Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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Lock/unlock width and height while scalingIf I have a rectangle for example and I unlock the width and height so that I can change the values separately, If I change the width or height (size) the object transforms proportionally. Example: Object 500 H x 500 W px (locked): 
 If I change H -50px I get 450 H x 450 W px.ProblemObject 500 H x 500 W px (Unlocked): 
 If I change H -50px I expected to get 450 H x 500 W px.
 But what I get is 450 H x 450 W px.4 votesPlease 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. 
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Artboard Tool button crashes IllustratorI'm trying to put this in the "Illustrator Bugs" category, but the button I have to click says "Post idea". Apologies if this is in the wrong area. Every time I click the artboard button Illustrator crashes. I'm using a 2017 iMac 
 Illustrator version 22.0.1I've been having the same problem since the last time I updated Illustrator (several months). Doing research in the trouble shooting forum leads me to believe this has been a problem since October 2017. No one had posted a solution in the forum. I spent a while on Adobe's website searching for the appropriate phone… 4 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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Trackpad selection issue with High SierraWhen selecting objects or drawing with any of the tools, Illustrator is not recognizing the trackpad release, so objects remain selected and the only way to deselect them is to Command-tab out of the application. I was able to duplicate this problem on my laptop as well. Appears to be related to the trackpad because the same issue doesn't appear to happen when I use a standard mouse. 4 votes
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High Sierra drag/drop/copy/paste issuesDrag/drop/copy/paste lags, doesn't work in Illustrator 21.1.0. Everything (click/drag/copy/copy/paste) is so slow that it doesn't appear to work. Even something as simple as Help/About fails. 4 votes
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Can't put objects exactly in the middle of another objectAt first I thouht it was an alignment problem, then i looked up to help videos but none of them solves my problem. I want to put a figure for example a square, then I want to put another square to have the exact triangle of that square but it won't let me make another figure exactly in the middle, it always goes left or right but not center. Help please!! 3 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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Clipping mask not workingWhen I try to create a clipping mask with a photo and a vector shape nothing happens. I draw a circle over the photo and use shortcut Ctrl+7 and absolutely nothing happens. 3 votesPlease 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. 
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My Illustrator CC, The Ellipse Tool is broken strokeCan help me, why this? The Ellipse tool broken after update. 
 Thanks3 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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Troubleshooting with anchor pointsWhile trying to add a new anchor point to an intersection it adds it in another place, some pixels to the left. Basically, it happens whenever I try to use the pen tool. At the same time looks like whenever I move an object it doesn't go exactly where I want it to. Basically, no overlapping or adding anchor point to an existing vector. 3 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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Illustartor cc 2018 Crashing when clicking the paintbrush tool or shape builder toolIllustartor cc 2018 Crashing when clicking the paintbrush tool or shape builder tool in the tools panel. The "N" shortcut for the underlying pencil tool also crashes illustrator. I have reset preferences, but to no prevail. I am not using GPU as Illustrator can not find my Nvidia GT540M 
 Windows 10
 8gb ram
 quad i7
 Asus N53sv3 votesPlease 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. Warm Regards, 
 Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
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No snap to artboardSnap 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 18032 votesPlease 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. 
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Selecting pen lines (vectors) & anchor points is really hard after updating to newest version of CC 2019.I recently updated my OS to Sierra & with that my CC updated to 2019 23.0.2. Ever since, it takes several tries to select a line or an anchor point using the direct select or group select tool & to remove points using the Add/delete anchor tools. The scissors tool also can't seem to find the line to create a point either. It is extremely frustrating & slows down drawing a lot! It seems like the lines/points that we are looking at, are not in the same place code-wise maybe? Something is not lining up. PLEASE fix quickly! 2 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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Masking in Illustrator not WorkingThe masking isn't behaving as normal in illustrator CC. I'm not sure if something is amiss on my end, but my standard workflow isn't giving me the results I'm expecting. 2 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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pen tool bug, "option" key does not activate usable "convert anchor point tool".ai 22.1 on sierra mac. 10.12.4 I can see the convert anchor point tool when using the pen tool by pressing option , however when I try to click an anchor point it keeps defaulting back to the pen tool, this is annoying. 2 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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Eraser or Blob Brush tools’ sizes are not adjustable with double-click anymoreI can't change the dimensions of drawing tools such as the Eraser or Blob Brush tool with double-click anymore and there seems to be no shortcut or any other option to get here, even typing 'eraser' in the help section doesn't show anything. 2 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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Transform grayed outVery frequently (might be even 50 percent of the time) when I select an object the "Transform" and "Arrange" options in the "Object" menu (as well as the associated keystrokes) are grayed out as unavailable. When I deselect the menu and then select the menu again the "Transform" and "Arrange" options have magically become available. Selecting the menu a second time always "fixes" this. 2 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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my ancor point tool cant make line smooth near edgesMy ancor point tool can't make smooth line near edges. Can someone help me? 2 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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Rotation tool doesn't stick while I try to change the anchor pointRotate tool doesnt work poperly. After I try to change the anchor point. Nothing happens. 2 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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Cmd + Opt + Space to call Zoom tool is brokenThe shortcut for the Zoom, "Space + Cmd + Opt" is broken... It's a selection's tool which appears, I don't change my shortcuts. Illustrator 22.0.1 on MacBook Pro OS High Sierra 10.13.3 2 votesRequest to Contact Support · AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 responded AdminIllustrator Engineering
    (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator)
 respondedPlease 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. Thanks & Regards, 
 Raghuveer Singh
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Crash in Illustrator CC 2018 while using WacomAfter copy paste selected type tool, rotate tool and then again type tool with wacom. It resulted in crash on my mac. 2 votesI am closing the ticket due to lack of response. 
 If your problem is not solved, please get in touch with us at sharewithai@adobe.com or any of the other support channels – helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Please give a reference to this post so that we can identify you.Thanks 
 Anish Kumar
 Illustrator QE
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Illustrator CC/Windows- When selecting multiple type boxes and lines it randomly deselects the group.When trying to align un-grouped lines and text boxes, it will deselect before I am able to move anything. I've updated to the most current version available (21.0.2) and reset preferences and am still having the same issue. 2 votesPlease 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. 
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