Objects copied to clipboard do not have the same SVG formatting as previous versions of Illustrator when pasted as text to other programs.

Illustrator has a feature that lets you copy objects to your clipboard and paste them to other programs as SVG code. This is found under Preferences > Clipboard Handling > Include SVG Code.

2021 (25.4.1) isn't handling the SVG code as 2020 (24.3) and previous versions did. Instead of neatly formatted SVG code, you get an unformatted mess that is... just a mess. I don't know if this is even XML.

Is there some obscure setting that changed defaults from 2021 to 2020? Using the Save As dialogue produces the correct results, but I need to be able to copy and paste if at all possible.

I've attached some files to help demonstrate what my issue is and show the results I'm getting. There are just random objects and groups tossed in there to give it some formatting.

I'm on Windows 10 running AI 25.4.1. It works just fine in 24.3

Hi there,

The copy and paste function within AI seems to have broken. This started a few days ago. I don't think there was a software update. No new software/hardware changes on my end either.

Operating system: macOSX v11.4
MBP (13" M1, 2020)
No clipboard enhancements/plugins/apps

Version of AI (Desktop): 25.4.1 and 25.3.1

Steps:
Scenario #1:
Copying and pasting a shape with text, within the same artboard
Result: Shape does not get pasted, text is pasted without original formatting, at Myriad Pro 12pt, changed from Area Type into Point Type.

Scenario #2:
Copying and pasting text, within the same artboard
Result: Text is pasted without original formatting, at Myriad Pro 12pt, changed from Area Type into Point Type.
Same results using both Keyboard shortcuts, or via the Edit menu

Repeating Scenario #1 and #2 with:

Paste in Front

Paste in Back

Paste in Place

Returns the same results: No shape pasted, text becomes unformatted point type.

Other observations:
Same results using Keyboard shortcuts, or via the Edit menu
Makes no difference if shape and text are grouped or ungrouped.

Copying and pasting a shape alone does work (somewhat), but the positioning is somewhat unexpected.

Paste in Front/Back/Place result in the shape being pasted elsewhere on the artboard.

Very rarely, the pasting works (fluke) like in 1:05 of the screen recording

I have tried the following:
- Reset and deleted preferences
- Uninstalled and reinstalled (25.4.1)
- Uninstalled and reinstalled rolled back version (25.3.1)

Edit - my screen recording may have been too large, let me get it up somewhere else.

Link to screen recording: https://streamable.com/qb44os

Pardon the length, I was just trying to exhaust the various possibilities.

Action Does not saving the SPOT Color attribute.

WHY IT IMPORTANT?

All screen printing industry works with same Predefined spot colors, some of them isn’t exist in Pantone solid colors palette (like a White, and a Base) some exist, like a Black, but much more simple to make a custom spot Black color - when you make a color separation and printing films with HOST SEPARATION option on

So for speed up the process - I’ve decided to make a small & simple action, which will create three predefined custom spot colors: Spot White, Base, and Spot Black. In the replication process lets use a Base just for simplifying the process

How to replicate this bug:

1. Create a new action in Default Action Folder
2. Start recording
3. create the rectangle somewhere on the artboard
4. Fill it with any color, and set the outline to none
5. Go to SWATCHES
6. Add NEW SWATCH
7. Name it the BASE, choose 100% Magenta as a color, SPOT COLOR (its important) CMYK color mode
8. Stop the action record

Now -1 delete all swatches in tj document (manually) and play the action - you can see the new Spot Swatch will be appeared (with a dot mark in the white triangle in the swatch pictogram)
Now -2 make a new document, (or left in the old document) it will have a default swatches palette
Now -3 Run the same action - On my side I see the new swatch but this new swatch isn’t a SPOT, this swatch has a PROCESS type and THIS IS A BUG!
By the common logic I’m expected to see the new SPOT swatch with 100% magenta.

Imac Latest Mojave with Newest Illustrator CC

Illustrator version 25.4.1
Mac 10.15.7

(Align to) works SOMETIMES, and other times not so much. Doesn't matter if it's set to align to artboard, objects, or selected. Currently can only get it to work properly by shutting down & restarting every time I need to center something after successfully working ONCE. Here's what happens;

1. Layer 1, align to center, worked.
2. Layer 2, align to center, art moved 4 inches to right.
3. Layer 2, align to center, art moved 4 more inches to right.
4. Layer 2, align to left, art does nothing.
5. Layer 2, align to center, art moves another 4 inches to right and out of bounds of ALL artboards.
6. Shut down Illustrator.
7. Launch Illustrator.
8. Layer 2, Align to center, works! Hurray!
9. Layer 3, Align to center, art moves 4 inches to right.
10. Repeat.

It certainly seems to be a software issues as it continues to move the art each time the button is pressed instead of moving only one time to reach the align point.

It's almost as if Illustrator is reseting center point to a different location each time the button is pressed, instead of moving the art to the center point, it moves the center point THEN moves to art to that new center. That's how it appears, I'm sure it's much more complicated.

Please fix, this is super annoying to have to shut down and restart the app every 2nd time an align is needed.