Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
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- Your expected result and the actual result
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Type Area only flows right to left
I’ve tried all the offered fixes, they’re either not working or not there. It must be a bug!!
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Object Selection and Text Editing Issues in Illustrator 2026
Operating system and Adobe Illustrator desktop version:
Adobe Illustrator desktop version: Illustrator 2026Steps to reproduce:
Open a file in Adobe Illustrator 2026.
Try to select an object using the Selection Tool.
Try to select and edit a text object, including changing the font or text content.Expected result:
Objects should be selected smoothly and accurately.
The selection cursor/arrow should remain stable.
Text objects and fonts should be selectable so that the text can be edited normally.Actual result:
Objects cannot be selected or grabbed reliably.
The selection cursor/arrow does not behave consistently.
Text objects and fonts cannot be selected…2 votes -
Objects with Perceptual Gradients applied (and no Dither) gets rasterized fully on PDF export, instead of becoming clipped rasters
It still rasterizes the whole object, rather than converting it to a clipped bitmap (unless you also enable Dither though).
Here’s a demo.11 votes -
Swatches disappear in Swatches panel when switching between documents
I've got two documents open. An RGB one, and a CMYK one. When I CMD+TAB between the two, all the current swatches disappear. I have to click on a different 'view swatches' button to make them appear. This happens EVERY TIME. I just updated to the latest version of Illustrator thinking it would fix it, but it doesn't.
10 votesHi Everyone,
We have fixed this bug in our latest release – v 29.8.1 which is available worldwide now.
You can update to the latest release using Creative Cloud desktop App: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html
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PDF/X-4で書き出す際にダウンサンプルされる
macOS14.7.2/Imac27inch i5/32GB mem/1TB ssd
Illustrator ver29.5再現手順
1.800ppiのモノクロ2開帳の画像をドキュメントに原寸で配置する。
2.ファイル→コピーを保存を実行、PDF形式を選択し次のダイアログでプリセット「PDF/X-4:2008（日本）」を選択して保存する。
3.PDFを開いて配置した画像を調べると300ppiにダウンサンプルされている。期待する結果
800ppiのままダウンサンプルされずに保存される。実際の結果
配置したビットマップ画像は300ppiにダウンサンプルされる。このプリセットでは実行解像度が1800ppiを超えた際に1200ppiにダウンサンプルされるように設定されている。配置状態で800ppiの画像はダウンサンプルの条件に当てはまらない為ダウンサンプルされてはいけない。
また、300ppiという数値はモノクロビットマップ画像を取り扱うには致命的に低い解像度と言える。回避方法
ビルトインのPDF/X-4プリセットは利用せず、同等のプリセットを自身で作成して利用する。その他、プリプレス関連メーカーが配布するPDF/X-4プリセットを利用しても良い。EN
Step to reproduce
1. Place an 800ppi monochrome bitmap image in the document in its original size.
2. Select File→Save a copy, choose PDF format, and in the next dialog, select the preset "PDF/X-4:2008 (日本)" and save the file.
3. Open the PDF file in Acrobat and check the placed image to find that it has been downsampled to 300ppi.Expected result
The image is saved without being downsampled to 800ppi.Actual result
The placed bitmap image is downsampled to 300ppi.…
32 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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Area Type text disappears after editing in Illustrator 30.6 (macOS), Composer recomposition causes inconsistent rendering
[Environment]
•Application: Adobe Illustrator 30.6
•Platform: macOS
•Language: Korean UI
•Text Type: Area Type
•Composer: Japanese Composer
•Language Options: East Asian Options enabled[Summary]
While editing an Area Type text frame, several characters near the end of the text were modified. Immediately afterward, a portion of the text disappeared.
The text itself still exists and is selectable, but is no longer rendered correctly.
The issue is also reproduced in exported PDF files.
Creating outlines renders all missing text correctly.
Changing the Composer temporarily restores the missing text, but introduces different layout corruption (first-line indentation becomes incorrect).
Creating a brand-new Area…-
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Illustrator not snapping to guides while holding shift key
Illustrator 30.6 Mac is not snapping to guides while holding shift key.
When creating a square, so I'm holding the shift key to constrain, it will not snap to a guide. If I let go of the shift key, then it does snap to the guide——but then I don't have an actual square! Why does it not snap to guide if I'm holding the shift key?! Makes now sense, and makes using Illustrator so frustrating. Slows my work down.
Please fix!
(Also, Illustrator is STILL NOT snapping to artboard edges--with Smart Guides on or off!)
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カラーフォントを指定したテキストのドロップシャドウが正しく表示されない
macOS14.7.2
ver.30.3.再現手順
1. ドキュメント上にポイントテキストを追加し「TEST STRING」と入力。
2. Trajan Color Conceptフォントを指定する。
3. 効果→スタイライズ→ドロップシャドウを指定する。
4. 効果部分がドロップシャドウだけでなく、半調になったテキストが含まれる。期待する結果
ドロップシャドウのみがテキストに追加される。実際の結果
カラーフォントを指定したテキストはドロップシャドウ部分に不透明度が低下した状態のテキストが含まれる。EN
Steps to Reproduce
1. Add point text to the document and type “TEST STRING”.
2. Select the Trajan Color Concept font().
3. Select Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow.
4. The effect includes not only the drop shadow but also the text rendered in halftones.Expected Result
Only the drop shadow is applied to the text.Actual Result
Text using a color font includes text rendered with reduced opacity in the drop shadow area.2 votes -
Object edge highlight color reverts to black while moving objects.
