Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
When reporting a bug, please provide a detailed description with the following:
- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
- The steps you were taking when you experienced the issues
- Your expected result and the actual result
- Upload your Illustrator file or a video (screen recording or gif, this helps us most to reproduce the issue and resolve it)
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SVG files won't open in Illustrator 2026. Works in earlier versions (tested in 2024)
SVG files won't open in Illustrator 2026. I can open them in Illustrator 2024, and paste them into 2026. But opening the file in 2026 results in a totally blank artboard. Perhaps the parse is broken? Something got worse between these versions...
2 votes@JP Flexner - we would need preferences from your machine. See the comment from me for details.
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W-Hの数値がリンクアイコンがアクティブなのにリンクしない
Illustrator ver.28 以降
macOS14.7.2再現手順
1. Illustratorを起動して、新規ドキュメントを開き、アートボード上に矩形を描く。
2. コントロールバーのWをクリックしてパネルを展開する。
3. Wの欄に数値を入力し、タブキーでHに移る。
4. リンクアイコンがアクティブになっているにも関わらずWとHの数値がリンクしない。親元のコントロールバーでは正常にリンクしている。期待する結果
リンクアイコンの表示どおりWとHの値がリンクする。実際の結果
片方の入力にもう一方が追随しない。代替の手順。
数字を入力する前にアクティブになっているリンクアイコンをクリックしてオフにし、再度クリックしてリンクをアクティブにする。
起動後1度だけこの手順を行うと以降は正常に動作する。[EN]
Step to reproduce
1. Launch Illustrator, open a new document, and draw a rectangle on the artboard.
2. Click W on the Control Bar to expand the transform panel.
3. Enter a value in the W field and press Tab to move to H.
4. Despite the link icon being active, the W and H values do not link. They link correctly in the parent Control Bar.Expected Result
W and H values link as indicated by the link…8 votesThe issue seems to visible at our end after closing the Illustrator and reopening the file. However, it is just the value does not get updated in the pop up panel. The transformation change on the object happens fine and is reflected properly in the properties panel as well. Let us know if you are experience similar behavior or not.
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Illustrator 29.7.1 changes units to points and resets other values after changing Keyboard Increment value when Search field has text in it
Another paradox is that version 29.7.1 of Illustrator constantly changes the units from px to points after entering an new value in keyboard increment. Does it happen to anybody else?
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25 votesFix available in prerelease build now - version 29.8
Give it a try and share your observations on this thread.
To be rolled out in general build soon.
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Illustrator 30.3 Font Handling Issue
The new 30.3 update for Mac introduced "improved font handling in Illustrator (macOS) for better consistency and reduced reliance on unsupported system resources"
However, this seems to have broken auto font activation with the Typeface font manager.
Is there a way to get this fixed?
Thanks!
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Object appearance defaults when selecting new colors (white fill, black stroke)
When selecting a new color swatch value from the menu (see image) often times when the document has first been opened or an object has not been selected during this session, any selected objects revert to the default appearance - 1 pt outline, black stroke, white fill - regardless of what they were before. Then you have to undo what happened and try again to apply your changes. It's a minor inconvenience, but it only showed up in the last 3 updates. A clean install doesn't fix this issue. This can happen just a single time, or multiple times with…
22 votesThe latest build 30.2.1 doesn’t do this anymore, works as expected.
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Rich tool tips keep popping up
Rich tool tips are always randomly opening and staying open something even when I am on other side of screen. Hard to take a screen shot, as when I click to screen shot the tool tips disappear. It's been happening on 2 different machines running Sonoma for about 1 year. Never used to happen.
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Script selection/appearance modification causes error 8702
I am using a script to change the appearance of an object (fill color of an ellipse shape). Since there is no way to access appearance properties directly (which would be lovely to get someday), I am using a known workaround with defaultFillColor on the selected document.
app.activeDocument.selection = [item.obj]; app.activeDocument.defaultFillColor = item.newCol;Unfortunately, the selection seems to leave Illustrator in a weird state, and any further script command (e.g. next iteration of the loop) fails with "Error 8702: there is no active document."
This sometimes goes away if I use CPU instead of GPU preview, though not reliably. And…
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プリセットのB6サイズについて
IllustratorのプリセットのB6サイズは125 mm×176 mmですが、日本の規格はB6サイズ182mm×128mmです。
他の投稿より引用ですが、プリセットは、B4とB5はJISで、他のB系は国際規格になっているので、統一してほしいです。54 votesShould be fixed in the latest Beta build 30.4.42 — please update and check if it’s truly fixed, and comment back if it’s still a jumble or you find other inconsistencies.
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Image Map URL Links Disappear in PDF Export
Issue occurs in Illustrator 2025 (29.6) and later versions
Description:
URL links configured through the Attributes panel’s Image Map feature are not preserved in exported PDFs, despite enabling the “Preserve Hyperlinks” option in PDF export settings.Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new document
2. Create an object (e.g., rectangle, text, etc.)
3. Select the object and enter a URL in the Attributes panel → Image Map
4. Create a new layer above the current layer
5. Export as PDF with “Preserve Hyperlinks” enabled in export settings
6. Open the exported PDF in Adobe AcrobatExpected Result:
URL links should…28 votesHaving a layer above the layer with hyperlinks now works as expected in Beta 30.0.0.114
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New Glitch in Smart Guides, highlighting perspective grid-like points
Theres a new update glitch in smart guides, when I have an object selected, a bunch of perspective grid-like highlights.
