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  1. Illustrator crashes on launch

    Illustrator 23.0.3 keeps crashing all the times i opened it

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  2. crashing while working every day

    crashing while working every time?

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  3. Lock doesn't work for groups in groups

    How to reproduce the bug:
    1. Create two shapes.
    2. Group the two shapes
    3. Create two new shapes.
    4. Group the two new shapes
    5. Select the two groups.
    6. Group the two groups.
    7. Now you have a parent group with two child groups.
    8. Lock one of the child groups.
    9. Select the parent group.
    10. Now both child groups are selected and can be changed even the one that is locked should not be possible to alter.

    3 votes

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  4. Your popup suggestion about gradients removes pen/touch input on Wacom Mobility Pro

    When using a gradient mesh, a popup suggestion to check out new gradient tool features removes all but keyboard input. Until I can dismiss the popup, I can only use the keyboard, even outside the Illustrator application. Since the popup doesn't dismiss with keyboard input(at least that I've figured out), my only recourse is to save the file, close out of AI and shut down/restart the computer. Working on a Wacom MobileStudio Pro, Win 10, all drivers up to date, Illustrator is up to date.

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  5. Pucker bug

    The pucker creates white triangles at the bottom of the artwork. It seems to export to jpg as it is supposed to, but the vector artwork displays incorrectly.

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  6. Align to selection bug

    This only started recently - the past month maybe? If I select 3 or more objects and have alignment set to "align to selection" and then click the Distribute Spacing icon, Illustrator will default immediately to "align to artboard" and space the objects out across the entire artboard instead of the selection.

    If I undo (Cmd Z) and then go through the process again (I have to reset the alignment preference to "align to selection" first, however), it works fine, but every time without exception I have to go through this process.

    As mentioned, this only started to happen recently.

    8 votes

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  7. ILLUSTRATOR IS BROKEN GARBAGE

    First of all this bug reporting website is horendious, and I expect nothing less from Adobe who make products that should put them out of business.
    Right now in Illustrator 2019 I cannot change the size of a font without stroke appearing on the text, if I turn the stroke off, the font shrinks in size again, now I'm here wasting my precious time typing out the stupidest problem imaginable. Another thing, I have absolutely no idea why when i click the type tool to the artboard there is text that appears automatically... is the paradigm of a blinking cursor…

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  8. If I have an illustrator file open, and then open a second, I can't view the 2nd file even if it's the one selected

    I am having a consistent issue that any time I open a second file in illustrator, the view is always on the first file, even if I have the 2nd file selected. I have not found a way to resolve this so I can't copy and paste between files!

    2 votes

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  9. 23.0.3 keyboard shortcuts stop working

    after roughly 15 minutes of designing, my illustrator keyboard shortcuts no long work. When I select a shortcut (eg command z, or command s), I simply get a system error sound, but no action. This is true for ALL shortcuts

    i am then forced to use the menu items, or restart illustrator to keep working normally.

    4 votes

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  10. Bug: Stroke color with 0pt width causes a switch to "outline" view.

    When I have a path with a stroke of 0pt and I try to apply color, it will switch to "outline" view and won't allow me to go back to "GPU Preview", tell me something like "Can't render preview".
    The only way to bypass the bug, is to save the file, close Illustrator, open it again and voila everything works.

    Unfortunatelly, I can't reproduce the bug right now.

    1 vote

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    Apply a stroke color to a 0 pt stroke should increase the stroke to 1 pt.
    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.

  11. No snap to artboard

    Snap to artboard not working with smart guides on (or with any other form of snap on) tried on both existing and new files - no snap no feedback of cursor - using drawing tools pen or rectangle.

    Illustrator 23.0.1
    Windows 10 Enterprise 1803

    2 votes

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  12. Color Undo not working

    1. Select an object
    2. Move object
    3. Paste Hex code into color panel, hit enter
    4. Paste Hex code into color panel, hit enter
    5. Paste Hex code into color panel, hit enter
    6. press 'cmd+z' (undo) The color changes are skipped undo jumps to 1. (Undo: Move object)
    10 votes

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  13. Old versions of files are opening with gradients as solid black

    On newest version of AI, old files are opening with gradients as solid black

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  14. Chashing

    My 2019 illustrator crashes all the time. I can't do any work.

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  15. Using Image Trace from Properties panel no longer works

    Using Image Trace from Properties panel no longer works after update to 23.0.3 working on MAC OSX 10.14.3

    Only way to get it to work is from Object > image trace

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  16. shape builder color swatch picker preview not syncing with swatches

    when in the shapebuilder tool and swatches is selected it does not show the correct color in the preview window

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  17. 3D effect not working

    If i choose some options in the 3D effect window, illustrator crashes.

    3 votes

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  19. Crashes in Windows 10 after closing Illustrator Version 23.03

    Illustrator crashes in Windows 10 after closing Illustrator version 23.03. Please have your developers check this error. I am including a screenshot of the error everytime that Illustrator is closed.

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  20. Tool Options Palettes Absent On Launch

    The tool options palettes (those you select from the Window menu) are occasionally absent on launch. Not every time. Not even most times. It seems to occur in waves; sometimes more frequent, sometimes less frequent. Lately, it's been a near daily occurrence.

    Choosing the palettes in the Window menu when this happens does nothing.

    I have the palettes grouped in a single column, but it seems to make no difference whether they're grouped or spread out. Likewise it makes no difference if they're on my primary or secondary monitor.

    Currently installed version: 23.0.3
    I have CC set to auto update.…

    2 votes

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