Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Provide angle / rotation in Info panel
For Paramteric objects, like text object, Ai knows the rotation, if applied. Please give the user that information in the Info panel, when a rotated parametric object is selected.
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The shortcut key D to save before closing, in italian country should be the N key
the shortcut key "D" in a window "save before closing" to select "D"on't Save", in italian country should be the "N" key for the answer "N"on salvare".
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Make Clipping masks 'Expandable', just like Pathfinder
Clipping masks are hard to expand. Please make the Expand function work for Clipping masks too,
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Add a feature to BLOCK ALL AI INTRUSION
Add a setting in the User Preferences that does NOT get updated automatically with every update that blocks ****** AI intrusion into the desktop Illustrator app. There is no reason to push this garbage on to users that do not want it. We should have the right to block from infecting our Illustrator app that we pay monthly for.
For example: The Crop feature was recently Enshitified by adding AI generative fill. If I want AI generated fill, I can go to the Firefly website and use that. CROP means to snip off part of an image NOT add to…1 vote -
The copy, paste, and paste in place functions stop working
The copy, paste, and paste in place functions stop working after a few uses. This has been happening for a few days. I installed Illustrator on another PC and the same thing happens; I also installed an older version, but it still happens.
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Make the font size the real size
Have an option to make font size match the actual size. Example: A typical sans serif font was chosen and specified to be a 6 inch in the font size box. In order to get the letter to that height I have to create a rectangle 6 inches tall or make two horizontal guides six inches apart and then keep increasing the font size until the height matches the rectangle. In my test case I ended up with a font size of 8.9 inches to get a 6 inch letter height. All of the dedicated sign programs I've used in…
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Fast Skew Option in Illustrator
I’d love to see a faster skew workflow in Illustrator.
Currently, skewing objects requires extra steps, and it feels slower than it should be for frequent transformations.
Suggested behavior:
- When an object is selected, the normal bounding box appears.
- When the cursor moves near the left, right, top, or bottom edges of the bounding box, the cursor automatically changes to a skew icon (two opposite arrows).
- Click and drag from those edges to quickly skew the object.
- This would work similarly to how "rotating or scaling" works near corners, but specifically for skew transformations.
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Why are PDFs from illustrator so much larger than from INDD?
I could have the same layout in illustrator and in INDD, use the same export settings, and illustrator PDFs are always super big. Maybe it's because they hold data from artboards that weren't included in export. I've tried opening the PDFs back into Illustrator to delete unnecessary artboards, and random stuff on pasteboard. I've tried deleting all hidden layers. Rasterizing masked photos doesn't work either. I could have a 4meg pdf from INDD, or one from AI would be 80megs. Thanks for considering.
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Packaging file allows you to include a PDF
When packaging files, it would be very helpful to also export a PDF, just as in Indesign, so users could quickly review design without launching Illustrator.
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Allow to select objects as a range in Layers (Shift, Cmd/Ctrl) with proper square markers, not only with Target Appearance ones
I have no idea why the team chose to use specialized Target Appearance round markers and NOT the intended square markers to allow select the range with Shift. This teaches a bad lesson, making users think these round markers/buttons are meant to select objects, while it’s just a side-effect of targeting these to receive new appearance. This makes users believe they Select All in a layer when they click its target marker — and this leads to common 'all my stuff in layer has the same fill'.
My only guess is that that the actual selection markers/buttons, square ones, are…
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Add Transparency/Opacity setting to Stroke panel
Add Transparency/Opacity setting to Stroke panel.
Is fast and intuitive, in stead of going through the Appearance hazzlel for a simple setting.
Strokes should have separate Opacity settings, so a Path can have Fill and Stroke with different Opacities.1 vote -
Auto-toggle Display Print Size at 100% Zoom by RGB/CMYK document; avoid manual Prefs switching
Illustrator should learn how to pick the proper screen resolution based on the intent of the document... that is auto-disable the 'Display Print Size at 100% Zoom' option perhaps for RGB-based docs for screens and enable it for CMYK-based to-be-print documents.
I create a lot of BOTH, and I have no idea why should I manually toggle this in Prefs EVERY time I switch between opened documents.1 vote -
Linked file is not shown like it should be
I also found this issue while linking the file between the other apps (InDesign/Premiere Pro).
Please see the attached pictures for reference.I normally linked the file(s) and lay on another size to make a production.
It's easy to modify the original (one file), and the other linked files will be updated.Now I need to export to a photo and re-link the file.
Why are the advantage functions continuing to disappear?
Including the Cloud Storage, it is useless. Cannot share or download the file. Modifying the file on the cloud is a nightmare (super lack).
The old version (shared…1 vote -
Help user to show open panels
Sometimes UI panels are covered by others. When choosing those panels from the menu, a blue outline hints on their position.
Why not bring it to front? in 99,99 % of the cases, that is what users want.1 vote -
'Click to copy value' button in Color doesn’t indicate the value gets copied clearly
I don’t like how the 'Click to copy value' button in Color panel is designed — when it gets pressed, it selects the value and that’s it. It makes us think we NEED to copy it, and the button just selects... other editors in similar or related conditions show a shy message or change the icon for the button, indicating the copying happened.
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registerKeyEventsInterest fundamentally broken in modern Illustrator (silent failure)
I am reporting a critical issue with the registerKeyEventsInterest API. In modern versions of Illustrator, this function is completely broken for global keystroke interception. Worse, it fails silently with no errors or feedback in the CEF console.
According to the CEP documentation, we should be able to pass a JSON string to this API to catch key events and stop the host app from swallowing them. But right now, calling csInterface.registerKeyEventsInterest() with a standard JSON payload does absolutely nothing.
If you set up a basic CEP panel, include CSInterface.js, and try to register interest in a global keystroke, the code…
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A way to measure the area used by the bounding box, not only shapes within
I noticed that there is a Measure by Area tool, but it measures the print area. We would like the area it forms that considers the selection rectangle.
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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 -
Enable PSD in Export for Screens / Assets
Hi team! Can you add support for PSD in Export for Screens?
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Smart guides disappear when I switch to the eyedropper tool
I have had issues in the 2026 version of illustrator. The smart guides disappear when I choose the eyedropper tool.
After many hours of support with adobe, they found out it was a change that was introduced to the 2026 version, to improve overall application funtionality.
However my feedback to this, is shared with their engineering team, and they will further review this behavior.My hope is that they discard this new change, as the smart guides can be turned off totally, if you do not wish to use them, so I do not understand, why it should disappear on…
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