Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Artboard delete tool
This is really nitpicky but the little X at the top right of the artboard tool is too small and more often than not I end up creating a new artboard around the object at the top right of the artboard. Possibly make the cross larger or move it somewhere else to remove this problem?
3 votesHi,
We are pleased to inform you that your request is available in the latest release of Illustrator version 22.0.
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Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
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Image Crop Feature
This is a bug with regards to Image crop feature in Illustrator.
While I try to unembed a cropped image (in Illustrator) and link to a PSD source file, the source PSD file gets flattened or layers get merged to a single layer. The source PSD file gets altered and damaging it.
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Save to older version of EPS or AI
CS6 does not appear to allow the user to save to older versions of EPS or AI. Many vendors and designers are still using older versions, and the inability to save to older versions is creating a lot of problems.
3 votes
Neeraj Nandkeolyar
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It should be possible to do so through File > Save As… then select the Format as .ai or .eps, then click Save. In the next dialog select the desired version from CC to Ai3.
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Being able to use pathfinder on more complex forms.
Being able to use pathfinder on more complex forms. To easy create shadows and things for characters by copy and paste and then using subtract from pathfinder.
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Illustrator - Trace image and turn in to an editable path instead of shapes
I would love to be able to take my drawings and use the live trace feature (or maybe even a feature within the Illustrator app??) that would allow me to trace my hand-drawn sketches (on paper) and turn them into line paths instead of outlined shapes. This way, I don't have to trace my images again, once they are in Illustrator. It would be a huge time saver!
3 votesThere are options for image tracing in AI. Extended panel gives you an ability to select Strokes instead of Fills. Tweaking these can help you with that. Please comment back if you think these should be refined.
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Bring back the original “Reset Bounding Box” workflow
In previous versions, the Reset Bounding Box command made it possible to quickly redefine the orientation of the bounding box after rotating an object. This allowed users to flatten or stretch rotated objects directly with the bounding box handles.
In Illustrator 2026 this workflow no longer works reliably. In many cases Reset Bounding Box is disabled, making a very common transformation much more difficult than it used to be.
Please restore the previous behavior, or provide an equivalent workflow that is just as fast and intuitive.
This is not a new feature request—it is a request to restore a long-established workflow that many professional users have relied on for decades.
Removing or limiting this functionality breaks existing workflows without providing a clear advantage.
Thank you.
In previous versions, the Reset Bounding Box command made it possible to quickly redefine the orientation of the bounding box after rotating an object. This allowed users to flatten or stretch rotated objects directly with the bounding box handles.
In Illustrator 2026 this workflow no longer works reliably. In many cases Reset Bounding Box is disabled, making a very common transformation much more difficult than it used to be.
Please restore the previous behavior, or provide an equivalent workflow that is just as fast and intuitive.
This is not a new feature request—it is a request to restore a long-established…
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Adding strokes to images easier
On either links or embedded image files, it would be super helpful to be able to add a stroke to it instead of the messy workaround of drawing one or adding multiple, RAM-hogging glow effects with no blur to the get that effect.
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Add the "Align to center vertically and horizontally" button to Properties panel
I really liked the neewly added "Align to center vertically and horizontally" button, I often had to use two buttons to center in the artwork the objects, but now I miss that option in the Properties panel, which is always present.
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Make Turntable keep strokes live and unexpanded
Turntable is really starting to pick up steam for us, apparel designers. We can use it for additional views sometimes needed by factories (side views, a glimpse at the inside of a garment that is lined with a different color etc.)
It would be even more incredible if it didn't expand your outlines.2 votes -
Allow to create a document from template (.ait) from the New Document (File > New) dialog
Illustrator allows us to use File > New from Template, that opens an OS dialog into the dedicated (hardcoded) template folder...
This folder is buried in guts of the app, requires permissions to write into on Macs, detached for the local storage in general.
At the same time, modern New Document dialog offers large thumbnails and various options to create a new document... but nothing to support custom templates (not presets!)...actually, we can go there with the More Settings button (often hidden under the scroll line), press 'Templates...' button in More Settings dialog, and get the same OS dialog. Ai can do better!
Illustrator allows us to use File > New from Template, that opens an OS dialog into the dedicated (hardcoded) template folder...
This folder is buried in guts of the app, requires permissions to write into on Macs, detached for the local storage in general.
At the same time, modern New Document dialog offers large thumbnails and various options to create a new document... but nothing to support custom templates (not presets!)...actually, we can go there with the More Settings button (often hidden under the scroll line), press 'Templates...' button in More Settings dialog, and get the same OS dialog.…
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Add Artboard option for Create Sub-Folders in Export for Screens, next to existing Scale and Format
When exporting something like logos, it might make sense to keep all formats exported from one artboard together in a sub-folder.
So if we make a primary logo, it can be put into a folder called 'Primary Logo', to have all the formats exported from an artboard. One design — multiple file formats. Currently that needs to be done manually. So an 'Artboard' sub-folder option would be nice.
Thanks to Jon from Crusoe Design Co. for the idea
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Adding the [null] 'swatch' to the Recent Colors quick use panel
Adding the [null] 'swatch' to the Recent Colors quick use panel would make for efficient color swapping. Yes, the null option is always on the tools panel; intuitively a recent selection even of null/no color should sit in the recently used Recent Colors area.
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AI Design Merge for Symbols: Apply Structural Changes While Preserving Style
In symbol-based workflows (common in apparel and accessories), designers often create multiple variations of the same base illustration.
Typically: One version introduces a design change (e.g., updated shape or component)
Another introduces a style change (e.g., color or material)There is currently no efficient way to merge these selectively across symbols.
