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
- Upload your Illustrator file or a video (screen recording or gif, this helps us most to reproduce the issue and resolve it)
491 results found
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Free Transform tool scales in steps instead of smoothly
When using the Free Transform tool to resize a text box, the transform isn't smooth, it jumps by huge amounts when dragging, and produces completely unpredictable results. After that, the outline of the text box disappears, but is still selected.
Adobe Illustrator 2020
MacOS 10.15.13 votes -
Paragraph styles not properly justifying
I'm using the latest updated version of CC on mac High Sierra 10.13.6
When I just use the justify option in the paragraph window, the type will justify properly, but when I've tried to create a paragraph style, the type hangs outside of the text box, no matter what I do.
Is there something I'm doing wrong, or is this a bug issue? And if so, any workarounds? I'm working on a file that needs a lot of type, and Illustrator is preferred over InDesign (which I've never had a problem with).
Thanks.
3 votesIf you have a problem like this, please Package the file along with the font used and send it over to sharewithai@adobe.com so the team can investigate it
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3 votes
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New update (23.0.1) shows Home screen instead of my actual file until I press F
Most of the times, when I open an AI file I can't see my actual artboard until I press F (Toggle Screen Mode). Once I switch the screen mode it shows a weird red color in the artboard (too fast to capture).
3 votesHi,
Sorry to hear that you are facing this issue. We have fixed similar issue in 23.0.3,
Can you please upgrade to 23.0.3 and let us know if your problem is resolved or not? -
Appearance of Black Feature Not Working in Illustrator CC 2019
The "Appearance of Black" feature is not working after installing Illustrator CC 2019. I've tried to disable and re-enable the feature, however all blacks appear as rich black now. The document shown in the attached screenshot is in CMYK color mode. The black box on the left is 100% K only, the box to the right is C: 60%, M: 50%, Y: 50%, and K: 100%.
Previously 100% process black only would display as shown in the preferences window. I've tried to open an old document and create a new CMYK color mode document, however the 100% K looks rich…
3 votesPlease check if Color Settings is set to “Emulate Adobe Illustrator 6.0”, If it is then change it to “North America General Purpose 2”.
Color settings changing to “Emulate Adobe Illustrator 6.0” is tracked here https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-bugs/suggestions/35742949-color-settings-auto-defaulting
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GPU Preview displaying hidden shapes
In GPU Preview, turning off the visibility of a shape in the layers panel doesn't always hide the shape - it still remains on screen.
If I switch to Outline view the shape is hidden correctly.
If I switch back to GPU Preview the shape is still being displayed.
I have to reboot Illustrator to get GPU Preview to work correctly again.
And then it goes wrong again very soon afterwards.This has now happened several times.
I've also had shape fills showing as incorrect colors in GPU Preview, eg. a square with a white fill, suddenly started displaying as…3 votes -
Tools and panels never open
I am having a problem with Illustrator since a few days now and I just don't find solution for it.
Every time I open Illustrator it forgets that the Control panel, the Tools panel and the other panels such as Transparency, Layers, Color, etc. was opened. It is really annoying to open them every time.
Could someone give a solution. And I am using the latest version of Illustrator for 2 months now I think, and it started to do this only a few days ago.3 votesDoes anyone still have this problem in the latest builds?
Please comment if it’s still there (and if pressing Tab helps to show the UI.
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Type object selection by path does not work at all while Snap to Grid is enabled
Type object selection by path does not work at all while Snap to Grid is enabled.
It's been this way for years... guess I've finally had enough.
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Pen tool glitch
When using the pen tool, the artboard glitches and a big gray area appears from the upper right corner (screenshot 1), glitches even more and turns yellow when scrolling or moving the cursor (screenshot 2).
Pen tool absolutely impossible to use.This started happening after last update (version 22.0.1 - 64 bit) on Windows 8.1
3 votesMandakh and everybody else that have this issue, is this still a problem for you?
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Can't click on properties dropdowns
I just updated AI to the newest release and suddenly I'm unable to access extended properties not displayed on the main panel nor will it let me select and change colors via the properties panel. I also don't like that you've all decided what tools I work with constantly, I need to be able to customize what I need to keep open for my workflow optimization. Because if I could, I could work around this bug.
