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  1. Home page + document bug

    [BUG] When I return to the "Home" window, the GUI shows in a smaller area on the screen. If I proceed to open any document or create a new one, the window is inoperable and no UI shows up. I then have to restart AI to restore functionality.

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  2. My flyout menus in AI no longer work unless I am holding down the control key

    My flyout menus in AI no longer work by clicking them, unless I am holding down the control key. This started while I was working in Illustrator and has persisted, in spite of reloading AI and restarting CC and my computer.

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  4. Color Swatch panel: stroke and fill color switcher missing

    The double arrow for switching the stroke and the fill color is missing in the color swatches panel. It is there in the tools and it is there in InDesign but missing in Illustrator.

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  5. BRING BACK FUNCTIONALITY OF ACTIONS

    As we all know all too well, the "engineering team" adds to and removes features from AI, apparently completely without considering its effective use or convenience.

    Their latest trick: many operations won't record automatically anymore in Actions going from v23 to v24. Please bring that back.

    Functions not recorded anymore so far:

    – Create text frame
    – Cmd/ctrl-0 Fit Artboard in Window
    – Save As (including location, file type eg PDF and its settings)
    – Close

    I you find more please add them to the list.

    I'm getting so tired of this ignorant behaviour!

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  6. Layer arrow disappear

    Sometimes when I click on a layer arrow to hide the sub-layers, the layer arrow disapper and I cannot click it anymore. To make it reappear, I have to select another layer.

    Version: 24.0.2 (64 bit, Windows)

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  7. Scrollbars missing - Windows 10 - build 23.1 (64 bit)

    The scrollbars are missing when I open a file with multiple artboards. I see the zoom percent and artboard navigation inputs but they are floating almost 150px above where they should be. I've attached a screenshot of what I'm seeing.
    This issue only goes away for the current session when I fiddle with the UI settings, but comes back when I next start Illustrator.

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  8. Welcome screen doesn't show

    Hello,
    I'm using windows 10 and Illustrator 24.0.2.

    Whenever I'm launching Illustrator, without opening a .ai file, my welcome screen doesn't show at all. I can start a new project fine but I still need my screen to show. And yes the setting to show the welcome screen is checked.

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  9. Escape button missing text box

    The Escape button does not work (is not there at all) on the touch bar on 24.0.3. When you are in tool-free mode, you cannot escape out of a text box any longer because the Esc button is missing completely now.

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  10. Opening screen

    Illustrator 24.1
    macOS, Catalina, 10.15.3

    When opening Illustrator I'm presented with the home/opening screen which shows (in my case) latest files used. But regardless of how big I make that screen it never shows coreectly all the thumbs (some of them are cut-off) and there are no scrollbars to either scroll down or to theright to see everything. Would be nice if that is designed in a responsive way.

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  11. File/Place… + "Go to folder"

    In previous version the Finder command "Go to folder…" worked even for Illustrator "File/Place…" interface

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  12. user interface does not hold settings of brightness

    The user interface does not hold the brightness settings. When illustrator restarts, many times it does not sustain the brightness setting from the last session

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  13. double rulers

    I've isolated exactly when this occurs. If I use the preflight panel, then go into overprint preview mode, it happens when I exit overprint preview mode in the preflight panel. At that point, the top ruler becomes two rulers. It happens maybe 70% of the time. Furthermore, when this happens, the cursor becomes offset by the same size as the lower ruler. The cursor is off by something like 3/4 inch. It's easy to resolve it. Control/Y and Control/Y again and it resolves, but it keeps coming back. This only happens on my Mac which is from around 2014. It…

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  14. Progress in window or panel

    I almost never use the Application Bar (Mac).

    Maybe put a progress bar for saving files in a regular window or panel?

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  16. Please Make Adobe App shortcuts compatible with Security/Adware/Antivirus software

    I suddenly was seeing the "Space Bar Won't enable Hand Tool" problem that's been a plague for years. A few weeks ago, I installed AdGuard for Safari and Mac. I've been happy with it's ad blocking - but this was the culprit for the problem of the Space Bar not invoking the Hand Too, AND for Command+Space not invoking zoom. I've turned off the helpful ad blocker, and I can use my Adobe Apps (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign were all affected).
    After all these years, PLEASE fix these apps so that our computers can remain usable and safe while still having…

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  17. Notifications appear on bottom of screen

    Notifications appear on bottom of screen. I drag them to the center of the screen but the position is not stored.

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  18. application became 'zoomed in'

    Application became 'zoomed in' – the whole interface looks bigger. Using on 2nd monitor with Wacom tablet.

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  19. Cannot make invisible/visible layers

    Cannot manage my layers. The "eye" of the layers look like not working.
    Like you can see in my capture, the layers are not visible mode but still visible.

    Restarting computer is a waste of time, didnt work.
    I need this function to work obviusly. So fix them because I must spend my time looking for another version ( and I paid for the 2020 )
    MacOs High Sierra 10.13.6 2,8 Intel Core i5 8GB 1600Mhz.
    Wacom Cintiq Pro 16

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  20. Spanish mistraslation

    When you choose Object > Path > Simplify and go to advanced options, the line: "Show original path" is mistranslated to: "Mostrar ruta original". It should be: "Motrar trazado original".

    "Path" could mean ruta or trazado, in this case means trazado.

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