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1. Graphic Styles direct hotkeys

   Some of us use graphics styles A LOT. And a way to quickly apply them now requires aiming and clicking. In modern now, a precise targeted click is the most inconvenient, attention-expensive, and rather ineffective gesture.

   Pro users use hotkeys.
   Since InDesign’s Quick Apply is not a thing yet (that’s another story), we’d like to be able to assign direct hotkeys to chosen styles.

   There are several ways to approach this: by name, or by position in the list... but not as an action wrapper — we have so little of F-keys.

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2. Locked Object as Key Object

   It would be very helpful to have the option to enable a locked object to be selected as a key object. I would make aligning object workflows to be slightly more efficient.

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3. Non-uniform scale tool by angle

   Using available AI tools I have to twist and dance to perform non-uniform scale by angle.

   Right now I have to do this:
   1. Rotate path to make in straight oriented (it's not an default ellipse, it's manually traced path)
   2. Reset bounding box
   3. Rotate path backwards
   4. Turn on bounding box (I work with it turned off)
   5. Scale using bounding box at angle

   If I use Scale tool instead, and set point to a center,
   AI will scale path uniformly ONLY.
   What a stupidity is this? I even remember custom plugin tool that allowed desired action, but it doesn't work for a long time.

   Using available AI tools I have to twist and dance to perform non-uniform scale by angle.

   Right now I have to do this:
   1. Rotate path to make in straight oriented (it's not an default ellipse, it's manually traced path)
   2. Reset bounding box
   3. Rotate path backwards
   4. Turn on bounding box (I work with it turned off)
   5. Scale using bounding box at angle

   If I use Scale tool instead, and set point to a center,
   AI will scale path uniformly ONLY.
   What a stupidity is this? I even remember custom plugin tool that allowed desired action, but… more

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4. Show how many artboards are selected

   Since we can have multiple artboards selected and this selection isn't very noticeable (which should be fixed too), why not to show how many artboards are selected?
   Just say how many in empty 'Name:' field, since it shows nothing when more is one artboard is selected, in brackets or different color.

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5. Selection panel - supercharged customisable selection options

   • A new Select panel.

   *User-defined search permeameters with logical operators, and access to all relevant properties and object types in the document object model. Ability to extend and refine a search by multiple parameters.

   *User-defined labels for objects, with which users can create their own custom searches (eg. ”figure”, ”house”, “red team”, “platform” etc.).

   This would make me A Happy(er) Bunny.

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6. Drag-and-Drop Swatches to Artboard

   This functionality wouldn't change the swatches palette it, but would allow users to drag a swatch to the artboard and drop it. You could tile several to create a tonal family or brand color set.

   Being able to scale them larger, arrange them, reformat the grid, turn the white gap off in between colors would improve color adjustment and comparing hues side by side. They'd function like the existing swatches panel in that you could have a shape or stroke selected and apply the color by clicking the swatch on the artboard.

   This would help in color exploration and creating effective color themes. Save common color usage in your workspace set up, export out as a group, share via Libraries, copy and paste artboard swatches to another file etc.

   This functionality wouldn't change the swatches palette it, but would allow users to drag a swatch to the artboard and drop it. You could tile several to create a tonal family or brand color set.

   Being able to scale them larger, arrange them, reformat the grid, turn the white gap off in between colors would improve color adjustment and comparing hues side by side. They'd function like the existing swatches panel in that you could have a shape or stroke selected and apply the color by clicking the swatch on the artboard.

   This would help in color exploration and… more

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   Started (Available in general build)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

   As mentioned before, this got shipped into the main (GA) build, but the development is not completed. The team has been gathering all the user feedback and intends to address it.

   Here are several relevant entries you can upvote.

   Bug reports:

   • Spots and Globals are converted into process colors when included into Swatch Info
   • Swatches Info doesn’t work for the only swatch selected
   • Swatch Info renders a saved tint as yet another copy of the main global color
   • The default text color in Swatches Info is rich RGB black when used in a CMYK document
   • Tabs in Swatch Info text are made with spaces instead of actual tabs
   • Bottom margins for labels are too small for Swatch Info objects in the column view (with no card backgrounds)

   Feature requests:

   • Auto-Eyedropper when hovering over Swatches Info objects
   • Allow to create Swatch Info object using a hotkey
   • Allow to actually drag-n-drop swatches on canvas to create a Swatch Info object
   • Allow to quickly enable or disable all Text Options for cards in Swatch Info objects
   • Layout for Swatch Info should allow to set grid, not only a row or a column
   • Allow to use custom user templates for Swatch Info objects
   • Allow to set text format for CMYK values and other data in Swatch Info objects
   • Allow to control font for Swatch Info objects
   • Allow to place cards next to color chips instead of always below for Swatch Info objects
   • Allow to include gradients and patterns in Swatch Info objects
   • Don’t force creating a dedicated layer for Swatch Info objects
   • Add Preview option when creating a Swatch Info object

   Feel free to add more if you think something is missing in these lists.

