Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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Naming of Pathfinder functions is inconsistent between the Pathfinder Panel and Effect
Naming of Pathfinder functions is inconsistent between the Pathfinder Panel (and the Undo text) and the Pathfinder Effect.
The Tooltip shows “Unite” in the Pathfinder Panel
Unite from the Pathfinder Panel is the same as Add.
Unite is missing from the Pathfinder Effect and is named Add instead.
If you have clicked the Unite button in the Pathfinder Panel, the Undo option displays “Undo Add”.The Tooltip shows “Minus Front” in the Pathfinder Panel
Minus Front from the Pathfinder Panel is the same as Subtract.
Minus Front is missing in the Pathfinder Effect and is named Subtract instead.
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Changing Overprint or blending mode on part of a text resets when file is reopened
- Create a text box, on a colour background.
- Make some of the text a colour, some black.
The black does not overprint, it reverses ("knocks") out of other text in the same box reverses out (becuase it's colour or white).
If you fix this by making the black text multiply, on reopening the file, it has reverted to reversing out.
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Image Trace Preview doesn't work
Image Trace window lets you adjust advanced preferences (color county, angle threshold etc.) When I tick the "preview" box, then image traces according to my selected preferences. But after un-ticking the box it does not return to a normal rasterized image.
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Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
Warm Regards,
Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator -
Illustrator CC - Lags constantly every attempt to do something in my layers
I have been using Illustrator since macOS Sierra and it was decent in regards to performance not perfect though. Now since MacOS High Sierra Illustrator just destroys my workflow, I waste so much time waiting for the pin wheel to go away just so that when I attempt to move the cursor to interact with a layer is comes right back and i'm waiting again. . . and then at time it will crash (this is good I make backups)
I would find it hard to believe that a relatively new MacBook Pro should have no problems handling an 600mb…
5 votesWe haven’t heard from you for a long time.
Please get in touch with us at sharewithai@adobe.com or any of the other support channels – helpx.adobe.com/support.html .
Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.Regards,
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Library Drop Down Fails (Creative Cloud not specific to Illustrator)
Drop down fails using Illustrator (or PS) and Creative Cloud Libraries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhPEVZpS0k4
Fix is to open Library window wider, or right-click.
5 votesI am closing the ticket due to lack of response.
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[PARM] error?
I have Windows 7, 64bit, running Illustrator CC and all of a sudden today I am not able to use the text tool and when I try to use the select tool on certain areas of the file the error message comes up that I attached to this.
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PNG files rendered from AE import as blank linked files in Adobe Illustrator
PNG files rendered from AE import as blank linked files in Adobe Illustrator
Steps to Reproduce Bug:
1. Render a PNG from AE using the default Output Module.
2. Place the resulting PNG into an Adobe Illustrator document.Results: PNG does not show in AI document as expected.
Expected Results: PNG would show as if it had been created/saved in Photoshop.
Note: Opening the PNG from AE and re-saving it from PS results in at PNG that imports as expected.
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Unable to group
Unable to group something together. It give me the option to group but when I click it nothing happens, please update Illustrator there are too many glitches now.
Kind Regards,
Liam
5 votesI am closing the ticket due to lack of response.
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Can’t change a gradient stop from swatches
There is a bug that stops you from changing the colour in a gradient stop from your swatches. The only way to get around it is to use the eye dropper tool. This is a must fix and has been missed on multiple updates recently!
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Shift-clicking in Layers doesn't select range if filter is used
I have dozens if not hundreds of elements I need to select in a document. I can get them into a contiguous list in the Layers panel with a filter, but this breaks range-selection.
Screen grab attached, showing clicking behavior with the Shift key held down, with and without a filter in effect.
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Viewport doesn’t get adjusted when I start editing text outside of it, like it used to do
Previously (like is shown in one of 2 GIFs attached, recorded in CS4), when I had my insertion point outside of the currently visible viewport, making any change into a text (or even pressing an arrow key to navigate it) would have the viewport adjusted to have the cursor in it.
Now it just won’t happen.
When we aren’t careful with noticing the current mod (text editing VS normal one) can hit hotkeys, hoping to switch the tool, and actually type some garbage (like it’s shown in the second GIF).Make it pan to the cursor, like it used to…
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Multipoint Freeform Gradients Uneditable
Randomly all gradients in Illustrator with multiple points become uneditable, I cannot click on "Edit gradient" button and if I manage to it does nothing. Point on gradient temporarily come up when in Gradient panel, but disappears when I click off. I have reset the application numerous times.
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Freeform Gradient is not rendered
When I try to make a freeform gradient, the colors don't show up. I'm not sure if this is just an issue with a preview or something else.
