Will live Pattern Preview ever be available in Illustrator?

[ajhm13]

I am endlessly confused as to why Photoshop has a live editing "pattern preview" option, but Illustrator does not. Many surface designers work primarily with Illustrator and it is really irritating that that tech to live edit a pattern exists in Photoshop but not Illustrator. Is there a plan to add this feature to Illustrator anytime soon? It is such a useful tool that saves me significant time when creating repeating patterns and I would love to see it implemented in Illustrator! 

[Monika Gause]

The pattern editing mode does not do it for you?

[Ton Frederiks]

Did you try the pattern maker?

Object > Pattern > Make...