Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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735 results found
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Central Resize handles disappear when setting guides from the rulers
When setting a guide by dragging from the ruler, the center resize handles of a selected object (the handle it is directly in the middle of a selected object) disappear. A short cut i used to use often is if i wanted to find a centerline of something, i would create a temporary square between two points, then drop a guide at the center where the resize handle is because i know that is the center of the two points.
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Align not working when ALL items in a group are selected
Since updating to CC 2018, align to selection and align to artboard are not working when ALL items in a group are selected.
Align appears to work if ALL BUT ONE item in the group are selected ... but if the final item is selected, it stops working ... nothing happens.
This is not ideal as it means you then have to align the remaining item with the rest of the group manually ... with transform or by eye.
8 votesHi,
Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
I am not able to reproduce the issue on my side and behavior is similar to Illustrator CC 2017 version. If you think behavior is changed in Illustrator CC 2018 kindly share a small video of Illustrator CC 2017 behavior and Illustrator CC 2018 behavior at sharewithai@adobe.com so I can further investigate it.
Please do mention the link of this thread so we can identify you
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Incorrect line weight scaling after vertical reflect command
With "Scale Strokes & Effects" turned on in preferences, using the transform panel to change the length of a line after it has had the vertical reflect command used on it will incorrectly scale the line weight.
Attached images show the scaling behaviour after the vertical reflect command has been performed.Adobe Illustrator 2023 27.8.1 64-bit
OS: Windows
Version: 11.0
Process Architecture: x86_647 votes -
Small objects don’t have corner widgets displayed
Small objects don’t have corners widgets displayed.
Take a look at the test file with small 3 rectangles.
The largest one does have its widgets, but two smaller ones don’t.
Once you scale them up to 110%, the middle one now has them.
Another scaling up — all three now have them.Yes, these are very small, hardly larger than 1 pixel! But what a difference it makes for a user? None, really. Ai is capable to display all of them and allow tiny transformation, like this scaling up. Why does rounding some corners should be anything different?
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Cannot exit presentation mode.
Esc key is not working in presentation mode so I cannot exit from the presentation mode at all. I have to force quit the app every time.
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Rotation is too sensitive. I cannot use transform options.
Rotation was too insensitive in the previous version.
Rotation is too sensitive in this version. It is prioritizing it over everything else too much.7 votes -
Why can't you make snap work again?
I work with die cuts and i need precision. Don't remember from which version but illutrator sucks at snapping now. I mean all shapes i make get 20.001 or 19.999 and try using compound, it doesn't work! You can't draw with precision anymore.
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BUG - Offset path preview remains in artwork even after cancel or tick off preview
Hi. Since Illustrator 23 I have a very strange bug in the preview of offset path. When I select a shape and select offset path I get the dialog. In the dialog I can set the variables. if I then click ok all is well. But if I check preview I can see what the values I entered will do. So far so good. But then something strange happens. If I change a value I see the result in a preview, but I also see the first preview. The result is even added to the last preview path. And i…
7 votesI am happy to share that we have fixed this bug in our latest release – 24.2.0 which is available worldwide now.
Going forward, our goal is to fix as many top User-Voice bugs as possible and as frequently as possible. Given the nature of the fixes, some of the bugs will take a longer time to fix, but we are on it.
You can update to the latest release using Creative Cloud desktop App: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html
Thank you for all the feedback. Keep it coming!
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Sync with Adobe Draw
I am new to using Adobe Draw and sending the vectors direct to Illustrator.
Draw has a simple one click feature to send a vector to AI. Except that it doesn't work quite as it should. The project gets stuck in the cloud, I can see any drawing I create then send 'direct' in my Adobe.com assets > mobile creations. It doesn't push through to AI, which I have open while I'm working in Draw.
I have been through the support team, and have been advised the only solution is to send all my drawings through, then restart both devices,…
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Scaling object(s) is causing the associated bounding box to become a shape ('expanded object' appears on the screen after scaling).
