Questions

I am unable to locate the top control bar in Illustrator 2026. The home icon is all that is being able to be seen.

While playing around with the format of the toolbar, I accidentally changed the layout into a two-column format with all of the tool groups expanded within those two columns. For instance: the Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, and the Anchor Point tools were in a box within that column (NOT A FLYOUT BOX), so I didn’t have to click/hold on the pen tool to expand that group to select one of those tools. They were already displayed within those two columns. As were all of the tool groups. However, that layout disappeared after closing Illustrator and opening it again. I cannot remember how I arrived at that layout. Can anyone show me how to recreate that?

Is there a way to set the scaled percentages of linked images in Illustrator to a different specific percentage of scale, like you can in InDesign. For example I have a file with links (of various dimensions) that are placed at 65.635% and I would like to select them and set their percentage scaled to 50%, or even just reset its scale to 100%.The links palette shows the percentage that the link is placed. But the Transform>Scale and Transform Each tools only rescale the item BY the percentage you enter, not TO a specific percentage.I would prefer to not have to re-place all the links and resize them to 50%, or do the math to find the percentage to reduce them more so that the final percentage is 50%.

Hello, I need some assistance with Making my own plugin for Illustrator. I have been following the documentation and have my folder set up as below, I am able to sign and create the ZXP file via powershell, but when i go to install via ZXPinstaller or extension manager, i get an error “failed to install, status = -410! ” This error seems to point to an issue with the file structure when signing the ZXP, but I’m pretty sure I’m doing it correctly. My plugin is a tool that allows the user to Select a number of points or a line and generate an Elepse that best fits them. The signing code:.\ZXPSignCmd.exe -sign "C:\Users\name\Downloads\com.atsuji.ellipsefit.panel" "C:\Users\name\Downloads\EllipseFitPanel.zxp" "C:\Users\name\Downloads\cert.p12" PasswordFile structure: Any assistance on this would be awesome. I attempted to previously make this as a ZSX script, but ran into limitations with what i could do due to incompatibility around the numeric.js file.I suspect tits an issue with the Man

大家好，我是来自中国的一名大学生，最近在完成制图作业，但是保存好的AI文件一直损坏，甚至仅保存了几分钟再打开也发现损坏，使用Recovery Toolbox也没法修复，想问一下怎样才能解决这个问题，感谢！ 

I am having error while saving any file again after some changes. Error is "Some of the specified files already exists in target location". Even though there is no previous or existing file in the same directory. Can someone help me in this?

Hola a todos.Quiero saber si alguien más está pasando por este problema porque ya no sé qué más hacer.Durante semanas Illustrator funcionó perfectamente en mi notebook. Podía trabajar con archivos pesados, hacer zoom, mover objetos y todo era muy fluido. Incluso puedo ejecutar juegos exigentes y otros programas pesados como Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, AutoCAD, SketchUp con V-Ray, etc., sin ningún problema.Sin embargo, de un día para otro Illustrator comenzó a comportarse muy mal, sin que yo cambiara el hardware ni hiciera modificaciones importantes al equipo.Los síntomas son:Tarda entre 17 y 20 segundos en abrir. La pantalla de inicio (Home) responde muy lento. Al iniciar el programa todo se siente pesado durante varios segundos. Después mejora un poco, pero ya no tiene la misma fluidez que tenía antes.He probado prácticamente todo:Desinstalar e instalar Illustrator. Instalar la versión LTS 29.8.9. Restablecer preferencias. Actualizar los drivers NVIDIA Studio. Reiniciar Wi

Hello everyone!I have a mac studio m4 since last year. And I can’t understand why it is running illustrator so slow. I am working on simple stuff and everything takes seconds to respond. :/Here are my specs:Apple M4 Max:-64 Go-Tahoe 26.5.1 (25F80)-200go space freeMonitor:Dell 27”Illustrator 2026:30.2.1What should I do to have it working better ?Thank you very much

I have updated to 28.6 yesterday and, ever since, whenever Illustrator is running, the screensaver is not being allowed to follow the System Settings set in macOS Sonoma 14.5 (M3 Max).How do I know it is Illustrator?1. it persists through log out and macOS restart2. through trial and error, I excluded all other apps and it is the only one doing this. I do not recall this happening on 28.5, and I will likely uninstall this version and revert to the older one if this persists. Thank you

When I select an object I use the transform menu to move, rotate, and scale the object. But recently a “turntable” option was added which un-selects the field I was editing if I accidentally even hover over it, despite the fact that I have generative turned off in the command menu and preferences as well as tutorials disabled. This is extremely annoying and constantly disrupts my workflow.

I believe that issue might be a glitch and i don’t know how to let adobe know of this issue 

Software: Adobe Illustrator. Color mode: CMYK. Export: EPS/JPG. Printer: Mimaki JV300-160 Plus (2 heads), default profile. Similar files print differently, but one file shows a different result. What causes this issue, and how can I fix it?

Why does my files from project in illustrator disappearing within 1 second after opening it?