   As mentioned before, this got shipped into the main (GA) build, but the development is not completed. The team has been gathering all the user feedback and intends to address it.

   Here are several relevant entries you can upvote.

   Bug reports:

   • Spots and Globals are converted into process colors when included into Swatch Info
   • Swatches Info doesn’t work for the only swatch selected
   • Swatch Info renders a saved tint as yet another copy of the main global color
   • The default text color in Swatches Info is rich RGB black when used in a CMYK document
   • Tabs in Swatch Info text are made with spaces instead of actual tabs
   • Bottom margins for labels are too small for Swatch Info objects in the column view (with no card backgrounds)

   Feature requests:

   • Auto-Eyedropper when hovering over Swatches Info objects
   • Allow to create Swatch Info object using a hotkey
   • Allow to actually drag-n-drop swatches… more

7. Set all colour palette swatches to Global as default

   Could we have all default swatches and custom colour swatches we select set as 'Global' when are working in a document? Or at least be able to select multiple swatches all at once and make Global? Why is the default 'non-Global' when colours are likely to be used regularly across multiple working files?

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8. Use Key Object to allow precise control for in-back and in-front level changes

   Allow Key Object to define which object is moved and which object is used to define movement. If I select two objects and then highlight one as a key object, it would be nice to use the same hotkeys for "send to back" and "send to front" and have it only work in relation to the two selected objects, putting the keyed object either directly in front of or behind in the layer order of the other object.

   As it is now, the hotkeys either work too much by sending objects all they way to the back or front, or too little by requiring a one layer change per use. On builds with many objects/layers this just feels inefficient and clumsy. Adding in the Key Object feature would allow users to have a second level of functionality and quickly place a layer exactly where they want it quickly, using a feature that is already in place to give them more precise control over object placement.

   Thanks for a great product and the years of creative expression it has provided!

   Allow Key Object to define which object is moved and which object is used to define movement. If I select two objects and then highlight one as a key object, it would be nice to use the same hotkeys for "send to back" and "send to front" and have it only work in relation to the two selected objects, putting the keyed object either directly in front of or behind in the layer order of the other object.

   As it is now, the hotkeys either work too much by sending objects all they way to the back or… more

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9. Zig Zag effect Ridges per Path option

   Illustrator allows us to set ridges per segment when applying a live Zig Zag effect.
   Cool, we can use it creatively... sometimes... in very rare occasions...

   But most of times we need the frequency to be uniform for the whole path, like Roughen does.
   We can’t use a brush to do it really, and we can’t make Ai to re-divide a path into segments of equal length (a cool request on its own, but it won’t solve the problem anyway... but I ahve to mention the PathScribe plugin allows this).

   There is this cool Random Zig Zag script that that does this and more as a filter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHEAk6s9NcE — definitely worth buying), but it’d be great to just have it from the box as an option for the effect.

   Illustrator allows us to set ridges per segment when applying a live Zig Zag effect.
   Cool, we can use it creatively... sometimes... in very rare occasions...

   But most of times we need the frequency to be uniform for the whole path, like Roughen does.
   We can’t use a brush to do it really, and we can’t make Ai to re-divide a path into segments of equal length (a cool request on its own, but it won’t solve the problem anyway... but I ahve to mention the PathScribe plugin allows this).

   There is this cool Random Zig Zag script that that… more

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10. Eyedropper tool to have option to pick gradient settings

    If you have a gradient set up with custom rotation and you want to pick it to another object with eyedroper tool, the rotation doesn't transfer.

    It would save time not having to type it again.

    Maybe add some other options as well to have more control.

    It should be an option at the eyedropper tool properties. (See image)

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11. Disabling Keep Selected option for Pencil tool should not deselect path that is edited

    A detail that I'm missing from the legacy Pencil tool.

    It’s a missing detail in the option keep to path selected or deselected after being drawn.

    When this option is unchecked the object is deselected.
    If the path is selected again to be drawn upon to adjust the shape. It deselects it again.
    Now that's all logical and according to what the option says its supposed to do.

    BUT

    The legacy Pencil tool before its rewrite it worked almost like that but not quite the same, and it was great.

    So you had the option to have the path deseletced after drawing.
    BUT if you den reselected it it stayed selected for as long as you needed it to adjust the shape.

    So to be clear I'm gonna try to describe the process

    Draw shape.
    Shape drawn, not selected.
    Select the drawn shape to draw on it to adjust it, its selected, you draw on on it, it still stays selected.

    This was very useful. Because usually you just want it deselected on first draw, but sometimes you need to go in and adjust a particular shape and then you're in the mode of massaging that shape and want it selected till you're done.

