be nice to have built in to the artboard options... if you have something selected when you add a new artboard, automatically copy it in its same location on the new artboard.
2 votes -
Allow to disable "Use Compression" option by default
The new change making 'Use Compression' a default setting under the Illustrator Options when saving new files has negatively impacted our team's productivity. We require full autonomy over our file settings and find the imposition of new defaults to be unnecessary. We strongly suggest reverting this to an opt-in feature so that professional users can maintain their established saving protocols without manual interference because compression sucks. Thank you!
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Support Artboard Background Fill Color when saving to Cloud (.aic)
- Windows 11
- 30.2.1
- Create an .ai document and change the fill color of an artboard. Save it locally (still .ai). Close and Reopen it and observe the fill color is the same. Now save that document to the cloud (.aic). Close and Reopen it and observe the fill color is reset to transparent.
- I expect the artboard fill color to stay the same when saving as an .aic, just like it does as an .ai
- Attached
I tried to troubleshoot it through the Illustrator Discord channel - https://discord.com/channels/634884897185595412/637037500451258369/1476316280947474583
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Save and load a set of layers like paragraph or character styles
When working within a specific company's branding guidelines, EVERY document I create has the same set of layers: background, background key art, copy, brand, foreground key art, etc. It would be so great and really streamline doc creation and continuity to be able to load a "set" of layers in a new or open doc.
I've tried using the template feature, but each doc could be a different set of specs and it would be most beneficial to be able to just bulk-create layers or load a "Company X Brand Guide" layer set.
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In Share for Review - Bleed view control
Share for review seems to be very glitchy lately, however it would be great to be able to toggle the bleed to be visible or not when sending drafts to clients.
Right now it's defaulting to show including the bleed but doesn't denote that to the viewer so you can imagine how messy that gets. Use case: when creating banners, signage, wayfinding, etc - one typically would use Illustrator as it handles large format print better. So you can see how the share previewing with the bleed can get a bit confusing for non-designers who don't understand that edge will…
2 votes
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