Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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- 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
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8173 results found
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Live Shape center in the bounding box prevents Snap to Point from working
As reported here — https://www.reddit.com/r/AdobeIllustrator/comments/1p6pyau/what_do_i_not_understand_about_snap_to_point/ — modern Illustrator is having problems when dragging live shapes by the center, expecting this center to snap as a point to another points.
Live shapes like start, ellipses, rectangles, now have the additional widget controls displayed over the bounding box — to alter the shape on canvas. Well, this fat dot in the middle seems to obstruct the REAL center point shapes get when created.
That’s why disabling the bounding box helps — the fat dot vanishes with it, exposing the real center point (Attributes panel control it being on or off).
That’s why…2 votes -
“Split Into Grid” creates a single live grid object now instead of independent paths and it's awful.
Recent versions of Illustrator changed “Split Into Grid” to create a single live grid object instead of independent paths. This completely breaks established illustration, print, and production workflows (stickers, dielines, laser cutting, icon sheets).
Please restore the previous behavior or add a preference/checkbox to output individual paths by default. Illustrator is an illustration tool, not a layout app.
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Updating the Share for Review link uses the previously saved version
When attempting to update the Share for Review link of a file, Illustrator updates the review link with a previously saved file instead of the most recent version of the current file being worked on.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open File A in Adobe Illustrator.
2. Save File A and create a Share for Review link.
3. Open File B (or another Illustrator file).
4. Make changes to File B and save it.
5. Click Share for Review and choose Update Link.Expected Result:
The Share for Review link should update the review link for File B.Actual Result:
The…2 votes -
Area type centering option not working, text jumps to top of frame
When creating text frame with area type (it is not threaded nor multiple columns) set to center vertically, the text jumps to the top and will not center align at all. This is a function I have used in 2025 with no issues and now it will not work at all in 2026.
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Unable to lock aspect ratio when using the Scale tool
In version 30.1, scaling a graphic with the Scale tool while the aspect ratio is locked no longer works correctly. When holding the Shift key and dragging the mouse at a 45° angle, the graphic snaps back to its original size instead of maintaining proportional scaling. This breaks the previously working workflow for scaling graphics while preserving aspect ratio.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Select a graphic to scale.
- Choose the Scale tool.
- Click and hold the mouse button on the graphic.
- Hold down the Shift key and drag the mouse at a 45° angle.
Observed Result:
The graphic flickers rapidly, alternating between the original and scaled sizes, and ultimately…
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Can't add Anchor Point to front object
Illustrator 30.1 on Mac Ventura 13.7.8
I'm trying to add an Anchor Point on a Path (orange) on the front, at the same place where there's an Anchor Point on a Path (black) in the back, but when I approach the (selected) front Path with the Pen, / or * appears instead of + and it either continues the Path below or starts a new Path above.
My only option to add an Anchor Point to the orange Path is to cut it and rejoin it.
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Illustrator freezes when clicking “New File” on Windows
Illustrator (v29.x ,v30) freezes every time I click “New File”.
The application works correctly if I open an existing .ai file.
GPU acceleration is disabled.
Fonts tested. Drivers updated.
This seems related only to the New Document screen.2 votes -
With 'Use Preview Bounds' enabled, resizing an object would instantly jump to geometric bounds, while the bounding box hugs preview bounds
When 'Use Preview Bounds' option is enabled, Illustrator included strokes of the selection into the bounding box.
However, if we try to resize a selection, Ai would make the object suddenly larger, as if the option to respects preview bounds is disabled — take a look at the GIF attached.If we also enable the 'Scale Strokes & Effects' (not shown), we can somewhat understand, why the team chose to do this — if the preview bounds were used to resize with both options enabled, we would get the selection move slightly to respect the scaling of the stroke... but…
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Placing Illustrator file in InDesign
Placing files with bleeds create in Illustrator 30.1 and 29.8.4 moves the artwork down-left without respecting the bleeds.
Illustrator 29.5 works correctly.2 votes -
Strokes inside symbols don't show correctly when exported as a png
Here's a problem that I've noticed a number of times. It seems to happen intermittently and the really annoying thing is that it doesn't show up in Illustrator, only in exported png images.
Strokes within symbols don't always display correctly when they are exported as a png. It seems to happen when the symbol is rotated or scaled. It doesn't always happen. I can't work out what specifically makes this happen or not happen. It's only a problem on static symbols rather than dynamic symbols. Static symbols are generally better suited to my workflow.
A short video to show the…
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Only Object Outlines visible
I was creating a figure for research and suddenly, only the outlines were visible. I am not sure if this is a rendering issue or if I am in a different viewing mode. Help is appreciated.
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Ça crash tout le temps !!! Réglez ça par pitié 🙏
L’interface se bloque je ne peux plus bouger mes éléments, zoomer etc… je dois fermer et réouvrir l’application c’est fatiguant …
Svp améliorez les bugs d’interfaces c’est inutilisable 🙏2 votes -
Can't save as SVG
Illustrator 30.1 no longer seems to be able to save as SVG, regardless of the options selected, including settings from previous versions.
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DXF export produces silently incorrect geometry for fabrication workflows
I initially submitted this as a feature request.
After further discussion and testing, I’ve come to the conclusion that this is better classified as a bug: the export completes successfully, but silently produces geometrically incorrect data for precision workflows.Illustrator offers DXF export as a supported output format. However, when exporting geometry that is visually exact (e.g. circles, constant-radius constructions, rounded slots), the resulting DXF contains only Bézier-approximated splines or segmented polylines, without warning.
This results in silent degradation of geometric accuracy:
• Visually exact geometry in Illustrator
• Numerically incorrect geometry in DXF
• Errors only become apparent downstream…2 votes -
freedom gradient works only on half of the object if it has a clipping mask
When applying a Freeform Gradient to an object that uses a clipping mask, the gradient is rendered only on part of the visible area instead of the entire clipped object. The remaining portion of the object appears unaffected by the gradient, as if the gradient calculation were limited to only a section of the underlying geometry.
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Objects on Path tool caushes instant crash
Using a mac mini and v. 30.1 of Illustrator. every single time I use the Objects on Path tool illustrator crashes instantly. It wasn't doing this a couple of days ago. I thought it was because of a new script I downloaded but even after removing it I still have the same issue.
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Shape changes color every time I reopen the file after saving
As the title says, every time I start working on the saved file, a particular 1 type of shape across all artboards changes color to yellow or black from white when I reopen the saved file. Still can't understand why yellow or black, I never put yellow on that shape.
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Text Import Options dialog shows up when I try top open my working file
This dialogue box opens, but my working file is not visible, pls help
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Tabs window not available in 30.1
Mac OS Tahoe, AI desktop version 30.1 <-- updated yesterday 12/22/25
Creating new area text (paragraph text) which requires tab structure, first thing, the shift+command shortcut no longer works. So I can't indicate in a screen grab what doesn't show up. It is also greyed-out within the Top Window Menu>Type>Tabs2 votes
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