I am on v 30.6 and unable to copy the past a vector from Illustrator into PowerPoint. When I do, it just pastes the svg code. Under paste special, it says source unknown and pasting as an svg isn’t listed as an option. Yes, I have “Include SVG Code” selected under clipboard handling preferences. I have also signed out then back in from CC, restarted apps, etc. and nothing has worked. I know there was a post about this several months ago, and the OP said an update fixed it for them. It did not for me, or it looks like others. This has HUGE impact on workflow and makes things more difficult. Would love a resolution this problem. Thanks!  Options that show up in PP under paste special 

colour library stops working at least once a day and relink button stops working all the time so I have to quit the app and then it all works again, Actually handing over money to adobe  for this garbage 

I'm sorry, English isn'y my first language. But I assume there's a bug in the latest update. Because I've been having a problem and I just removed the latest version of Illustrator, installed an older version, and the issue is gone.I can't scale/change the side of objects how I want them to. If I want to exchange only the width, but not the height, for example. So I change the settings for the width, but it automatically scales the height to proportion. I don't want it scaled to proportion, I only want to change what I told Illustrator to change. The chain is unlinked, I did everything right. I let my colleague double check everything as well. We checked and unchecked everything one by one to see if it would make a difference. But I just can't change the width separately from the height (and vise versa). Like I said: the issue was gone when I removed the latest version from Illustrator and installed an older version. Everything works perfects in the older version.

When a layer is coloured (grey in this instance) the artboard name/number information is obscured. Please fix. It's only when the view is at certain sizes. But still it need fixing so. See image.

Hi all, two days ago my Illustrator started crashing nonstop and I have not been able to resolve it. I have tried tech support for my computer, uninstalling and reinstalling the program, reverting back to a previous version, using Creative Cloud Cleaner, resetting preferences and just about every possible fix I have found online and I am at such a loss. This is happening with files of any size. It crashes if I place or edit the size of a shape, edit text, copy and paste things, move around the toolbars to accommodate my workflow. It basically crashes after I try doing anything in any size file, both new and old files. Sometimes I’ll get an error message saying it needs to close and sometimes it just freezes and closes. Sometimes it lets me work for ten minutes tops before crashing again. It’s completely unusable. I work with an Asus Proart and Windows if that’s any help, so it’s not an issue of the system not meeting the requirements since the laptop is quite literally made to handle d

I just updated to illustrator 30.6 version and can no longer turn off the "Transform Both" option. Whether the chain icon is on or off, it scales both height and width. The drop down menu has the “Transform Both” option checked and will not allow me to uncheck it. Is anyone else having trouble with this? The only solution I found was to roll back the update to previous version.

After updating to 30.5.1, whenever I try to edit an object using a dialog box with the “Preview” checkbox on (simplify, smooth, scale, transform, and any Illustrator Effect), the edits will commit to the object, even if I cancel the dialog box.What’s even more odd, is the history panel then shows an individual “UNDO” for every slider or value adjustment that I had made BEFORE canceling or clicking OK in the dialog box.This is not an expected behavior that I have ever experienced in over 20 years of using Illustrator. I found a bug report from 2019 expressing the same issue, which hasn’t gotten much attention, so I’m assuming it’s not a common issue. But I have no idea what may have caused it in my case, other than updating to 30.5.1. (https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/38543185-transformations-committing-even-upon-cancel)In the attached image, you can see that there is an “UNDO” for every slider adjustment I made BEFORE clicking OK. Cli

Hello everyone,Is there any Adobe Authorized Reseller in this community?I'm located in Cambodia and would like to purchase an Adobe Creative Cloud license. Unfortunately, I have already contacted more than 20 authorized resellers by email, but I haven't received any response.If you are an Adobe reseller, or if you know an active reseller who can assist me, please leave a comment or send me a direct message.Thank you very much for your help!

Hello Everybody. I have been trying to export an illustrator design as a SVG for a couple of hours and the same message keep appearing,I tried everything that appeared online, from copy paste it in another artboard to restarting illustrator and nothing is working.  Does anybody have an idea of what could be the issue? 

종종 거대한 시안을 작업하다보면 100% 크기로 보고 싶은데 Ctrl + 1 단축키를 사용하면 대지 중앙으로 이동해 버려서 다시 원하는 위치까지 이동하기 상당히 불편합니다.Ctrl + 1의 동작을 대지 중앙으로 이동하지 않게 하거나 다른 방법의 단축키가 있을까요?

In duplicating artboards  in Illustrator in Windows 10. Select Alt and drag to create a new artboard NO problem. My artboards go from 25, 27, 27, 28. I cannot get a 26. I have created a new artboard at the end and even tried to move it between 25 and 27 to create a 26 and Illustrator will not do it. I still get two 27 artboards. SO the secondary 27 will not export. I have to create one at the end and rename it. I've done this for years, WHAT is going on??? It's a glitch and how do I fix it?

Even though i am selecting a black brush, on the mask layer, I am not able to brush the mask with black. On the other hand there is no problem with using a white brush, as seen on the youtube video.https://youtu.be/3BBpHtlN6dU