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December 4, 2025
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Graphic style with rotated pattern not saved in Library

  • December 4, 2025
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When I make an object with a pattern, rotate the pattern, save that as a Graphic Style, and save that into the library: then I re-use this object from the library (-option-drag from the library) in another document, the graphic style isn't copied along with it. 

illustrator version 30.0

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Participant
December 25, 2025

Merry Christmas to everyone! in documenting the error I also found where and when this bug is appearing. Also in version 30.1, also in the betaversion. It appears when you have an object with only one fill. The movie I included demonstrates it.

Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Community Manager
December 25, 2025

Hi @dtpetermaas,

 

Thanks for the detailed follow-up and for sharing the recording. I tested this thoroughly on my end and I can now reproduce the behavior as described. When the object has a single fill with a rotated pattern, bringing it into a new document from the Library is resulting in the object being placed as a group, while the Graphic Style itself is not added or transferred to the document.

I'm taking this further with the product team for investigation and will share an update here as soon as I have more information.

 

Wishing you a Merry Christmas, and thanks again for your patience and detailed testing.

Abhishek

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 4, 2025

I can replicate what Peter mentioned. The Graphic from the Library is placed as a group, but the Graphic Style is missing.

I tried it in an older version 2023, but that has the same problem. It could have been like that a long time ago or the Library behaviour has changed.

Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Community Manager
December 4, 2025

Hi @dtpetermaas,

 

Thank you for the detailed steps. I tested the same workflow on my side, and I could still see the rotated pattern retained when placing the object from the Library into a new document. To rule out a sync issue, could you please try signing out of the Creative Cloud Desktop app and then signing back in to refresh the Library data?

Additionally, please try resetting Illustrator preferences manually and let me know if that improves the behavior. You can follow these guides if needed:
Ref: https://adobe.ly/4oxqRSg
Manually: https://adobe.ly/48l4omN

Once done, please test again and share your observations.

 

I'm here to help!

Abhishek

Participant
December 4, 2025

I've totally deleted the illustrator folder, reinstalled in English, restarted CC-app, restarted laptop, but still get the same result: The graphic style is missing. Today I explained the use of graphic styles when rotated patterns are needed. But it turned out to be a 'no-go' when Libraries are used to transform them from one document to another. I hope Adobe will fix this soon, because I think it's really annoying that a Library has a weak spot here.

Harshika Verma
Community Manager
Community Manager
December 23, 2025

Hi dtpetermaas,

 

Sorry for the delayed response. Would you mind confirming if you're still experiencing the issue with the current version of Illustrator, i.e., 30.1?

If yes, is it possible for you to share a screen recording of the workflow showing the issue? It would be helpful if you could share a sample file with us.

We will try our best to investigate it further with the team.

 

Thanks,

Harshika

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 4, 2025

Exactly what are you doing step by step?

Participant
December 4, 2025
  1. I make a pattern with horizontal lines. 
  2. Apply that pattern to a square, or any other element.
  3. Rotate the pattern 45°.. Not the object, just the pattern.
  4. Make a new graphic style from this element. Any object that gets this graphic style applied has the pattern already rotated. Its too difficult to make a rotated pattern, so I choose to use graphic styles for that.
  5. Ad this as an illustration to the library.
  6. Make a new document, alt/option-drag it from the library to the new document. The pattern is added to the new document, but the graphic style isn't.

 

In older versions the graphic style was also copied to the new document. I can see that graphic styles in general can be copied through the libraries, but in this case it doesn't work with the rotated pattern.

Kurt Gold
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 4, 2025

I can also confirm the issue in Illustrator 30.0 and 29.8.2.

 

The graphic style definition does not get transferred in this case. It's a shortcoming.