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After applying an appearance style to a layer which contains multiple object sublayer, toggling the visibility of individual object layers on and off does not function properly. For example,  If I turn off visibility on one of the object sublayers, turning it back on will not make the object visible. This is an issue whether objects are in a group or not. 

I tried resizing my artboard to match my object's size and it seems they don't match.My square object is 50 px x 50 px, and the arboard size is 60 px x 60 px. How to solve this? I didn’t struggle with this issue before.Attaching the evidence. Thanks for replying and sharing your solutions

Why is my pen tool cursor an X? Caps lock is OFF and precise cursor is OFF. Both of these are off. Cursor is still an X.I reset all my preferences to see if it would fix this but it hasn't. Still an X.

white box shows when open in AI and cant get rid of it , does not show on PDF proof or does not show on clients computer that sent me the file please help

The Vector concept isn't working (AI 30.5.1 (64-bit, Windows 11); it throws an error (even though my internet connection is stable). And it deducts points for every failed attempt. Yesterday morning, one image was generated successfully, but every subsequent attempt yielded the same result—nothing—yet the points were still deducted.

I have had no formal training with Illustrator, but I use it almost every day.When preparing new graphics that will be used across many formats -- what size artboard should I use in relation to the graphic size?If I have a 40x40 pixel graphic with a 2 pixel stroke it could potentially be a 44x44, but Illustrator will still read it as 40x40. Meaning if the artboard is 40x40 it will not actually export the completed graphic when I export using artboards.Is there a professional/industry standard rule of them for setting artboard sizes? I’ve never seen any proper training about preparing files for use across different formats and dimensions.Should I set the artboard size after I create my graphic and size the artboard manually?

The illustrator is lag and take some good time to do anything.I`m trying understand if this start after update the Illustrator or was a windows 11 update, Windows Insider program is active, version 25H2 v.26200.8457 is installed.Someone has the same problem?Is there something to fix it? 

A funny but great thing used to happen when I press the spacebar while using gradient tool in older versions of Illustrator. Whenever I pressed the spacebar, the gradient handle bar used to fit the shape.  

Whilst using illustrator on iMac machine keeps restarting continuously until I quit app on startup. All apps and os are up to date. Its driving me insane

I don’t know if this is even possible to calculate somehow, but maybe someone can help. If i have a 200ppi image in a file, and i want it to keep the size, but have 150 ppi, is there a way to calculate what ppi i have to use for rasterizing? I am aware that rasterizing an image from 200 ppi to 150 ppi will not give out the same result as rasterizing a vector object to 150 ppi. Again, for exampleVector object > rasterize 150 ppi > object with certain “pixel density” 200 ppi image > rasterise ? ppi > object with same pixel density as option 1 (150 ppi) < is this even possible?  

When I log into my Adobe account, I subscribe to Illustrator for iPad and when I logged in all my files have disappeared, please help

This dialogue window pops up every time I launch Adobe Illustrator. I’m not sure how to fix it—I uninstalled and reinstalled the app to no avail. What is ScribbleUI.aip? Is it possible to remove it? If so, how?

Eu não consigo fazer download do SDK do Illustrator na página https://developer.adobe.com/console/3445645/servicesandapis , ele para na url https://developer.adobe.com/console/3445645/OK sem retornar nada. Ao tentar pela aba download history, ele faz download de um arquivo de 2kb.

I have been working for about an hour and had a crash.  However,  Illustrator did not attempt to recover the file I had been working on. Automatically Save Recover Data Every:  2 mintues is selected.Turn off Data Recovery for completex documents was also selected, but this document consisted of about 100 rectanges, 20 lines, and 30 text elements - is that complex? Also it give the folder as "/Users/...ences/Adobe Illustrator 22 Settings/en_US/DataRecovery. Three stupid things about this: 1) The directory is truncated so I have no idea where to find it.  Make this a text field that can scroll so I can actually read the path.2) If I click"Choose" it does not select the current Auto Record folder - if it did, then I could at least find it. 3) I am using Adobe Illustrator 24.1.2 on the Mac (OS version 10.15.4).  Why does it have "Adobe Illustrator 22 Settings" in the Data Recovery path? The Adobe Illustrator 22 folder does not exist on

