Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
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Using Color Mixer in Control panel for stroke changes the color of the fill instead
I encountered this problem as seen in the GIF.
Selecting a stroke or fill from the control bar menu changes the active appearance. When using sliders, it doesn't. i have tested on different Windows 11 machines and different documents. Replicated the issue every time.
AI 29.0.114 votesThe team has rolled out a fix for this issue in the Prerelease build 29.2.0.72. It is expected to get this fix in the Beta build also next week.
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When I deselect object whilst inputting CMYK colour values colour changes
When I deselect object whilst inputting CMYK colour values, the colour of the object changes, i.e. values suddenly change to other values. Mac OS Ventura 13.7.1 (22H221). Adobe Illusrator 2025 29.0.1
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Pressing None button in tool Panel for mixed fill/stroke doesn’t work
If you have a selection with different fills and/or strokes, Ai will mark it with question marks in fill/color selector.
And if you want set it to None, you should be able to click the button below — but it doesn’t work.
But the same button in Color panel works, and the '/' hotkey works.
Please fix this.
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Global colors used in a freeform gradient don’t get added into Swatches when it’s pasted into another document until the file is reopened
If you use global color swatches in the freeform gradient and copy to a new document, the global color doesn't get added to the swatches palette — you have to save and reopen the file for the swatch to appear.
macOS 10.14.6
Illustrator 24.2.13 votes -
Spot colors converting to Magenta when saving .PDF files
We have a few team members encountering issues when saving PDF files out of Illustrator (running Windows 10 and 11).
If the file contains spot colors (built from scratch or pulled from library), there's a chance it will convert to solid magenta. The biggest challenge is that the glitch isn't always noticeable on the designer's screen, so sometimes it will get sent to the client without knowing. It's also not always repeatable, so it's difficult to troubleshoot.1 vote -
Generated Pattern Glitch in 28.6
In the newest release of Adobe Illustrator (28.6), when I use the generated pattern feature, the pattern does not match up along the edges (does not create a seamless pattern). When I switch back to the previous version, I do not have this issue.
1 voteHi All,
Thanks for reporting this issue , we are able to reproduce the same at our end as well.
We are working on providing a fix for the same at the earliest possible .
Regards,
Aishwarya G Gadodia
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Shift-clicking a swatch in Control bar to show alternate color UI no longer works
Shift-clicking a swatch in Control panel no longer opens the color mixer.
Clicking a swatch in Control panel then double-clicking the swatch no longer works.Apple M1 MacOS Sonoma 14.5
2024 Illustrator 28.68 votesHi All,
We have made the fix for this issue, please try out the latest beta.
We are aware of a few cases where the issue might persist and are working to fix these as soon as possible.
Warm regards,
Aishwarya G Gadodia
Illustrator Team
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Сompound Paths with Pattern Fill
I encountered an issue where, after using the "Expand" command on Сompound Paths with using Pattern Fill, the pattern is duplicated several times.
Can this be fixed?
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Recolor Artwork tool broken
Mac Sonoma 14.2.1, Illustrator desktop 28.5 Recolor Artwork,
1) I click on the arrow between current color and new color to prevent the tool from changing the current color but the tool is changing the color anyway and including it in the mix when rotating colors around from a color group.
2) Two colors are in a current color row and I used to be able to drag one of them out to an empty row, but now when I attempt to drag just one of the two, they both move.
I have tried closing the program and restarting program,…1 vote -
Pattern shifts when opening a SVG file
When I try to open an SVG file with patterns, they seem to randomly shift. It might be an issue with the origin point, but I'm not sure. When I open the SVG file in Inkscape or an internet browser, everything appears fine. However, in Illustrator, the patterns always shift regardless of the settings and preferences.
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Program immediately crashes
In Swatches panel, when clicking on 'Swatch Options' icon, program crashes immediately. closes and bug report window comes up.
iMac 2023
Apple M3
8 GB
macOS Sonoma 14.51 vote -
Converted text won't change color. Eyedropper nor manual change not working (even though "fill" panel picks it up)
I tried resetting everything, and updated Illustrator, which didn't help. Then I installed the new one and told it to remove old versions. So I now have the new illustrator 2024, and eyedropper still doesn't work. Exact same bug between versions of illustrator.
Note, it seems to specifically be happening with text, even after changed to outlines.
I saw a release note that this had been fixed yesterday, but I am having the issue right now, with the brand new install.
Macbook Pro Sonoma 14.3.1
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CMYK colours are shown wrong
macOs Big Sur 11.3.1
adobe illustrator 25.3.1 (desktop)I've been working on a CMYK document and the colours don't look like the colours from CMYK palette. How can I fix this?
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HEX Value can't overwrite spot colors in color palette
I set a global color (Spot or process doesn't matter) but if I try to enter any code in the HEX value field, I'm not allowed to type anything. I must first convert the color to CMYK or RGB with the appropriate button and only at this point I'm allowed to type the code in the HEX field
It would be much more practical to be able to insert the HEX code even without having to necessarily convert the color to CMYK or RGB first2 votes -
パターン作成時に幅と高さに0.0001mmの誤差
基準点を中心にした状態でパターンを作成する際に、パターンオプションの幅と高さに0.0001mmの誤差が発生します。縦横比維持の選択を解除し数字を均一にしても、「オブジェクトにタイルサイズを合わせる」などの項目を選択することにより、また0.0001㎜の誤差が発生します。
尚、基準点を左上にしているときは、このような誤差は発生しない。1 vote -
Mixed stroke colors become white when changing fills using CMYK spectrum in an RGB document
There is a way to make objects loose their stroke colors in specific conditions.
1. Create an RGB document
2. Create two shapes
3. Make them have same fill color, but different stroke colors
4. Select both
5. In Control panel Shift+click the arrow button next to the fill chip, to call the alternate UI with sliders and spectrum instead of Swatches view
6. In this dropdown panel’s menu pick CMYKStrokes become white.
This does not happen if the color mode in this panel is left RGB or HSB.
Also, strokes become white if you pick a color in…11 votes -
Fill opacity, rgba color results in no color
Released Version of Illustrator (28.0)
Problem Description:
I can change the opacity of an element fill using fill-opacity attribute or by adding the fill like this: fill="rgba(12, 12, 12, 0.5)". But seems rgba color is not recognizable by AI, we see such element as black. If we save this as svg (save as -> svg), we can see that such elements do not have color at all, that why we see them as black.
Workaround: To avoid it we can use fill-opacity instead of rgba. But then, if we save such svg in the way like file -> export ->…1 vote -
Preview checkbox in swatch options does not enable the first time it is checked
The 'Preview' checkbox in the swatch options does not work the first time it is enabled. Steps to replicate:
- Create an object and apply a swatch to it.
- With the object selected, double-click the swatch to open the swatch options.
- If the 'Preview' checkbox is ticked, untick it, close the options window and then open it again.
- Tick the 'Preview' checkbox
- Adjust the swatch using the colour sliders
Result: the object does not change on canvas to reflect the swatch definition while the window is open
Expected result: the object changes on canvas to reflect the swatch definitionUnticking 'Preview'…
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Fill/stroke color changes won't work despite restart/Illustrator being up to date (windows 11)
On my PC with Windows 11 that's up-to-date (as is Illustrator), I've lost the ability to change fill and stroke color even when a shape is selected, and even after rebooting my laptop. Note the orange-circled areas in the screen capture for reference.
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