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Right, Hector. It is still an issue. A one-to-many relationship between variables and objects seems to only work except when attempting to save or load them. When saving to XML (the only format supported for saving), the section which declared the variable is saved incorrectly, though everything else seems fine. In the variable declarations, some variables are omitted while others are duplicated. It's easy enough to fix manually and overcome the error message, "The incoming variable library is invalid." When attempting to load the library, it will progress to the confirmation stage, asking if it is okay to replace/overwrite existing variable values. However, after confirming, I get the error, "The filter cannot complete because of an unknown error."
So, now I am wondering if Illustrator ever officially supported this one-to-many relationship between variables and objects, which I, and apparently others, have been using.
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Egor, you might be right. I have never specifically tested group-member locking for this specific behavior. But, I do have experience with having to release group-member locks in order to affect those members when repositioning an artboard. Otherwise, the locked members remain unaffected, allowing the transformation to only affect the rest of the group. A pop-up warning appears (attached), confirming this as expected behavior. I perhaps expected a little too much when I presumed this behavior would be consistent with lower-level containers (layer and group). I just tested the mentioned artboard behavior; and, it still works the same (whew!).
So, to recap, I can reposition a group containing a locked member, which will also reposition the locked member. But, if I reposition the artboard, the same thing will not happen. As with any inconsistency, this will be difficult to remember and deal with.
Since my recent revelation that group-member locks have no effect when working with the group, I am considering the possible uses and reasons for supporting this behavior. I suppose the behavior either way could make sense. But, it should be consistent with the the way it behaves at the artboard level. And, the ability to select a group containing a locked member should also be more consistent. While I can select any group by clicking on the path or fill of any unlocked members, the only way to select a group containing a locked member thru the Layer panel (palette) is to select the Layer. This, of course, will most often select more than just the target group.
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I have a similar using Illustrator 27.9 on Windows 10, 64-bit. Only, it is not limited to multiple-layer groupings. For me, locks no longer have any effect within a group. For example, if I draw a circle, draw a rectangle, group the two, and lock either one, I can still move or delete the group.
A possible work-around technique for some is to use sublayers instead of groups. Sublayers are less ideal and much less convenient. But, they may get you by until the bug is resolved.
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As of version 27.9, this is worse. Now, locking an object within a group serves no purpose. I can now select and manipulate the entire group, regardless of any locked objects within it.
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I am happy to share that we have fixed this bug in our latest release – 26.1.0 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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The object-level locking issue has popped-up again, showing similar issues, as of Illustrator 27.9. If I lock an object within a group, I can now select and manipulate the entire group along with the supposedly-locked object. I used to be able to only select the entire group when selecting the layer, but not manipulate it. This was a handy shortcut for making a copy of a group without having to unlock a locked object within it. But, now, locking an object within a group is pointless.
It's the popup window that appears, saying something about detecting settings from a previous version and asking "Would you like to migrate these settings?" It provide three buttons, two labeled specific version identifiers and one labeled "Do not migrate". This popup occurs whenever first launching Illustrator, or most any Creative Cloud app, after installing a major version upgrade. I don't know that all the apps do this. But, I experience it on nearly any that I use - Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Bridge, Photoshop, even Media Encoder.
I did take a screenshot when this most recently occurred launching After Effects. I attached it to an improvement suggestion, submitted to Adobe. Though, I did not keep the screenshot and cannot seem to find it in my recycle bin. I'm attaching a similar type of message I found in a forum; though, the buttons are in reverse sequence from what I last saw.