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  1. 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
    1 comment  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →
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  2. 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
    5 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →
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  3. Increase size of Gradient stops boxes (too small for older eyes)

    Ideally the gradient stop boxes would be a little larger. When working with many gradients, it's time consuming trying to hit that little box to change a color. I'm aging, so my bad, but even slightly larger would be wonderful.

    Thank you,
    Lori

    5 votes
    1 comment  ·  Colors, Swatches, Patterns  ·  Admin →
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  4. I'd like to see the transform values of text be accurate to the text rather than the text box

    I'd like to see the transform values of text be accurate to the text rather than the text box. Also so that when I am center aligning text horizontally it will align the actual text and not the text box.

    8 votes
    1 comment  ·  Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
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    Completed (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    Latest versions of Illustrator have an exact solution for that.

    Open Align panel, and enable Align to Glyph Bounds option in the panel’s menu, for point or area text or both.

    The bounding box will remain the same, but the text will now align to and by its actual bounds, just like you want.

    Please comment back if it works for you.

  5. Dynamic Text (as in Photoshop) or Capitalize (optional) & Fit (as in Adobe Spark / Express)

    In Adobe Spark, when creating a Post, there's a nice feature which allows you to create a dynamic text box which capitalizes, scales, and fits the words to a text box, as you click and drag the handles of the text box. In Adobe Spark the feature is called "Capitalize & Fit". It would be nice to have something similar in Illustrator.

    54 votes
    20 comments  ·  Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
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  6. Remap ⌥← and ⌥→ (Option + Left / Right) to jump back/ahead one word

    Make ⌥← and ⌥→ default for jumping one word back and forth or respectively mark text when pressing "shift" as used to in Premiere Pro and by default on Mac. Same issue exists in Photoshop where these shortcuts are annoyingly used to adjust kerning.
    Source: https://forums.adobe.com/message/9919288
    System: Mac OS X 10.11.6, Adobe Illustrator 22.1, Adobe Photoshop 19.1

    6 votes
    8 comments  ·  Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
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  7. Installing new fonts don't automatically list in Illustrator unless I restart the App.

    Hi there,

    When I activate a new font in my font management app (in this case FontExplorer), the font doesn't show up in Illustrator. I have to quit Illustrator and reopen it in order to see the new font. In the past I didn't have this issue only in recent updates to Illustrator. Is there a way to fix this?

    Thanks so much

    6 votes
    3 comments  ·  Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
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  8. Export Asset using Bounding Box

    I think it should be possible to export our assets using the bounding box either clip mask or a group of objects

    3 votes
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  9. Export for Screens - Prefix artboard number

    In Export for Screens dialog, include the ability to export the Artboard number in Prefix (or Suffix). A checkbox or variable string would do (eg $A). Currently we have to manually add the Artboard number into the Artboard name.

    53 votes
    17 comments  ·  File Save, Import and Export  ·  Admin →
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  10. Remove Export Size Limit for PDF (200")

    I have designed a 206 Feet Wide banner Designed at 1:12 Scale (206") in illustrator, I am Literally Unable to Send it for Printing, Because i Can't Export it to PDF because its Exceeding 200"...

    Illustrator itself can't design something Greater than 227 Inches, While more WORST thing is the Export to PDF file Size Limit, which is currently set to 200". Why to Leave Scaling on Printer RIP, Why Not send a Print Ready File. So if there's something wrong, we could catch and fix it, rather get it Printed.

    The problem can be with the Repeated Background Pattern,…

    19 votes
    4 comments  ·  File Save, Import and Export  ·  Admin →
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  11. Artboards as masks

    an option to hide the objects outside of an dartboard as in Photoshop CC

    3 votes
    3 comments  ·  Documents and Artboards  ·  Admin →
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  12. be able to scroll around in an image while i have the “recolour artwork” window open

    2 votes
    1 comment  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →
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  13. Please support for CAD functions

    Pleased support CAD functions natively in illustrator like CADtools or CAD-COMPO, I consider that these functions are very important.

    7 votes
    2 comments  ·  Tools  ·  Admin →
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  14. Please support WebP, JPEG XL/XS, HEIC(HEIF), aPNG file formats (import and export)

    Dear Illustrator team, pleas add support for thess file formats in Illustrator: WebP, JPEG XL, JPEG XS, HEIC(HEIF), aPNG

    70 votes
    28 comments  ·  Images, Links  ·  Admin →
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  15. Support for ems in leading field of the type panel

    When setting the leading, we have the option of "Auto" or setting a specific value in a static unit like px or pt.

    It would be great if a dynamic unit like ems (as implemented in CSS) were available to make leading, and I suppose other type attributes, scalable relative to the font size.

    For example, if I have a block of text set to 12pt and 1.5em, the leading would be 1.5x the point size, and therefore 18pt. If I were to alter the font size to 20px, the leading would still be 1.5em and therefore would scale automatically…

    5 votes
    3 comments  ·  Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
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  16. ALLOW ME TO SAVE HTML FROM ILLUSTRATOR!!!!!!!!!!!

    So stupid I can't save for web html from illustrator anymore. WTF is wrong with you designers?

    1 vote
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  17. Ability to create object clones

    This idea is inspired in mograph features of Cinema4D.
    It would be great to have an instance (or clone) of an object so that when you alter the shape of the source object, the clone alters automatically.

    This would also be a powerful simmetry tool as well but much more flexible since you can position the clone wherever you want.
    You would be able to clone it several times in a grid and alter all clones by fixing one single object (similar to what can today be achieved with Transform menu, but with much much more flexibility and control).

    It…

    1 vote
    2 comments  ·  Effects, Appearance, Graphic Styles  ·  Admin →
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  18. Pathfinder modes / effects / command to work with open paths...

    Can you make the Pathfinder (all of it) work with open paths? See attachment for what I am proposing.

    36 votes
    13 comments  ·  Pathfinder and Compounds  ·  Admin →
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  19. Create folders for brushes

    Can we get the ability to create folders for brushes?

    I would like to be able to group my brushes by length, width, style, color, etc. As it is now, I have to wait for the tooltip to show up before I know whether my brush is a medium, short, long stroke...

    10 votes
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  20. Option to disable the "Shape expanded" popup message

    2 votes
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