    Please try the old pencil tool out and you will understand what i mean.
    Please implement this again.

    Basically that the shape only deselect upon first draw. If reselected again it stays selected till you decide when to deselect it.
    It worked like this for 20 years or however long the the pencil too has been around.

    A detail that I'm missing from the legacy Pencil tool.

    It’s a missing detail in the option keep to path selected or deselected after being drawn.

    When this option is unchecked the object is deselected.
    If the path is selected again to be drawn upon to adjust the shape. It deselects it again.
    Now that's all logical and according to what the option says its supposed to do.

    BUT

    The legacy Pencil tool before its rewrite it worked almost like that but not quite the same, and it was great.

    So you had the option to have the path deseletced after… more

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12. Add more Definitions to repeat

    Allow more definitions to repeat feature.
    The spacing is awesome and long overdue. and the brick and flip features are amazing.
    But would like to be able to define the total repeats in a unit, not just in size of the repeat area. if we use it for production we want to be able to repeat 10 wide and 5 repeats high. not having to count them separately and having some cut in half. If we repeat 35 in a horizontal row it can take time to count the amount of total pieces. Also maybe add a small total of pieces info number in the repeat panel.
    Maybe if we hold done ctrl it changes the amount of repeats and alt changes the spacing, and when you don't hold down any keys it just changes the repeat area as is default now.

    Allow more definitions to repeat feature.
    The spacing is awesome and long overdue. and the brick and flip features are amazing.
    But would like to be able to define the total repeats in a unit, not just in size of the repeat area. if we use it for production we want to be able to repeat 10 wide and 5 repeats high. not having to count them separately and having some cut in half. If we repeat 35 in a horizontal row it can take time to count the amount of total pieces. Also maybe add a small total of… more

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13. Assignable keyboard shortcuts for EVERYTHING.

    In the 'keyboard shortcuts' dialogue, I would like to have a section that contains the flyout menu items and buttons of every palette.

    Ideally this would be automatically populated when a palette is created, so that palettes created by 3rd-party plugins would be able to take advantage of this without a new version.

    Currently there is an 'other panels' section in the assignable menu commands that lets you assign keystrokes to ten seemingly-arbitrary palette menu items. I'd love to see a ton more choices there. No need for default shortcuts; this is a way for power users to pick exactly which parts of AI they want to have available at the touch of a key insted of digging through menus or palettes.

    In the 'keyboard shortcuts' dialogue, I would like to have a section that contains the flyout menu items and buttons of every palette.

    Ideally this would be automatically populated when a palette is created, so that palettes created by 3rd-party plugins would be able to take advantage of this without a new version.

    Currently there is an 'other panels' section in the assignable menu commands that lets you assign keystrokes to ten seemingly-arbitrary palette menu items. I'd love to see a ton more choices there. No need for default shortcuts; this is a way for power users to pick… more

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14. Show length of path

    Need to know the exact length of paths, Paths at angles, can't tell length when need to change all, no way to adjust by length. Seems like a basic thing but can't find it anywhere.

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15. Show image output dimensions before exporting with Export As

    Under File > Export > Export for Screens and > Export As, it would be great to be able to know what the output dimensions will be when selecting 150dpi, 300dpi or a custom resolution.

    Often I will need to export images from various source to specific JPEG or PNG dimensions. This will save the step of exporting, checking the dimensions of the output file, then adjusting the output resolution or resizing in Photoshop.

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16. Select items in Layers in sync with objects on canvas

    We have to work with a strange legacy dichotomy when making a selection in Layers is NOT equal to making a selection on canvas and vice versa.

    No other vector application does it like this:
    XD, Affinity Designer, Corel Draw, Figma, Xara, Inkscape...

    Other apps which have layered structures don’t do this also:
    Photoshop, Blender, 3DS Max...

    InDesign and Illustrator are lonely black sheep in the flock of apps.

    We need a mode (as an option) to be able to sync both selection methods.
    Clicking an object on canvas should highlight the name of it in Layers.
    Clicking a name of an object in Layers should select this object on canvas.

    Extended reading:

    These two selections are like the dark matter and the normal matter — they don’t influence each other and can’t be converted into one another.
    Here is the request about it: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/32505679

    When an object is selected on canvas, Layers does not get expanded to display it, and we have to click the tiny button to see it in the document structure.
    Here is the request about it: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/39104935

    Yeah, we can wrap it an an action and spend a precious F-keys to robotically press it after each selection, which is twice dumb, because an action which has only one operation in it is a bad action. Every command in Illustrator should be assignable to a hotkey.
    Here is the request about it: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/31609237

    And also we have three places to click in Layers to select an object:
    1. Names, largest and most easy to click areas — clicking does nothing to select objects though
    2. Target buttons, small circles, which are in fact just indicators for the custom appearance applied — clicking them both targets and selects an object, all their children (except locked and hidden), and it’s the only way to select objects on canvas via the panel. Also it support selecting ranges with Shift held — after we begged for it for 3 years (here is the request about it: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/19196674-select-more-than-one-layer-at-once).
    3. Selection markers, which are indicators too, but again can be used as buttons... but without the ability to select ranges with Shift. In fact, Shift here works as Ctrl/Cmd should, and Ctrl/Cmd does nothing. I have no hypothesis why. Markers can be displayed as small and large, meaning partial (some children are selected) and full selection (all children selected).