Proposed Feature:
An AI-assisted “Design Merge” tool that compares two objects or symbols and allows users to selectively merge:
Structural changes (geometry, proportions, components)
Appearance attributes (color, stroke, effects)Example:
Symbol A: square pocket, black
Symbol B: rectangular pocket, pink
Desired result:
→ square pocket, pink2 votes -
Allow user to name assets being exported when using the Assets Export feature
After dragging an element to the Asset Export panel, and clicking "Export" then "Chose", a "Replace Files" warning message will pop-up if the user has previously exported assets from that panel into the same folder.
This is a blocking occurence, where the UI doesn't offer alternatives besides canceling the whole operation and going backwards in the process.
A simple "Naming" dialog box or automatic incrementation of a number suffix at the end of the folder's name would prevent wasting time, as well as be in line with widely-accepted file export naming workflows.
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Enable right-clicks in the "New Document" window
When I open Illustrator and click "New File", the "New Document" window opens.
Several recent items populate the "Recent" tab, some of which I would love to select and remove from this window to avoid opening them by mistake when I'm trying to put down some ideas on a canvas or create an object to quickly place it in another app, regardless of the canvas size.
Unfortunately, this window is quite bare-bones, not customizable and right-clicking doesn't allow to delete previous document formats.
Enabling right-click on this window would allow users to do other things, such as:
-Save as template (Move to "Saved" tab)
-Name
-Pin to top
-Duplicate
-Delete
-Add short description/notes (for example: "the two art boards overlap")
-Open corresponding documents(Naming would imply that the "Search" field at the bottom expands its range to user-0created templates, not only Adobe ones)
In the "Mobile" or "Web" tabs of the "New Document" window, a right-click could enable users to "Pin" their favorite default templates to the top of the window for easier and faster workflows (or hide the lease used ones, with a "restore all default presets" option to unhide the hidden ones).
When I open Illustrator and click "New File", the "New Document" window opens.
Several recent items populate the "Recent" tab, some of which I would love to select and remove from this window to avoid opening them by mistake when I'm trying to put down some ideas on a canvas or create an object to quickly place it in another app, regardless of the canvas size.
Unfortunately, this window is quite bare-bones, not customizable and right-clicking doesn't allow to delete previous document formats.
Enabling right-click on this window would allow users to do other things, such as:
-Save as template…
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Make "Create Outlines" not greyed out when text is selected
If I am creating a text element for the sole purpose of converting it to outline, it is confusing that the "Type > Create Outlines" option is greyed out when the text is selected.
"Create Outlines" should not be greyed out, and when the user clicks there could potentially be a warning the first time saying:
"Creating Outlines will make it impossible
to edit the text box, would you like to proceed?[ ] Do not show this message again"
Although one could assume that the user knows what they are doing, and that the warning message might be annoying rather than helpful.
At the present moment, it is annoying to not be able to access the feature, and adds extra steps to have to deselect the very object that the user wants to modify to be able to enable this modification.
It makes it feel like the user made a mistake, and could confuse them into thinking that one of their actions disabled the feature.Additionally, it would make sense for a user to be able to select only a selection of text from a text block, and then proceed to Create Outlines for only this selection (for example to create decorated initials for print).
In this scenario, Illustrator would divide the text block into two elements upon clicking the menu, one with the outlined text and one where the remaining part of the text block remains editable.
If I am creating a text element for the sole purpose of converting it to outline, it is confusing that the "Type > Create Outlines" option is greyed out when the text is selected.
"Create Outlines" should not be greyed out, and when the user clicks there could potentially be a warning the first time saying:
"Creating Outlines will make it impossible
to edit the text box, would you like to proceed?[ ] Do not show this message again"
Although one could assume that the user knows what they are doing, and that the warning message might be annoying…
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I want to be able to create specific layers to specific workspaces
I want to be able to create specific layers to specific workspaces. I work at two different jobs, and need specific layers for specific work regimens
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Make Path direction available for all Paths
Make Path direction available for all Paths. Not only Compound Paths are influenced by Path direction. Patterns are too. And other apps, like After Effects make use of Path direction as well.
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Suggestion for Faster Clipping Mask Editing Workflow in Adobe Illustrator
I would like to suggest a small workflow improvement for Clipping Mask editing in Illustrator.
Currently, when an image inside a clipping mask becomes stretched or distorted, users need to go through multiple steps such as:
Isolate Selected Clipping Mask
Edit Contents
Resize or reposition the image
Exit isolation modeThis process can feel slow during fast-paced design work.
It would be extremely helpful if Illustrator had:
A dedicated shortcut for “Edit Clipping Mask Contents”
A quick toggle button directly on the control bar
Or an easier one-click option to switch between editing the mask and the content inside itThis could significantly improve workflow speed for graphic designers and make clipping mask editing more intuitive.
I would like to suggest a small workflow improvement for Clipping Mask editing in Illustrator.
Currently, when an image inside a clipping mask becomes stretched or distorted, users need to go through multiple steps such as:
Isolate Selected Clipping Mask
Edit Contents
Resize or reposition the image
Exit isolation modeThis process can feel slow during fast-paced design work.
It would be extremely helpful if Illustrator had:
A dedicated shortcut for “Edit Clipping Mask Contents”
A quick toggle button directly on the control bar
Or an easier one-click option to switch between editing the mask and the content inside it…
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Recent Window not showing Path anymore
The Recent Window on Start up Adobe Illustrator showed the Location (Path) of the .ai-Document. That has changed. There is no usefull Information now.
There can be three Files showen, each with another Location. Wich one to open???
One can be on an external HD. One on the Mac-Mini and one on the Server.Please change it back.
2 votes
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