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Dec 12, 2024 11:48 AM UTC
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Applying a stroke colour changes the fill instead

I've noticed a bug where when I create an object, I can't simply apply a stroke to it by selecting a colour from the swatch icon in the control dock. When I select the stroke colour icon and choose a colour it changes the fill colour instead, whereas previosuly a new stroke would be applied with the chosen colour.

 

In the screenshots below I have a black fill on the rectangle object. I then try to apply a yellow stroke and in the following screenshot, you can see that it changes the fill instead.

In the third screenshot, I have added a stroke by selecting the dropdown menu for the stroke weight then selected the stroke colour icon and chose my colour which should be blue but it changes the fill instead.

Doug A Roberts
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Dec 12, 2024 11:59 AM UTC

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Doug A Roberts
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Doug A RobertsCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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Dec 12, 2024 11:59 AM UTC
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Jan 7, 2025 6:09 PM UTC

This is happeneing to me now, too. This is wildly frustrating and I can't figure out how to actually change the stroke now. This is not fixed. And I have recently updated my Illustrator.

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Monika Gause
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Jan 7, 2025 6:24 PM UTC

Are you running version 29.2?

If so and it's still happenbing, you might need to reset the preferences (which will of course erase your settings)

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