Seems to be occurring repeatedly - updated/reinstalled Illustrator 2019, which had received it for a short period, but now it has re-emerged. Driving me mad! Seems to occur more with smart guides and holding the shift key.
See attached for examples.
7 votesRequest to Contact Support ·
AdminIllustrator Engineering
(Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
responded
Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. 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.
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7 votes
Most likely it’s because the bounding box got disabled by accident. Please try to toggle it using View > Show Bounding Box command or with a Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + B hotkey (this is the most common way to disable it).
Comment back if it fixes this for you and especially if it doesn’t.
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Illustrator groups unintended objects, you can't ungroup unless you click on a certain object.
I've had this issue for years with various versions of Illustrator. Occasionally when grouping and ungrouping objects Illustrator will get stuck on a grouped object and then subsequently clicked objects with that object.
It's annoying because it creates unwanted group handles for the subsequent object you want to click or transform.
Over the years I've found that the only way to "ungroup" the unwanted group is trying to find and select one of the objects that is "causing" the unwanted grouping for lack of a better explanation.
Again, this is not a new bug. It's something that I've been dealing…
7 votesRequest to Contact Support ·AdminIllustrator Engineering
(Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
responded
lease accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. 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.
Thanks & Regards,
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Chart inaccuracies
The chart tool often creates inaccurately sized shapes. This is especially noticeable in pie charts.
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A tool blob brush is working only for a few lines and then (without any error message) it stops drawing the lines.
A tool blob brush is working only for a few lines and then (without any error message) it stops drawing the lines. Changing the tool for another and back to blob brush doesn't help.
I've reinstalled the whole application but still the same issue.
Windows 10.7 votes -
Black boxes appear on top of anything I draw with the pen tool
If I try to draw something with the pen tool a black box will cover it, while I can still draw what I want, I can't see what i'm doing which makes it very difficult.
I've updated illustrator, my laptop, and tried new documents but nothing will change it.7 votes -
Transform Each always uses visible preview bounds instead of expected geometric bounds, ignoring the state of Use Preview Bounds option
Rotate via Transform Each incorrectly places reference point.
1. Version: AI-CC 22.0.0
2. Steps taken:
Objects: Triangles with 1:1 height/width ratios. Stroked with stroke centered on vector and sharp corners.
Operation: Rotation via Transform Each command with a centered reference point.Expected result:
Since the vector was contained within a square bounding box (1:1 H:W), I expected the triangles to rotate without changing XY location.Actual result:
Rotations happened off-center, slightly moving the triangle toward the point that did not align with one of the bounding-box corners.
Additional Testing:
I tested the behavior of both the Rotate tool and the…7 votes -
Smooth Tool | Selection
A small bug, but it has been driving me crazy:
When you have, let's say the Sharper Tool selected, and you click on a path wanting to switch to the Smoothen Tool, when you do that, it unselects the object you chose, and you have to switch back to Selection, Select the object again and switch back one more to the smoothen tool.
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Eyedropper cursor blinks while held
If you pick Eyedropper tool and hold it to sample a color continuously — it blinks, jumps, tries to change into a default pointer arrow.
Take a look at the small GIF attached, or watch a video by Laura Coyle here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lauracoylecreative_adobeillustrator-color-activity-7274877800715583491-HkxBHappens on both Windows and Mac.
And so you know it can work better and some other succeed — compare it with the way Affinity Designer does it (the second GIF).6 votes -
Dimension Tool Options dialog always uses points for Offset and Extension fields, even though document units differ
Dimension Tool Options respect my chosen Type and Stroke units, but ignore General units, when I open Options dialog or Properties.
If I choose, say, millimeters for my document, I want to define offsets end extensions in millimeters as well, not points.
Does not help if I set these in Document Setup as well.
Please make these consistent!6 votes -
Width tool started work weird after update 27.9
After this update, width tool on closed shapes instead of acting like they are shapes with continuous edges, it cuts the width at a point.
I use width tool a lot and this is problematic.
Oh and in some cases width point not showing.
6 votesThe bug is fixed in the latest public release 28.0.
Please check and reply back if it now works as expected.
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