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netherscurial
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January 31, 2017
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Do we have Preferences in XD? Why they are grayed out on macOS?

  • January 31, 2017
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Hello, when I go to the top left menu and try to go into preferences for XD it is greyed out and can't open it up. I tried re-installing it but still same problem

 

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Thanks

 

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    Correct answer HARSHIKA_VERMA

    It's halfway into 2020 and preferences are still greyed out. I really wanted to like XD but there's so much lacking, beyond just the preferences issue. If Adobe can improve XD to be better than Figma (which by the way was released at the same time as XD, so no head start like Sketch) then I'll happily switch back. I've been using the Adobe suite for almost 10 years now and have never had so many complaints about a product until XD.


    Hi Jen,

     

    I understand your frustration. I would request you to please submit your feedback here: https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature-requests/suggestions/33361459-preferences and upvote the request to add your voice.

     

    Hope it helps.

     

    Thanks,

    Harshika

     

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    anonymous_hedgehog
    Inspiring
    June 21, 2020

    Just fired up the app for the first and time and the zoom behavior is couterintuitive to ALL OTHER Adobe apps.... so obviously tried to fix this in Prefences but alas it is greyed out and not available. Seriously, WTF?

     

     

      Vishu_Aggarwal
      Vishu_Aggarwal
      Participating Frequently
      June 22, 2020

      They are no Preferences settings in Adobe XD Application. But what would like to change in the zoom behavior of XD 

      Vishu AggarwalAdobe Certified Instructor, Professional and Expert
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        anonymous_hedgehog
        Inspiring
        June 22, 2020

        I would like to make the zoom functionality (mouse scroll + option) consistent with that of every other Adobe app. It is backwards in XD by default, for what reason is beyond me.

         

        Thanks for explaining that there are no Preference settings for Adobe XD. My question then to Adobe (not you) is why is it listed in the menu, and why is it greyed out? Most users are going to assume that it is indeed a feature but for some reason cannot access it. It should be completely removed from the menu if it is not possible to adjust settings, there is no reason for it to be there!

         

        @vishuagg19 I'm closing this thread given there is no way to adjust preferences, but thank you for offering to help.

        Preran
        Community Manager
        PreranCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        April 25, 2019

        This feature will probably be introduced at a later date in XD. Preferences grayed out – Adobe XD Feedback : Feature Requests & Bugs

        Thanks,

        Preran

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          nilanlovelace
          Participant
          May 24, 2019

          You all have been saying that since 2016. How much longer do we have to wait to we get preferences?

            The Default Cube
            The Default Cube
            Participant
            June 12, 2020

            I honestly wish that adobe xd had a dark mode option.

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              swoolf
              Participant
              April 12, 2019

              I've been trying to use XD off and on for over 2 years now (Sketch has been, by far IMO, superior in almost every aspect), but I still cannot customize the behavior of the program. That is an incredibly poor user experience.

              Why is "Preferences" still greyed out? Preferences should be a STANDARD feature of any program. I understand you may not have every setting fleshed out, but it's ridiculous for as long as this program has been in development that I still cannot simply change default parameters, or how far an object would be nudged when holding SHIFT.

              Any word on when this BASIC feature will be added to the program for OSX users?

                Atul_Saini
                Community Manager
                Atul_SainiCommunity Manager
                Community Manager
                April 12, 2019

                Hi Swoolf,

                Thanks for sharing your feedback about adding preferences in XD. Would you mind submitting your feedback here: - Adobe XD Feedback : Feature Requests & Bugs​? Please share the link here so that we can keep track of it.

                Thanks,

                Atul_Saini

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                GWATdesign
                Inspiring
                March 10, 2020

                why would anyone NEED to request a preference option within an application? this is standard and one of the first things people look at when opening a new application. Where's the dark mode? why can't I adjust the tools and layout? this is ridiculous,  we are thinking about moving from Sketch to XD bu this is seriously making us reconsider. 

                  Radiant_intelligence98A2
                  Radiant_intelligence98A2
                  Participating Frequently
                  January 31, 2017

                  Hello,

                  I can't seem to find anywhere why the preferences section is greyed out at the bottom of the hamburgler menu. Have preferences been disabled?  I also cannot record a preview of my prototype (the option simply does not exist in the window with the active preview).

                    Radiant_intelligence98A2
                    Radiant_intelligence98A2
                    Participating Frequently
                    February 1, 2017

                    I seems that I am also not able to scroll down past the initial viewport of an art-board that is longer than its original viewport.

                      Chris Bank - Express Dev
                      Adobe Employee
                      Chris Bank - Express Dev
                      Adobe Employee
                      February 2, 2017

                      These are all features that are coming to windows. Were working on it as fast as we can. The Preferences menu is removed in  the next build because there are no preferences... (It's disabled all the time on the mac, but we can't as easily remove that menu item).

                      Thanks for using XD on Windows! More updates every month.

                      Chris

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