This setting is connected with object highlighting in smart guide settings. If i shut off object highlighting in Illustrator>Preferences>Smart Guides>Object Highlighting, the issue stops.
Seems like just a new bug glitch in a recent illustrator update.
2 votesClaimed to be fixed in Beta 30.4.0.187 — please update and check if the problem is gone.
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Color Mixer in Control and Properties panels gets broken after using Tab
The Color Mixer in Properties and Control works oddly. Here, I try to navigate my fields with Tab, and then drag one slider — boom, it all breaks: sliders vanish, active fields become visually inactive, closing it becomes very hard...
I feel like it started happening when the generative virus put its tendrils into Ai.
21 votesWe have fixed this issue and rolled out a Beta build for all of you have an early look. Please try this in the latest Beta build and let us know your feedback.
We will roll it out soon in the general availability builds.
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Using Image Trace with specific settings generates large black blob made of gigantic black circles
Image Trace yields a black blob when adjusting the settings now. For instance, it renders a details drawing into a clump when changing the settings to have 1% for the corners slider. This bug is in AI 2026 only.
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Images disappear or become corrupted after drag and drop on Mac
Illustrator 29.4
Drag and drop from a Browser to an Artboard
Use Cmd Shift 4 and drag a screendump to an artboard
Drag and Drop from Photoshop a layer with transparency to an Illustrator artboard.Saving and opening the Illustrator file makes it disappear or gives some distorted lines.
https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/screenshot-disappears-in-illustrator-29-3-and-up/m-p/15237401#M439060
https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/illustrator-29-4-images-disappearing-after-save/m-p/15246575#M439583
https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/image-disappears-after-dragging-and-dropping-from-photoshop-to-illustrator/m-p/15247056#M43960935 votes -
リピートグリッド適用時に塗りのみのオブジェクトが透明になる
Adobe Illustrator 2026 30.3、Beta版 30.4 103
macOS Tahoe 26.4概要
塗りのみ(線なし)に色を設定した複数のオブジェクトを選択してリピートグリッドを適用すると、最左のオブジェクト以外が透明になり、正常に表示されない。再現手順
1.塗りのみに色を設定したオブジェクトを2つ以上作成する
2.すべてのオブジェクトを選択する
3.リピートグリッドを適用する期待される動作
・すべてのオブジェクトがリピートグリッド内で正しく表示される。実際の動作
・最左のオブジェクトのみ表示され、それ以外のオブジェクトが透明になる。補足情報
オブジェクトは透明に見えるが、実際には存在しており、分割・拡張または書き出しを行うと表示される
塗りと線の両方を設定したオブジェクトが含まれる場合、バグは発生しない以下の操作でバグが回避される:
・環境設定の「GPUパフォーマンス」を無効にする
・「オーバープリントプレビュー」を有効にするWindows版でも報告があります。
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Em dash incorrectly rotates upright in vertical text layout
Illustrator 2025 (29.8.1) (29.8.2) Japanese
Em dashes are Latin characters, so in vertical text layout they should be rotated sideways like other alphanumeric characters.
However, in v29.8.2, Em dashes are rotated upright like Japanese characters. This is clearly a bug.
EMダッシュが縦組みで正立回転する
EMダッシュは欧文の文字なので、縦組みでは他の英数字を同じく横倒しになります。
しかし、v29.8.2では、和文の文字のように正立回転してしまいます。これは明らかにバグです。19 votes修正は最新の30.3一般リリースに反映されています。アップデート後、問題が解消されているか確認し、引き続き問題が発生する場合はご報告ください。
The 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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Images and Shadows Not Rendering Correctly
I am having issues with build 29.8.2.
When I link photos to my artboards and add drop shadows to shapes or objects, the display is not rendering them. It will show them, but if I move or zoom out, sometimes they go away. And if I export my artboards, these issues carry over. The images dont export, there is just a grey circle where that masked image is supposed to be. And shadows from one object to the next are different, just not even there. How can I fix this?3 votes -
Export Selections Format Settings Missing Illustrator 29.8.1
Asset Export / Format Settings is missing image options.
Mac OS Sonoma 14.4.1-
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Images embedded disappear after reopening the file 2025
This problem has been occurring for a few weeks: when I reopen a file containing embedded images, they disappear, turn white, or turn the original image color.
In 15 years of using ILLUSTRATOR, this has never happened, and it's truly annoying. Some files contain more than 50 images, and if a small one disappears, it's unmanageable.
The strange thing is that it doesn't happen with all files; it's random.
I'm working with Illustrator 30.0, but the same thing happened with 29.8.3.
Looking through various forums, you may already be aware of this problem.
Please fix it, as we pay a…
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Exporting To SVG Format
Illustrator 30.2.1 has a consistent SVG exporting bug. I created some images containing gradients. When I export to SVG the first time, AI will create a correct SVG file. However, subsequent exports, AI will leave out all gradients. If I close the file and reopen it, the cycle repeats.
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Transparency mask bugs with "Gaussian Blur" effect applied inside the mask
I've got an object with a transparency mask applied which contains a "Gaussian Blur" effect, when I want to align it with the Properties panel"(copy of the first object - pasted on second object), the effects change totally (I need to change the blur from 80 to 30 to have nearly the same effect.
2 votes
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