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How to get White fill and black line as the default

  • March 5, 2024
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When I open a new file the fill and stroke are not defaulting to black and white.  It is set in the appearance panel set to red and blue.  I am working in 28.3 on my Mac desktop.  Screen shot attached.  How do I fix this?  Please and thank you =

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    Ton Frederiks
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    March 27, 2024

    Some of you have an option in Preferences > General > Enable Rich UI"

    Can you uncheck that option and see if it helps?

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    March 5, 2024

    Does pressing D help?

    If not, your may be opening file based on a template or a modified New Document Preset.

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    nicoleg61544077Author
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    March 18, 2024

    This started when I updated to 28.3.  Just in case, how do I fix this if I used a template with this default?  It is possible I am taking a course online.

     

    Ton Frederiks
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    March 18, 2024

    It has been mentioned by others before. Just saw a reaction from Adobe's Anubhav Majumder

    See here:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/default-fill-amp-stroke/m-p/14493869#M401333

    Monika Gause
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    March 5, 2024

    So when you click on the default graphic style, then this stays like so?

    You can redefine the graphic style by creating a line or shape with black stroke and white fill and then drag that over the default graphic style while pressing the Alt key.

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    nicoleg61544077Author
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    March 18, 2024

    I open a new file and the defaults are red for the fill and blue for the outline.  I change them to black and white respectively, but if iuse the shortcut key for default, I am back to red and blue.  

    FYI The ALT key did not work in the graphic style either.  Sorry that I did not mention that before.  

     

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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    March 18, 2024

    Your issue is apparently one of the numerous inexplicable weird issues caused by Mac OS Sonoma.

     

    So far it's the weirdest one in my opinion, but Mac OS keeps surprising us with a new one every day.

    Peru Bob
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    Peru BobCommunity Expert
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    March 5, 2024

    I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Photoshop Illustrator forum so that proper help can be offered.

    Semaphoric
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    March 5, 2024

    That is Illustrator.

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