    You can read about these columns here: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/illustrator/using/layers.html
    Note that this article says nothing about the dichotomy.

    Finally, I can see why the current approach can be useful. This allows us to put some objects in an existing group, to reorder, to move to another layer, to switch visibility or lock in mass — via a stupid dialog... without messing up with what is selected on canvas.

    Is it worth the hustle though? This can be done with a context menu for Layers panel (here is the request about it: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/31956982-contextual-menu-with-layers-palette-same-as-phot) with 'Lock selection', 'Hide selection', 'Isolate selection' (for objects from different groups, here is the request about it: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/31540384-isolate-selected-objects-without-having-to-group-t), Copy, Group/Ungroup, etc.

    We have to work with a strange legacy dichotomy when making a selection in Layers is NOT equal to making a selection on canvas and vice versa.

    No other vector application does it like this:
    XD, Affinity Designer, Corel Draw, Figma, Xara, Inkscape...

    Other apps which have layered structures don’t do this also:
    Photoshop, Blender, 3DS Max...

    InDesign and Illustrator are lonely black sheep in the flock of apps.

    We need a mode (as an option) to be able to sync both selection methods.
    Clicking an object on canvas should highlight the name of it in Layers.
    Clicking a name… more

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17. Blend annotator

    It would be good if the blend tool worked like the gradient annotator where you can weight the blend along the linear axis using sliders to quickly adjust the spacing of the blended objects.

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18. An ability to control the assumed resolution for placed PNG files

    Raster images brought into Illustrator always seem to appear at 72 ppi, and are scaled too large relative to an artboard with 300 ppi raster effects. There is no way to set images to appear at the desired resolution, instead requiring you to manually adjust their size with the transform tools.

    A 300 pixel wide PNG appears on the artboard scaled 4.17 inches/105.8 mm wide. It's too big and blurry if you print it. You have to down-size it manually with the transform tools... awkward.

    The desired behaviour is for raster images to appear scaled on the artboard at an appropriate size relative to their own resolution and the document raster effect settings.

    A 300 pixel wide PNG should appear on a 300 ppi artboard at a scale of 1 inch/25.4 mm.

    Raster images brought into Illustrator always seem to appear at 72 ppi, and are scaled too large relative to an artboard with 300 ppi raster effects. There is no way to set images to appear at the desired resolution, instead requiring you to manually adjust their size with the transform tools.

    A 300 pixel wide PNG appears on the artboard scaled 4.17 inches/105.8 mm wide. It's too big and blurry if you print it. You have to down-size it manually with the transform tools... awkward.

    The desired behaviour is for raster images to appear scaled on the artboard at an… more

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19. Create new artboard within other artboard with Shift key gone in 2018

    Just switched to Illustrator 2018. In 2017 I could create a new artboard on top of another artboard by holding down the shift key and dragging with the Artboard tool. This doesn't work anymore. I can create a new artboard outside of the existing one, but I need to create multiple artboards within one main artboard. I can create a vector box where I want them all, then go to Artboard window and click Convert to Artboards, but this is many more clicks than before...not very lean.

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20. Allow us to customize/choose features/controls/order in Control panel

    A Feature that can be used by any Tool or Panel which is most common (like Fill & Stroke), that should not be active in the both (Control Bar & Properties Panel )sides at a time.

    When Text Object is selected by Arrows.
    If you have selected Text by using Arrows/Selection Tools, you should have good options in the Right Click's menu, like Spell Checking which is logical according to selection.
    It would be also better if these features will be added in Control Bar by replacing redundant Features Like Fill & Stroke which can be used by Panels and Tool Bar or These Options (Spell Checking) according to selection (Text) should be in the Properties Panel with the properties of current tool selected/Active, (hope Properties Panel would be converted into Tools Properties Panel)

    A Feature that can be used by any Tool or Panel which is most common (like Fill & Stroke), that should not be active in the both (Control Bar & Properties Panel )sides at a time.

    When Text Object is selected by Arrows.
    If you have selected Text by using Arrows/Selection Tools, you should have good options in the Right Click's menu, like Spell Checking which is logical according to selection.
    It would be also better if these features will be added in Control Bar by replacing redundant Features Like Fill & Stroke which can be used by Panels and… more

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