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  1. Send to Current Layer not working - moves entire layer instead of only selected objects

    I'm trying to move some objects from one layer to another.

    I'm selecting a series of objects, then clicking on the empty layer that I want to move the objects to. I'm choosing Object > Arrange > Send to Current Layer. When I do this, instead of only the selected objects moving (expected behavior), all the objects on the layer are sent to the other layer.

    (Normally I would simply cut the objects, then use Paste In Front on another layer to paste them in the same position. But these functions are also not working for me - the objects…

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  2. Pasting in Front objects from different groups puts copies in the topmost group

    This is in latest version as of today's date. An annoying bug which was not present in older versions of illustrators and is reproducible:

    Create two vector objects and group them
    Duplicate this group (this is just to provide two groups, the problem exists across all groups of objects)
    Use Direct Select (A) to select one object from within each of these groups
    Copy (Ctrl+C)
    Paste in Front or Paste Behind will paste one object in front or behind and move the other selected object to that depth
    Regular paste pastes two objects as expected.

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  3. fix 'sticky' text boxes within sublayers

    Fire up Illustrator 22.0 or 22.1 and create a new document.

    Select the Text tool and draw a rectangular area. Fill it with placeholder text. Select the Rectangle tool and draw a filled rectangle (non-overlapping, though it doesn't matter).

    Double click some word in the text box and start typing. Then in the Layers panel, click the 'select art' square corresponding to the filled rectangle. The rectangle becomes selected and the text box is deselected and all is good and well.

    Deselect everything, hilight the rectangle and textbox objects in the Layers panel, and "Collect in New Layer". This puts…

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  4. Problem with Grouping Layers

    I didn't use to have this problem and it doesn't seem to happen all the time, but when it happens it is annoying. That is, when I want to group two different sets of separately grouped objects into a grouped layer, what happens is that each of the layer groups with specific set of objects become combined into one single layer group. That is, the objects are no longer layer grouped by their original layer groups, but all the objects where combined into the same layer group. An Example would be: One layer group contains yellow objects and another layer…

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  5. Layer duplication

    Hello,

    I have asked why JavaScript was not showing a layer that I know exists here:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-sdk-discussions/how-to-show-hide-single-layers-in-browser-with-javascript/m-p/15103693#M93768

    Working with Thom Parker it was determined that the failure to show a layer was due to multiple layers. In that thread, I discuss a work around that prevents Illustrator from creating multiple layers such that only single layer instances are saved and thus JavaScript shows and hides layers.

    Previously, when adding a PDF as a graphic element to FrameMaker or InDesign I would get a "Layers don't match" error. This had no effect and so I never looked into it, until now…

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  6. Missing diacritical marks in layer names

    CONCERNS POLISH SPEAKERS: I have found a bug in the layer panel: when naming layers, some diacritical marks are omitted (the problem does not occur in the layer palette options - there you can name layers using all the necessary diacritical marks).
    [WINDOWS 10 / AI 2024–2025]

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  7. 塗りつぶしまたは調節レイヤーについて

    調べてみると、レイヤーの下側に表示されるとのことですが見当たりません。他の場所に表示されるのであればその場所を知りたいです。尚、現在Windowsを使用しており【パネルオプション】の”レイヤーのみを表示”のチェックは外れています。

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  8. problème de copier/coller d'objet sur les calques non verrouillés

    pourquoi illustrator veut toujours coller les objets sur le calque vérrouillé ou invisible ? Cela n'arrivait pas avant la dernière mise à jour de Illustrator. Avant, je copiais collais sur le calque sélectionné (les autres étant verrouillés) sans souci. Maintenant cela m'affiche un pop up qui me demande si je veux déverrouiller le calque ou afficher le calque correspondant . Si je clique NON, le collage ne se fait pas, si je clique OUI, il se colle sur le calque d'en dessous qui est verrouillé, voir même invisible. Pourtant, Je suis bien positionné sur un claque déverrouillé et qui est…

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  9. Using a # in layer name and saving as SVG does not properly save layer names

    In the newest Adobe Illustrator version 28.4.1 when naming a layer with the # and saving as an SVG the export file when opened does not include the # in the layer name. This has never been an issue in previous illustrator versions, and for the work I do I rely on that naming convention to work with the system we integrate SVGs with. I've had to downgrade to a previous version where this does not occur.

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  10. レイヤーのロックをはずしても、外れてないエラー

    レイヤーのロックをはずしても、外れてない時がある。ロックを外した後、オブジェクトを触ろうとすると触れなくて、レイヤーをチェックすると、ぱっとロックマークが復活するエラーがある

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  11. The layers of my project have disappeared

    The fact is that I was working and when performing an action, all the layers of my workbench were deleted. Neither cntl + Z, nor file recovery, nor the files in data to recover a past version help me.

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  12. Layers turned off on open of previously saved file

    When opening a previously saved file, multiple groups across artboards have their visibility turned off when they are active at save point.

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  13. unwanted layer merge

    Computer 1 creates a file with 4 layers (Print, reg marks, thru-cut, crease)
    Computer 2 opens file and all layers have been merged onto 1 single layer. In fact the other layers don't even exist anymore. Also everything in the merged layer has a clipping mask over it?
    Yet when computer 1 opens the file again all the layers are still there.

    Same versions of illustrator on computers 1 & 2.

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  14. Moving deletes all layers

    If i try to move layers it deletes all the layers on illustrator

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  15. Quitte inopinément

    Avec le système monterey sur un iMac neuf et récent ainsi que sur iPad M1 neuf, l’appli quitte à la moindre action dès lors qu il y a plusieurs calques. Impossible de travailler professionnellement comme avant. Il s’agit peut-être d’une incompatibilité système et nécessite une mise à jour d’urgence.

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  16. Creating n number of characters in layer panel

    Creating n number of characters in layer panel after duplication when using the unit as XML

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  17. Collapsing layers

    LAYER BUGS

    1) when Alt + click on layer, only the TOPMOST sublayer is collapsed. The rest of the sublayers remain expanded

    2) The REAL bug is that when I collapse all layers, save, close, and reopen, ALL LAYERS AND SUBLAYERS ARE AUTOMATICALLY EXPANDED!!! It should remember the state of ALL layers, without regard to whether it is a sublayer or not. The USER COMMUNITY have been asking for a fix to this for at least 10 years!

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  18. Locked Layers No Longer Safe?

    I have the lock icon turned on, pull up Blob Brush or Text or any other tool, locked layers below still active. HELP!!
    Layers also active when I turn them off completely (no eye icon).
    Really need help, slowing down workflow a lot

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  19. OS10.13.6 — Illustrator 24.1.2: Paste does NOT remember layers. Oddly, the same thing happened with another upgrade about 1-2 years ago.

    OS10.13.6 — Illustrator 24.1.2: Paste does NOT remember layers. Oddly, the same thing happened with another upgrade about 1-2 years ago.

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  20. A document got flattened on reopening, no layers

    Hello Adobe, I created a complex layered design, I saved it, and turned my computer off on 7pm, and when I turned my computer at 4pm in the next day, all the layers is gone, all of them flattened into a single image so I can't do any further editing. Please help, this is a serious bug in AI, thank you

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