Ever since the illustrator 2026 update, when I move objects the highlight color changes to black like in the attached video. I'm currently running 30.3 and it seems like it has only become more and more prevalent. Obviously this isn't great when you're working against a darker color in the background. Is this a feature that I've missed a checkbox to turn off or is this a glitch? For the techy peeps I'm running a MacBook pro Intel (2017 I think) and I'm on Tahoe 26.3.1.
2 votesStopped happening after reinstalling Ai anew. If this happens to you still and the same doesn’t work, please comment and share your setup specs.
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Live dimensions expand when pasted or duplicated using any method
If you want to make a copy of existing artwork with dimensions, you have to remember to lock the layer (which gets unlocked anytime you create a new dimension), and select only the artwork, or these live dimensions just die...
...but the dimensions don’t get copied over if you copy something with move dialog! There is no such an option in the dialog! And Opt/Alt moving won’t create these! And even duplicating an artboard!!!
Same deal with Copy and Paste commands.
Infuriating.
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When artboard is extended layers aren't able to be shown in newly created artboard space
See video for explanation. Just kidding I'm unable to post a video or Adobe doesn't want me showing their utter incompetence. AI is definetly turning this company into a penny stock before too long.
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Copy via Layers panel “target” selection doesn’t populate external clipboard (works only with Selection Tool)
When selecting objects using the target (circle) icon in the Layers panel, copy/paste works inside Illustrator but fails when pasting into external applications (e.g. Figma, TextEdit).
The same objects, when selected using the Selection Tool, copy/paste correctly across apps.
Tested on AI 30.3 & 29.8.6 on Mac Tahoe 26.3.1
Steps to reproduce
- Create a simple shape (e.g. rectangle or circle)
- In the Layers panel, click the target icon (circle) for the object
Press Cmd+C
- Switch to another app (e.g. Figma, Sketch, TextEdit, browser)
Paste (Cmd+V)Actual result
- Nothing is pasted in external applications
- Clipboard appears…3 votes -
Layer thumbnails are not displaying properly (CPU Preview)
Issue: Layer thumbnails are cropped based on previous zoom state.
When you open a document that's been previously saved in a zoomed-in state, all visible layers' thumbnails will only show the elements that are visible in the zoom view. That is, elements that were out of view when the document was saved, are no longer visible in their layer thumbnail after reopening the document.
How to reproduce
Make sure "GPU Performance" is turned OFF in the preferences.
Create or open a document that has many elements in it.
Zoom into a particular area of the document, purposely cropping other parts…
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Preenchimento e linha do vetor saiu fora da seleção
Como na imagem, enquanto movia o desenho, o contorno e preenchimento ficaram totalmente desalinhado da seleção do vetor
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Sizes of vector art is NOT accurate
When I select a vector graphic (a logo), I go to Transform to set the size.
I set the size to 3in x 3in
But when I PRINT and measure the graphic, it is NOT 3in x 3in.
I have to set the graphic to 3.1in x 3.1in in order to output an actual 3in x 3in graphicThis has caused me a LOT of issues when I am outputting graphics that need to be a specific size.
WHY are the transform measurements NOT accurate?
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The alignment tool isn't working
STOP UPDATES NOW
The alignment tool isn't working right now. Thanks. Why don't you find another job instead of justifying your salary by causing more damage to the software.2 votes -
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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テキストが消えます
Illustrator2025以降のバージョンで、入力したテキストの一部が消えてしまいます。
テキストを入力→保存→ファイルを閉じる→開き直す と入力したテキストの一部が消えてしまうことがあり、入力し直しになります。
テキストをを平打ちした時とエリア内テキスト両方で同じ症状が起きています。
Illustrator2024ではそのようなことはありませんでした。2 votes -
Intertwine group + opacity mask = crash on save.
Title says it all, really.
Initially discovered on 30.1, the oldest version I tried it on was 27.8.1 which feels old enough to say this may have been there since intertwine first showed up. Still there in 30.3.
Reproduction case is attached.
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Linked files are displayed broken when opened
My linked files are not working properly about 40% of the time. When I open them, they often display outdated colors, overlapping artwork, or other incorrect content. This issue has been happening consistently for almost five months, and it's becoming extremely frustrating.
Sometimes everything works perfectly, but on days like today, every single linked file is incorrect. My only workaround is to repeatedly restart Illustrator—sometimes 20 times a day—and I've also tried restarting my computer, but the problem keeps coming back.
This ongoing issue is having a significant impact on my workflow, and I would really appreciate any help identifying…
2 votes
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