Hello Adobe Team and Community,I am experiencing a critical, persistent freezing issue with Adobe Illustrator 2026 on my Windows machine. The application launches fine, but it completely freezes and becomes unresponsive ("Not Responding") the exact moment I attempt to create a New Document or open any existing .ai file. It gets stuck indefinitely on the "Welcome to Illustrator" screen.Interestingly, I have found two specific workarounds, but both severely impact my professional workflow: Running as Administrator: If I launch Illustrator as an Administrator, files open perfectly fine without any freezes. However, due to Windows User Account Control (UAC) restrictions, running in Admin Mode completely breaks the "Drag and Drop" functionality for images and assets from Windows Explorer into the canvas. Disabling GPU Performance: If I open Illustrator (via Admin mode), navigate to Preferences > Performance, and uncheck "GPU Performance", the application no longer freezes when opening

Hi,I got a new machine – a Mac Studio M3 Ultra.When I move the cursor (over the artboard or outside of it), the colors change — they become either more saturated or less saturated. I can’t find any logic behind what causes the shift.I thought it might be related to the low refresh rate of the monitor (Apple Studio Display 27"), but this only happens while working in Illustrator. Everything looks fine in Photoshop and After Effects.

I'm an interaction designer, and therefore my designs are composed of a multitude of controls, each one with different details. Right now, I'm working on a 141 layer document. It would come in handy to have several layers grouped by UI control, making it much quicker to find and edit what I want.

Two Shapes that have the same anchor pointsOne one anchor point moves, the other one stays at the same placeWhy can’t i tell my shapes to use the same paths/anchors. i don’t want to edit multiple anchor points ALL the time, i want to be able to grab a single anchor point and all the shapes that use that anchor will move with it. Why is that not possible? how can such a simple feature that every 3D modeling program has, not be implemented into Illustrator????

I typed a space after the *, but the spacing became really wide and hard to control.The space also disappeared.I copied a half-width space and pasted it after the *, and now it looks normal. 

I’ve tried Effects > Stylize > Projection, but found that it creates a spotty projection that’s hard to control over large areas. 

Hi,I'm developing a third-party panel plugin for Adobe Illustrator 2026 (version 30.5.1 on Windows), but I'm stuck on which framework to use.Here's what I've tried and found:CEP: Placed the extension in both C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\ and %appdata%\Adobe\CEP\extensions\, set PlayerDebugMode=1 in the registry for both CSXS.11 and CSXS.12, but the panel never appears under Window → Extensions. UXP: I understand UXP is not yet available to third-party developers for Illustrator.My goal is to build a persistent side panel (similar to the Properties panel) that calls an external API and helps designers with their workflow.My questions:Is CEP still supported in Illustrator 2026, and if so, what am I doing wrong? Is there any other framework available for building panel-type plugins for Illustrator 2026? Is there a roadmap for when UXP will be available for third-party Illustrator developers?Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I didn’t expect to need Find and Replace in Illustrator.I tested the Find and Replace option under the Edit menu, but found it wasn’t very user-friendly.The main issue is that the layout gets locked when using it.It also lacks regular expression support and a history feature.Do you have any better suggestions?Thanks.

I have many objects, and they all use the same transparency settings.I’ve found that the “Appearance” and “Transparency” styles can only be applied to an entire layer and don’t allow for flexible control over objects on different layers.I have to select the object every single time just to adjust the opacity—that doesn't make any sense…I tried using “Graphic Styles,” but found that they can’t be modified later.In InDesign, there are object styles—is there a similar feature in Illustrator? 

I’ve just installed the latest version today, and the icons for swatch libraries, add/delete swatches/groups are no longer showing at the bottom of the swatches window.  I can get to them via the hamburger menu but I’d prefer to have them back at the bottom.Is there some way I can get them to show, or have they been removed?