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Snap to Point causes jumping with long Guides
I'm using very long guides to create a custom angled grid, and use Snap to Point to snap paths to intersections of those guides. However, sometimes the Snap to Point causes "jumping", i.e. it tries to snap to the intersection, but when it does, it scrolls the document a tad upwards, and hence goes immediately out of snap. Sometimes it even causes jumps of hundreds of millimeters. It doesn't always happens, but only with some guides intersecting in some points. I cannot really say what actually makes it happen.
I created a test file to where I isolated only three…
3 votesI wonder if you can still replicate the issue.
You never shared the test file you said you had, so it’s somewhat hard to replicate this. Also a video would be helpful as well.
Can you please try again?
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Eye Dropper tool color is off
When you use the eye dropper tool on either images or vectors the shade is off and not exactly the same like it was https://www.screencast.com/t/bI7aJSdwB
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Malha de gradiente
Estou tentando usar a distorção de envelope pela malha para criar um padrão de gradiente e ele não permite que eu altere a cor dos pontos de ancoragem. O erro iniciou apenas quando atualizei para a versão de 2026.
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Spot Colors Won't Update In Linked Items
Spot Colors are not immediately updating for linked items when adjusting the color values of the swatch. The change will only show after a few seconds, when the file is embedded, or when overprint preview is enabled. Previous versions of illustrator allowed spot colors to be updated for linked items immediately. Spot color adjustments only immediately affect objects that are embedded or built within the file.
Using illustrator for color separations requires me to edit the appearance of spot white to be visible in different circumstances between film and art files.
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Text object becomes corrupted and cannot apply gradient or appearance
Illustrator on Windows 11 sometimes turns normal point text into a broken area text object.
When this happens:
- “Convert to Point Type” does not appear
- The text behaves like a text box even though it was created as point text
- The Appearance panel cannot add a new fill (button is greyed out)
- Applying a gradient turns the text completely black
- Copy/paste keeps the corrupted state unless pasted as plain textThis issue forces me to recreate text manually and interrupts my workflow.
Please investigate the cause of corrupted text objects on Windows 11.I am…
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Problemas al centrar y alinear
Problemas al centrar y alinear, cuando quiero alinear algún objeto a mi mesa de trabajo se alinea fuera de? necesito ayuda para resolver este problema que me afecta mucho, incluso si alineo con un objeto clave no funciona :(
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Can't select all and use Outline Stroke directly, especially Clipping Mask items
Can't select all to Outline Stroke directly, some clipping mask items will be missing, then need to adjust one by one, very inconvenient for printing FA
By the way, i remember it works in previous version2 votes -
2026 Illustrator UI Bugs EVERYWHERE!!!!!
Seriously, do you guys even use your own products? These issues are not buried, they are very apparent. Take a look at the attached screenshots. Gradients have been broken for a while now.
Also, this new version is full of bugs. I have to restart Illustrator immediately after opening for the bounding box to work, half the time adobe fonts are broken and wont sync.
Windows 11, i9, 4080 super, 64gb ram, 2gb download speed... I have all the things you need for a fast and efficient workflow, but Adobe's legacy code mixed with all the new bugs from the…
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File links breaking
Lately I am having problems with linked files in Illustrator not showing up when I open the file in Photoshop for instance, even though everything looks fine in Illustrator in the original file. I have to go into the Links menu and relink everything one at a time and resave to make it work. I also notice that the file size is smaller when the linked files don't work.
I tend to use linked files a lot and have for years so this isn't a case of unfamiliarity with the tool.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Windows 11
Illustrator 30.2.1
Photoshop…2 votes -
New Glitch in Smart Guides, highlighting perspective grid-like points
Theres a new update glitch in smart guides, when I have an object selected, a bunch of perspective grid-like highlights.
This setting is connected with object highlighting in smart guide settings. If i shut off object highlighting in Illustrator>Preferences>Smart Guides>Object Highlighting, the issue stops.
Seems like just a new bug glitch in a recent illustrator update.
2 votes
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