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radbrad3
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March 30, 2012
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Illustrator Layers are expanded when opening.

  • March 30, 2012
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I haven't had much luck googling this, because I am not certain of the proper terminology to ask the question.

When I open a file, one or more layer are opened/expanded in the layer tab on the side of the screen.  I can close the layer, make modifications, and save; but when I open it up, the layer is always opened.

It doesn't happen with every file.  But on the files that do have this, it's always like this.

Any ideas? It's rathe annoying, especially with larger art files.

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      Correct answer Satinder S Bains

      Given the ease of upgrades with Creative Cloud

      I thinks what's easy is the delivery of the upgrades, not the actual upgrades.


      This issue is fixed in 17.1 update released for Illustrator CC

      Satinder

      Illustrator Team

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      chrisgieger
      chrisgieger
      Participant
      May 30, 2012

      I experience this exact same issue and it is insanely frustrating.

      Everytime I open a file with lots of Layers or Layer Groups, the file opens with all the layers expanded—even though the were all closed when I last saved the file. So everytime I open one of these files, I need to first close all the expanded layers before I start working. If someone finds a fix, a workaround, or hears of a patch, please post it here.

      Thanks.

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        Grayson Stebbins
        Participant
        July 16, 2012

        Simple +1 on this. One of those minute but incredibly annoying bugs. Why do I feel like this has existed in the past several versions of Illustrator? I'm at CS6 now, but I remember it in 5 too.

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        JShado1
        Participant
        October 24, 2012

        It's existed since CS4 at least (which I have on my personal laptop). My custom AI web template does this and it's extremely annoying.

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        keepmehandin
        Participant
        April 17, 2012

        I've done limited research on this issue (which is, as you say, annoying when working on many-multi layered files) and so far I have concluded that it is a bug. If so, I think it is something which Adobe should have sorted out by now; I can't remember in which Ai version this problem first manifested itself, but it was many years ago, and I remember it was commented on by several people in the studio where I was working at the time.

          Kurt Gold
          Community Expert
          Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          March 30, 2012

          This issue has been discussed quite often.

          Take a look at the "More Like This" box on the right-hand side.

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          radbrad3Author
          Participant
          March 30, 2012

          Those links were helpful, but it still doesn't make any sense to me.

          Why doesn't it do this everytime?  What are the variables that make this occur to layer B, but not layer A or C?  Or why in file A, but not in file B?  The work arounds where not really practical IMHO.  Inconsistant results do not convence.

          Larry G. Schneider
          Community Expert
          Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          March 30, 2012

          Most often this happens when you have sub-layers in which all the items are grouped. At least this is what happens to me. If the layer has only path items or path items and groups they will usually stay closed.

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