Toolbar Customization

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April 20, 2021
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Hello! I just wanted to say that I love most of the new updates for Photoshop , Illustrator, etc. but I feel like the Tool Bar needs some color. Not sure if that can be done but it would be pretty cool to color code some of your tools in the Toolbar and just add a little more color to the interface of these design programs. Thxs! 😉

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Monika Gause

Community Expert

Those icons once were colored. Some of the rationale behind the icon design can be found in the following links (all in German, but you can toggle subtitles resp use translate tools and I hope you'll get the meaning):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsG294_Q1m4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6_teW4xl6Y

https://blog.adobe.com/de/publish/2017/06/15/insight-adobe-icons-folgen-ihren-eigenen-trends-und-moden.html#gs.z9wivo

https://de.slideshare.net/ixdahh/ixda-hh-event-einblick-in-die-iconentwicklung-fr-alle-adobe-produkte

Jeff Witchel, ACI

Community Expert

If you really like your Tools panel idea, make a feature request: https://illustrator.uservoice.com

There are similar features in other Adobe applications. An example, you can color code Menu Commands in InDesign.

Mike_Gondek10189183

Community Expert

There is no option to add color to the toolbar. A long time ago I suggested Adobe use red rather than bold on certain items like the transparency palette to better show whether you are in art or mask mode, but they prefer a clean interface.

The only thing you can do to the toolbar, is to change what items show there by clicking here.