Stroke Weight Up and Down: Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+. and , step the selected strokes' weight (#5797)

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Don Omondi
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# UI and interaction parity
> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-06 · **Change:** minor (Layers: Rename (`ui.rename`) opens the name field of the selected layer, group or object, #5324; Properties in Edit Artboards: Transform section above the Artboards section, #5219; scrubby labels: the Control bar's Stroke: and Opacity: links and the Properties panel's Stroke link scrub their fields, #4088; Properties: Quick Actions has Repeat Options for one selected repeat, #5181; Direct Selection: Shift-click picks several blend spine points, which drag together, #5285; Direct Selection: Cmd/Ctrl held lends the Selection tool and shows its bounding box, #3901; Join tool trims two crossing open paths and joins them at the crossing, #5844; Control bar: Paragraph: link and Align left/center/right while type is selected, #5372; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; Units › East Asian Type acts, with Q and Ha units; scores unchanged)
> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-06 · **Change:** minor (Stroke Weight Up and Down shortcuts, #5797; Layers: Rename (`ui.rename`) opens the name field of the selected layer, group or object, #5324; Properties in Edit Artboards: Transform section above the Artboards section, #5219; scrubby labels: the Control bar's Stroke: and Opacity: links and the Properties panel's Stroke link scrub their fields, #4088; Properties: Quick Actions has Repeat Options for one selected repeat, #5181; Direct Selection: Shift-click picks several blend spine points, which drag together, #5285; Direct Selection: Cmd/Ctrl held lends the Selection tool and shows its bounding box, #3901; Join tool trims two crossing open paths and joins them at the crossing, #5844; Control bar: Paragraph: link and Align left/center/right while type is selected, #5372; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; Units › East Asian Type acts, with Q and Ha units; scores unchanged)
## Feature submission evidence
@@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcut
Align panel's Align Objects, Distribute Objects and Distribute Spacing rows under Align, with no default shortcut, and a
shortcut set there runs what a click on the button runs, with the panel's Align To choice and Distribute Spacing value. The [ and ] keys reach the Blob Brush, the Eraser and the Symbolism tools in the app (#1734, part of #1661).
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+. (`stroke.weightUp`, Stroke Weight Up) and Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+, (`stroke.weightDown`, Stroke Weight Down), the keys a [public feature request reply](https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/32307397-increment-decrement-stroke-weight-key-commands) gives them, step the weight of each selected stroke from its own weight: by a quarter unit of Units › Stroke up to one
unit, then by whole units, down to a quarter unit; with nothing selected they step the weight of the next object drawn (#5797).
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+N (`file.newWithoutDialog`, New Without Dialog in the shortcut editor) makes a document with the
settings the New Document dialog opens on (the first Recent entry, or the Print category's Letter while Recent is
empty), without opening the dialog.
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| Date | Change | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | minor | Keyboard shortcuts: Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+. and Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+, (Stroke Weight Up and Down) step each selected stroke's weight, or the next object drawn's (#5797); scores and estimates unchanged |
| 2026-11-06 | minor | Properties: Quick Actions has Repeat Options for one selected radial, grid or mirror repeat, opening Object › Repeat › Options with its values (#5181); scores and estimates unchanged |
| 2026-11-06 | minor | Control bar: with type selected, a Paragraph: link (the Paragraph panel in a popover) and the Align left, Align center and Align right buttons follow the Character controls; the bar leaves them out from its right end when short of room, after X/Y/W/H and the Align buttons (#5372); scores and estimates unchanged |
| 2026-11-04 | minor | Contour add-on (beyond Illustrator): drag away from a selected shape's edge to grow a live copy of it, or toward the inside to shrink it; the copy carries a live Offset Path effect, so it stays editable until Bake (Expand Appearance), a second drag changes the same Contour instead of nesting one, and a floating bar sets the distance and the Sharp, Round or Square corners. `addon.contour.set` is the command behind it. It is a built-in add-on: Object › Plug-ins › Contour, and its own heading in All Tools, with no default shortcut or toolbar slot. A VectorCraft design built on Offset Path; no other application was inspected. Scores and estimates unchanged. |