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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83 results found
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Justification attribute to center text in Illustrator API
Why do Justification to aiCenter and Align Center produce different results?
Given myLabel string with at least one line break character in it, when I use JavaScript code like this...Set myFrame = textGroup.TextFrames.Add
myFrame.TextRange.CharacterAttributes.Size = defaultFontSize
myFrame.TextRange.CharacterAttributes.TextFont = appRef.TextFonts.Item(nameOfFont)
myFrame.Contents = myLabel
myFrame.Paragraphs(1).ParagraphAttributes.Justification = 2 ' aiCenter
myFrame.Position = Array(myXPos, myYPos)...the lines of text are not centered with respect to each other.
Is there a way, using the JavaScript API, to achieve text-centering of multiple lines in a text frame?
If not, I'd like to request a new paragraph attribute to the JavaScript API to accomplish this function.…2 votes -
[ExtendScript] RasterItem.colorize() does not accept SpotColor via script, but does via UI.
MacOS 13.3.1, Adobe Illustrator 27.4.1
The colorize() method of RasterItem doesn't accept a SpotColor via scripting, but can do via the UI, so there is no technical reason I can see why this it the case. It may be a simple bug. Also there is a workaround by using defaultFillColor which does apply a SpotColor to a RasterItem.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Start with document containing a bitmap (colourable) RasterItem and a SpotColor swatch.
2. script: (adjust the swatch index to match your SpotColor swatch index)app.activeDocument.rasterItems[0].colorize(app.activeDocument.swatches[4].color);
Expected result: colorizes the RasterItem.
Actual result: does nothing.2 votes -
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2 votes
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pathfinder - unexpected behaviour inside script
when I select two compound paths and subtract, I get a fully selected group.
If I create an action consisting of just the pathfinder operation and run it from the actions panel, the result is identical.
If I call this action from extendscript, the group sometimes is only partially selected. - and the following steps produce unexpected results :(
It turns out that adding an extra object.selected = true can help.
I observed this in 2022 edition, I have the impression that this did not happen in 2020 edition2 votes -
Recolor artwork using scripting
Please add the recolor artwork functionality to the scripting DOM. We need this.
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Scripting Issue on MacOS Monterey
We had this script for Illustrator that will export PDF and images with predefined presets. This was working until some of our team upgraded their macOS to Monterey.
When they tried to run the script it will create a PDF and images with different file names, we are expecting that it will have the same file name from the AI file.
EXPECTED RESULT:
AI File: 02020-MVP-3.ai
Exported Files:
- 0202-MVP-3-THUMBNAIL.png
- 0202-MVP-3-FULL.png
- 0202-MVP-3.pdfACTUAL RESULT:
AI File: 02020-MVP-3.ai
Exported Files:
- ai1655486566390202-MVP-3-THUMBNAIL.png
- ai1655486566390202-MVP-3-FULL.png
- ai165548656639_0202-MVP-3.pdfOperating System: MacOS Monterey 12.4
Adobe Illustrator: Adobe Illustrator 2022Object…
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broken: reading File date properties
Unable to read date properties from a File on Mac (does work on Windows)
alert(app.activeDocument.path.modified)
alert(app.activeDocument.path.created)// always returns null as if file is not saved
I tested on:
Mac mini M1, macOS Montery 12.3.1, Ai 26.2.1 and Ai beta 26.4.2
Macbook Pro Intel, macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Ai 26.2.12 votes -
Unable to control third party applications with AppleScript
This is essentially the same issue as https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-16-3-2-not-authorised-to-send-apple-events-to-other-apps/td-p/12312871 except for Illustrator.
Illustrator is missing the NSAppleEventsUsageDescription key from its info.plist file. This prevents the system from asking permission from the user to send apple events from Illustrator.
Mac OS 11.5.2
Illustrator 25.4..1To recreate:
in terminal
tccutil reset AppleEvents com.adobe.illustratorsave the following AppleScript and place in the scripts menu for illustrator.
tell application "Finder"
display dialog "test"
end tellExpected result:
dialog in finderActual result:
AppleScript error: Not authorized to send Apple events to Finder. (-1743)2 votesI am happy to share that we have fixed this bug in our latest release – 26.3.1 which is available worldwide now.
Going forward, our goal is to fix as many top User-Voice bugs as possible and as frequently as possible. Given the nature of the fixes, some of the bugs will take a longer time to fix, but we are on it.
You can update to the latest release using Creative Cloud desktop App: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html
Thank you for all the feedback. Keep it coming!
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Get document bleeding size problem
I checked illustrator_ JavaScript_ Scripting_ Reference_ In 2017, only the document bleeding documentbleedoffsetrect can be set, but the bleeding size that has been set in the document cannot be obtained. Is it because the document is incomplete or this method is not provided? Now how can I get the bleeding size of the current document. thank you!
