Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Add advanced toolbar customization – icon direction, shape, and layout
I’m a long-time Illustrator user, and I’d love to see more customization options for the toolbar.
Specifically, please consider allowing:
1. Icon direction control (e.g., flipping the Pen Tool from "/" to "\")
2. Alternate icon shapes (simple, minimal, or text-based modes)
3. Full customization of toolbar layout, size, and colors
4. Save/load toolbar presets for different workflowsThis would help users with visual sensitivities or those who prefer ergonomic workspaces. It can also enhance accessibility for neurodivergent users. Thank you!
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Make an option to never enable Knockout Group for new blend objects
Illustrator insists on checking "knockout group" on my blends, I never want this, I always have to go in and turn that off every time I make a blend of a couple of objects with complicated appearances. Gimme a switch for that behavior.
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Print Presets should be in RGB or be easier to change to RGB
Most newer printers (Like the HP R530 or Epson Surecolor) handle colors better from files that are in RGB, not CMYK. Would love to have some presets in the "Print" tab be in RGB. Right now it's kind of a pain to change to RGB if you start with a print preset, because you get the warning about the color mode being different from the color space.
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Make hidden objects to be excluded from Text Wrap
Text wrap: invisible objects cause text wrapping.
It's all in the title. Personally, I can't figure out if this is intended. If so, is it possible to add a flag to remove the effect of hidden objects on text?2 votes -
Add an option to remember the choice in the warning about changing existing brush strokes
Changing brush size asks to apply changes to existing brush strokes. I would like this never pop up and always have 'Leave strokes'.
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Make a Display settings of artboards more visible
Hello!
When I'm using a one of this options: Show Center Mark, Show Cross Hairs, Show Video Safe Frame during the projecting time and I want them toggle off/on I have to go to the artboard options and toggle them there. The way for toggle this is too long and I realize this just now when I need to create something and switch this kind of helpers from time to time. Rest of the grids or helpers have own shortcuts or event they are available in Properties panel, but not this one.Is there any chance that dev-team can implement…
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A 'scale object' switch next to 'scale corners' and 'scale strokes & effects'.
Sometimes I want to scale just an object's strokes and effects without scaling the object - for example, if I've got an 'iris' graphic style that combines multiple fills and strokes to create a stylized iris of an eye, that I created for one size of eye, and would like to use for a closeup drawing.
Currently I would have to do something like this:
- draw a path with the 'iris' style, realize it's designed for a very different scale
- turn on scale strokes & effects
- rescale the path to be larger
- turn off scale strokes & effects
- rescale the…
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Make Acrobat FreeText Comments Appear in Illustrator PDF Files
When working with marked-up PDFs that contain FreeText annotations (comments), these are clearly visible in Acrobat Pro, but they completely disappear when opening the file in Adobe Illustrator.
Illustrator only reads the main page content, not annotations. Please consider adding a feature in Acrobat that converts FreeText comments into actual text objects within the PDF so they appear in Illustrator, can be outlined, and printed properly.
This would help designers and prepress professionals working on packaging, branding, and production workflows.
Thanks!2 votes -
Window > Arrange > Swap
If you have two documents open and you enable "Window > Arrange > Tile" you get both windows side by side.
By default you get the first-opened document on the left and the second on the right.
"Swap" function would exchange positions of the windows.
In order to do this without Swap, I have to do a manual tab shuffle to make this work and it's not as easy as it seems.
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Global lighting and render settings in 3D Effect panel
Please add the ability to globally change lighting, enable/disable shadows, and enable/disable ray tracing in the render settings when selecting multiple objects with a 3D effect but with different color fills, for example.
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Add Resolution value into the Gaussian Blur effect dialog
I think it's a really bad UX having to deal with two different dialogs to add a simple blur, the ideal would be add the extra settings to the Gaussian Blur dialog, so you can adjust everything on the fly, both the Radius and Resolution.
