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September 22, 2021
Question

Illustrator arrange -bring to front send to back- not working

  • September 22, 2021
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using illustrator 25.4.1, MAC big sur 11.6

arrange -bring to front send to back- are not working for both the dropdown & shortcut command.

clarify, i am able to select the option to bring to front or send to back, however the command is not functioning on the artboard w shapes and fonts.

looking for any tips on how to resolve this issue. 

2 replies

Anshul_Saini
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 22, 2021

Hi there,

 

Sorry about the trouble. Could you please share a few more details like:

  • OS and version of Illustrator
  • Is the issue related to a specific document?
  • Are you able to replicate this issue on a new document?
  • Please share this document with us? You can upload it to the Creative Cloud (https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/share.html) and share the download link here or via DM. We will have a look at it.
  • Are there any recent changes made to your system? For example, any antivirus, system updates, plugins, or web extensions installed recently.
  • Does resetting Illustrator Preferences ( https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/setting-preferences.html) help to resolve the issue?
    Disclaimer: Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings, and Illustrator will launch with default settings. You can also take a backup of the folders in case you want to. Location is mentioned in the article.

 

Will be looking forward to your response.

 

Thanks & Regards,

Anshul Saini

Participant
March 31, 2024

I am facing the same issue.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 31, 2024

@Shayan Ali  schrieb:

I am facing the same issue.


 

Meaning that the shortcut is not working?

The context menu is not working?

 

Or is it not working at all?

 

You are sure that it's not that there are multiple layers or transparency blend modes causing it?

Legend
September 22, 2021

The usually reason for this is that an item is being brought to the front or back of the layer it is on, and the item you want to bring it to the front or back of is on a different layer.

Participant
September 22, 2021

hi, no its all on 1 layer. But i could see if they were on differnt layers that would be the case.