Examples code:
//set bleed
docPreset.documentBleedOffset = [10, 10 10,10];But there is no way to get the value that has been set
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Illustrator 2021 breaks Export command with AppleScript
Export command for AppleScript has suddenly stopped working as of Illustrator 2021. This error breaks almost all my professional workflows.
macOS 11.1, Illustrator 25.1
When I run AppleScript workflows that worked fine in Illustrator 2020, 2019, 2018, etc. they now fail at the 'export' command with 'Adobe Illustrator got an error: document doesn't understand the "export" message.'
Screenshot of simplest possible script failing attached.
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Applescript "open without dialogs" no longer works
I have an Applescript that has the statement
open (thePDFName as alias) without dialogs
In Adobe Illustrator 2019, it works. In Adobe Illustrator 2020, it gives me an "unable to open file" error. When I comment out "without dialogs", it opens the file, but then naturally pops open a dialog (not helpful when you are opening dozens of files!)
MacOS 10.13.6, not sure what other information would be needed.
2 votesThis issue is reproducible with HFS paths.
Workaround: Use the POSIX path for opening files
Example:
set myFilePath to POSIX path of theAIFile
open file myFilePath without dialogs -
scriptui
Hello.
On windows 7 and 10 (reproduced on my machine and a colleagues), when OS text scaling is higher than 100%, the dropdownLists in scriptUI don't work correctly.
See attached, the horizontal and vertical scaling of the dropdown is smaller than the text it's meant to display, leading to options not being shown.
It looks like the UI is being scaled after the dimensions are calculated, and the dropdown is just not updated at all (vertically or horizontally).
This is a bit of an issue because our design team recently got high DPI monitors and they're having to disable UI…
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extension do not work
Illustrator 23.0.2 does not show extensions content even Adobe sample extensions like UI.
I do not have any problem with other CC apps like Photoshop. Photoshop loads a shows the same UI extension.
2 votes -
Flaws in AI CC Actions
Hi,
I'm recording Actions to in Illustrator CC 2018 ( 22.1) and I've found a few things lacking:
1) When I group objects, and name the group, while recording an action the name does not get recorded.
The group just bears the name "group".
2) If you choose "Expand" while recording an action and choose from the available options (Fill, Stroke, etc), you are asked to make that choice again when the action runs- not much of an Action! .
Aside from the above I find the lack of Conditional Action, as per Photoshop, features disappointing.
Are there any fixes…
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Possible bug: Crash after script runs... runs OK in ESTK.
I believe this might be a bug since it crashed Illustrator rather than the script crashing gracefuly.
I have a script which, when completed, crashes Illustrator. The script runs fine when ran from within the ESTK but crashes when ran from the AI File->Scripts menu. Attached is the crash log. I cannot post the script itself here but am willing to send it to an Adobe employee privately if needed.
2 votesThanks for sharing the script, we are able to repro the issue at our side & have forwarded it to the engineering team for further isolation.
With Best Regards,
Raghuveer -
Adobe Illustrator CC 2017 SDK Download Page Broken (404)
Here is where the download Link should be but the page returns a 404.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/illustrator/sdk/eula_cc_2017.html
2 votesyou seemed to have reached here through some bookmarked link. Our coordinates have changed since last few months.
Please use this link https://console.adobe.io/downloads/ai to get the SDK.If you an actively into developing plugins for Illustrator please join us on our pre-release program so that you can get jumpstarts before we even release versions to our customers.
Link to join the pre-release program: http://adobe.ly/1Q3rCPI -
Illustrator JavaScript Scripting Reference.pdf Pages 46 (Documents Section)
"ArtBoard" or "artBoard" ???? There must be consistency in capitalization
[, numArtBoards]
[, artboardLayout]
[, artboardSpacing]
[, artboardRowsOrCols])1 vote -
getSystemPath using CSInterface throws URI Malformed error
I was trying to get the my documents folder path of the system using CSInterface getSystemPath function. It works in most of the cases. But it throws URI malformed error (refer the screenshot below), if the path of the documents folder contain characters from languages other than English.
I debugged the CSInterface.js file at line 521. And I found that the below piece of code returns the path of the folder without encoding the characters from languages other than English.
window.adobe_cep.getSystemPath(pathType)
IN MY CASE:
Path of documents folder: "C:\Users\sanjay\OneDrive - Élégante\Documents".
window.adobe_cep.getSystemPath(pathType)
// Returned value -…1 vote -
Applescript Artboard Name no longer works
Getting/Setting name of artboard no longer works. It used to work fine. It is an issue with class of properties. All options Fail.
1. name of (get properties of artboard 1) -- error
2. get item 7 of properties of artboard 1 -- error
3. name of artboard 1 -- always failedIf you insert «class bAl9» in place of Name and compile, it does not fail however will fail next time since the dictionary replaces it with Name
1 vote
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