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Explain the implications of deleting the current workspace better
I had a workspace, and I wanted to make changes to the panel layouts. My idea was to make a new workspace, based on the one I was currently using. I moved the panels I wanted. Then I went to Manage Workspaces, and deleted the current workspace. I figured my workspace would be removed, the currently layout would "just be there" and I could make a new workspace based on my panel layout. Instead, when I removed the WS, I was "forced" back to the "getting started" layout! Now I have to go and open all of my panels and…
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One-Click Unit Preset Switching (Print/Web)
As a designer working across both print and web media, I’d like to propose a feature that would greatly improve workflow efficiency in applications like Illustrator and Photoshop.
A one-click unit preset switcher that allows users to toggle between unit/dpi settings optimized for different use cases.
For example:
Print preset: mm, 300dpi
Web preset: px, 72dpiThis could be a simple toggle in the toolbar or a quick-access dropdown in the settings panel.
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Add a Color Picker button in the Recolor Artwork dialog
I would request the team to consider it, kindly add a Color Picker button in the Recolor Artwork dialog, as it is essential — every time colors cannot be added into library. A color picker helps when designing with a self made color group.
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Dimensions, auto select after creation
I find that i am always needing to change the defaults when using the Dimension tool, as frames of reference change from project to project.
I have started to develop a workflow where I'll just select the created dimension to adjust the text and line in Properties panel.
What would be more useful would be if the dimension was automatically selected after created, same behavior as most tools in Ai have, like crating a shape or a text.
The tool does not seem to pay any attention to what is selected when you are creating measurements, but if there is…
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Guides menu box
I use guides on all projects, I open a new artboard, hit cmd+r for the rulers to appear and then draw a square that I want my margins to be, hit align left/top pull a guide line down for horizontal and vertical then align to right/bottom an do the same, this gives me my margins... can we get a popup window that just lets us type in values, like the bleeds but for margins, plus central horizontal and vertical guides tick boxes and columns/row margins etc. Would be great to save these as presets, so I can open a doc,…
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Problemas de Herramientas de Selección, Distrosión, Entre otras.
He usado Affinity Designers 2, Por temas empresariales comence a trabajar con Adobe illustrator... Encontre tantas herramientas que estan defasadas y no evolucionan..
Primero:
La Herramientas de seleccion debería por si sola tambien trabajar con la distorción del objeto y no requerir una herramienta adicional para distorcionar, dejen el orgullo y aprendan de las novedades a de affinity y apliquenlas en adobe.Herramienta de Reflejo...
No es más facil tener un botor de reflejo en la parte superior o en el menu de propiedades?
Les explico, en affinity solo presionas un boton y puf, reflejo, tanto horizontal como vertical, y…2 votes -
Color swatch mapping with presets for print production
I made this script using ChatGPT, it does mostly everything I need, but I ran into the issue that the option "Merge Swatches" in the Swatches panel, cannot be used/accessed with JavaScript.
I work as Prepress designer and I have to constantly change spot colors to match the swatches that the print operators need to match the colors the client need (Pantone match or paint swatches). Most of these colors are saved in an .ASE file and I have to manually merge them multiple times.
I thought my script was going to fix this for me until I hit that…
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Placeholder Spot Color Swatch Assigned in Illustrator Then Defined in InDesign (and other Adobe Apps - especially AE and Premier)
This would be a joint effort between AI and INDD. But being able to assign a spot color swatch placeholder to a graphic like any other spot swatch (with tint support) that can then be assigned via the links panel in InDesign.
Often I need to color coordinate graphics with a document I am building in InDesign. I typically do this by either generating multiple artboards or layers with the variations I need. But sometimes for one-off projects or projects where there may need to be many variations it just makes the AI file much more cumbersome to deal with.
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Show Live Shape controls for grouped objects as before
The shape option in the Transform panel is lost when grouping or compounding rectangular or star shape objects.
This is very difficult to use because it used to be possible to change the shape object's radius all at once, even when grouped together.
2 votes
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