Using Illustrator 2026
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Ai won’t change the fill of an object when using Shape Builder exactly according to rules
A minor quirk of the Shape Builder.
Following this post by Hanako Igarashi (hamko): https://x.com/hamko1114/status/2035911311763399048?s=20As per the post, when Shape Builder tool is selected, the color chosen in the Color panel, Swatches, or Color Picker, won’t recolor the selected objects (that is a big difference with Live Paint tools, that would recolor the selection, unless a 'Live Paint Select' selection is made), but use the set color to force on a result of the next Shape Builder Union operation.
This happens only when 'Pick Color From' option is set to 'Swatches' in the tool’s options (called by Enter)... and…
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文字パネルのカーニング設定のドロップダウンのチェックマークが1つ前の選択オブジェクトの設定を表示する
macOS14.7.2/iMac27inch
ver.27以降で確認Step to Reproduce
1. ドキュメント上にエリア内文字を３点用意し、それぞれの文字間のカーニングを設定を「和文等幅」「オプティカル」「メトリクス」に設定する。
2. 選択を解除し、「和文等幅」を設定したものを選択する。
3. 再び選択を解除し、「オプティカル」に設定したものを選択する。
4. 文字パネル上では「オプティカル」が表示されているが、ドロップダウンをプレスすると「和文等幅」の項目にチェックマークが付いている。
5. 選択を変更しながらドロップダウンのチェックマークを確認すると、一つ前に選択していたものにチェックマークが付いている。期待する結果
文字パネルに表示された項目と同じ項目にドロップダウンのチェックマークが付く実際の結果
１つ前の状態を表示する。これは文字パネルのみの不具合です。プロパティパネルは正常に表示されます。
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Steps to Reproduce
1. Place three textFrames in the document, and set the kerning each textFrames to “和文等幅”, “Optical” and “Metrics” respectively.
2. Deselect all textFrames, then select the one set to “和文等幅”.
3. Deselect all characters again, then select the one set to “Optical”.
4. Although “Optical” is displayed in the Character panel, when you click the drop-down menu, the “和文等幅” option is checked.
5. When you check the checkmark in the drop-down menu while switching selections, the…4 votes -
複合パス化するとグラデーションストップが大きく移動する
Environment
Illustrator ver.27 or later
macOS 14.7.2/iMac(Intel i5/32GB mem/1TB SSD)グラデーションを適用した複数のオブジェクトに一度にグラデーションツールでグラデーションを定義したものを複合パス化するとグラデーションストップが大きく変化する。
再現手順
1. 矩形を３点、横に並べて塗りに対してグラデーションを適用する。
2. グラデーションツールで３点の矩形に対して左右のエッジに始まりと終わりのグラデーションストップが来るように調整する。
3. ３点の矩形を複合パス化する。
4. グラデーションストップの終端側が大きく移動する。期待する結果
複合パス化してもグラデーションの状態は変化しない。実際の結果
複合パス化するとグラデーションストップの位置が大きく変化する。代替処理
複合パス化したあと、再度グラデーションツールで調整を行う。グラデーションの向きが水平・垂直の場合、終端側が大きく位置が変化します。それ以外の角度の場合、両端のグラデーションストップが移動します。
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Applying a gradient to multiple objects simultaneously using the Gradient Tool and then converting them into a compound path causes significant changes to the gradient stops.Steps to reproduce
1. Arrange three rectangles horizontally and apply a gradient to their fills.
2. Use the Gradient Tool to adjust the three rectangles so the start and end gradient stops align with their left and right edges.
3. Convert the three rectangles into a…4 votes -
Renaming an artboard in Artboards panel scrolls to have the item on top
The way it works in the newest update is infuriating.
In the newest update, when I change the name of an artboard in the Artboards panel, the panel automatically scrolls to have that item at the top. I keep losing my place in the Artboards panel and I can't keep track of what I'm doing. I don't see a benefit of the list jumping around all the time. It's horrific to work with.4 votesThe fix has been pushed into the latest 30.3 general release. Please update, check, and comment back if it still happens.
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Delete Artboard should not spam in History when only one artboard remains
While deleting artboards rapidly works now s it should, I can’t but notice that even when the only artboard is left, the Delete Artboard command and step still fires up and pollutes the History panel. With the only artboard left the command should just do nothing (until Ai team decided to invent the artboardless canvas and break all the things).
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Copy-pasting mesh between files results in rasterized image
When copying and pasting a mesh from one file to another, it turns into a raster image. However, simply dragging and dropping the mesh object works fine
Adobe Illustrator 30.1
macOS Tahoe 26.2 (25C56)4 votes
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