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Reported to be fixed in the latest Beta 29.5.0.15.
Please try it and comment back if it works now as expected at your side.
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@egor chistyakov Thank you for testing this issue and confirming the bug. Does that mean this bug will be fixed or that it's simply known?
I'm attaching my Illustrator file here just in case you or someone else wanted to try some more tests. Again, I'm on Mac OS Ventura 13.7.2 and Illustrator 2025 29.1.
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@egor chistyakov I've done exactly what you recommended by switching the background layer from non printing to template, which should make it entirely transparent on both print and export. It still shows up in my exports. I'm attaching labeled screenshots with the following info:
"01 Template Layers Settings," where you can see that the selected object (dark blue rectangle) is on the bg 01 layer, which is set as a template layer.
"01 Template Layer Off," where I've hidden the background layer. You can now see the blank artboard which should save as transparent.
"02 PNG Export Settings," where you can verify that my PNGs are set to export with transparency.
"03 Photoshop Test," where I've opened the artwork in Photoshop and used the crop tool to expand the size of the canvas beyond the trim area. You can see that the dark blue rectangle has been exported.
My conclusion is that this has to be an Illustrator bug unless there is somehow a global setting which I still need to change. As I mentioned in my original post, View > Overprint Preview is turned off / unchecked in my document.
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Yes, I've noticed that I'm unable to change my variable fonts in Illustrator after updating to 2024. In my case, the characters are replaced with weird symbols as soon as I alter any of the variable axis.
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Stuck with this bug and it's 2023! If I attempt to move points on an object using the Move panel, it doesn't matter if I enter positive or negative values, the points only ever move down. It's literally impossible to get points to move upwards using the move panel.
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I just updated to the newest version of Illustrator (27.8.1) and am experiencing this bug too. Feels like when Photoshop randomly reversed the function of the shift key when scaling. Why does Adobe do **** like this?
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I'm experiencing this same issue — it's nearly pointless to even have guides when they are this hard to see. On top of that, the way that the visibility turns "on" and "off" depending on what you are selecting is insanely distracting. I'm attaching a screen recording which makes these issues obvious.
Adobe, we all give you $50+ a month. With the hundreds of millions of dollars at your disposal, you can absolutely afford to make guides not do this. And the answer better not be "just trash all of your preferences so that we don't have to fix this"
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Normally, the selection tool is used for selecting and transforming entire objects, whereas the direct selection tool is used for selecting and transforming individual anchors and handles. For whatever reason, it is not possible to select one or more anchors, and then transform them by entering a new X or Y coordinate. This defies the expected behavior of direct selection and makes Illustrator less useful. In InDesign, it is possible to move individual anchors using X and Y coordinates, so maybe the engineers forgot once again to make sure that the same tools behave the same way in different programs?
video of behavior:
https://capture.dropbox.com/POqhvYLQ8DaOb20PDan
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I have another example of this bug and am including a test file as requested.
You'll see that the bounding box resets every time a (rotational) transformation occurs, and the individual components suffer the same issue even after ungrouping the object. *BUT* the bounding box of a different object in the same file *DOES NOT* reset and behaves normally, inferring that this isn't a bug that is specific to a version of Illustrator or even a file. I am currently running CC 26.5 on an iMac OS Monterey 12.3.1.An error occurred while saving the comment Dan
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@Egor — it's interesting that you mention giving the user the ability to change the behavior. In the Procreate app, each bounding box has two handles, one controls rotation, and the other rotates the bounding box itself. In Illustrator, this could be achieved if there was a small lock / unlock icon attached to the bounding box. There is already precedence for this visually in how InDesign has the little box for linking text containers together.
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Egor — You're probably right. I guess bugs are the inherent nature of code and can't be attributed to the fault of an engineer, and it's also not possible to find every bug through quality control.
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Responding to Egor — yes, if this happens to me again, I can be sure to save a file with the problematic object. I guess I mistakenly figured the engineers would know how their own software works and would eliminate the ability of the bounding box to become detached from the transformations of objects. The problem is that this behavior comes and goes, so I don't know when I'll experience it next, or how I can force it to happen.
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As you probably know, Illustrator today allows to change this behavior with a dedicated option in Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display section.
However, it’s not that accessible, especially when you are already move and copy your artboards.
If you wish this option to be more exposed, consider upvoting this request: Display Move Locked and Hidden Artwork with Artboard option in Control panel and Properties while using Artboard tool / mode
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'started to work on' — Why is it normal for Adobe to implement drastic changes with no warning, forcing users to convert to new workflows while waiting for fixes to be eventually implemented? This is especially frustrating when the updates are not intuitive, disrupt workflows, and and not able to be turned off (recent 'zoom to selected' also comes to mind). I've had to revert back to CC 2017 due to this new terrible artboard behavior.
Really frustrated with this bug. I frequently use custom guides (converting lines / shapes to guides, not created from ruler) to assist with my design files. When GROUPED guides are dragged with the selection arrow, they completely disappear, making it impossible to reposition the guides (unless outline mode is activated). Oddly, a single guide or multiple ungrouped guides remain visible if repositioned with the selection arrow. This is the kind of bug that has massive implications for workflow, and needs to be fixed.