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Hi all,I work in prepress — multi-layer label and packaging artwork, CMYK output, Illustrator 30.5.1 onWindows 11. Two related items: one bug, one feature request. They have the same root cause, so I'mposting them together.--- BUG: the fill/stroke indicator can show a stale state ---Steps to reproduce:1. Draw a rectangle that has both a fill and a stroke.2. Press X so stroke becomes the active paint. The toolbox indicator correctly shows stroke in front.3. Switch to another tool and back, or draw a new object, or press D.4. Click a swatch in the Swatches panel.5. The FILL changes, while the toolbox indicator still shows stroke in front.Workaround: press X two or three times. The indicator repaints, and swatch clicks apply correctlyagain — until the next tool switch.So the active-paint flag itself is probably correct; the indicator is being repainted asynchronously(or missing a redraw), which means it can display a state that no longer exists. Since thatindicator is the only feedback te

Without any noticeable reason, typing Polish letters (Right Alt + a/e/c/o/l/n/s/z) in Type tool text editing mode has stopped working.THIS IS NOT A SYSTEM KEYBOARD LAYOUT ISSUE.I am able to type Polish letters in several Illustrator input fields (e.g., Search), but it does not work when using the Type tool. When I try to type Polish letters while editing text with the Type tool, different options/shortcuts are triggered instead.This happened to me once a few years ago, and now I’m experiencing it again. The problem has clearly existed for a long time, and as far as I can see, there is still no fix. In my case, resetting preferences and even reinstalling Illustrator did not help. It seems like the Adobe team does not care.

Hi, I remember there was an option under Preferences > Units that allowed you to add more decimal places to the units displayed under Transform. However, I think it may have been moved or removed entirely. It seems like the maximum is four decimal places, at least based on what I’m seeing. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Windows platform, I haven't had any problems until a few days ago, when I launch Illustrator or Photoshop, they freeze. I can't do anything. Even "control-alt-delete" freezes. I have to force shutdown.  I am still on Windows 10, and have updated as much as I have been allowed considering the change.  ? ? ? Not sure if it's a software/adobe issue, or computer.  Thanks in advance. 

Hi everyone,Am I the only one encountering this problem?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hFwapaR7aoAs you can see in the video, my contextual taskbar keeps flickering/shaking endlessly, and I also get visual artifacts on the sides when zooming in and out.I tried disabling GPU Performance, which gets rid of the artifacts on the sides, but the contextual taskbar keeps shaking anyway.For context, here is my setup: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4600G GPU: XFX Radeon RX 6650 XT MERC 308 I also tested this on another PC (also running an AMD setup) and got the exact same issue... I guess I can't be the only one, right? That being said, it's been happening for at least 3 years now...Any ideas or workarounds? Thanks!

Hello, I urgently need help with a recurring issue with Adobe Illustrator.I have been experiencing problems with Adobe Illustrator far too frequently, and these issues continuously interrupt and negatively affect my workflow.1. Errors when launching IllustratorEvery time I open Illustrator, dialog boxes appear with the following messages: Error in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\StartupScripts CC\Adobe Photoshop\photoshop.jsxLine 1: I/O error. Error in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Startup Scripts CC\Illustrator 2026\AdobeIllustratorAutomation.jsxLine 1: I/O error. This issue had previously been resolved, but it started happening again after the most recent update.2. Unable to save files as PDF / PDF Presets are unavailableWhen I select File > Save As... > PDF, the dialog box does not display the usual PDF presets, such as High Quality Print, etc.In other cases, when I try to save a document as a PDF, Illustrator simply stops responding and eventually clos

I've got a group of paths which make up a logo.  I've got an image I made where this logo is part of the background, but it hangs off the edge of the artboard (only half of it is meant to be visible).  In order for exports to actually be sized to the artboard, and because I couldn't find a way to crop the group of paths to fit the artboard, I've had to add a clipping mask. Is there a way I can use the clipping mask to make the crop "permanent", and actually remove the parts of the paths that are outside the artboard, so that I can just remove the mask from the layers?  Or is there some other method to actually crop this object to the artboard? 

I have a Mac M1 Pro with 32GB Ram and 1 TB SSD (300 GB available) and Tahoe 26.5. When I open Illustrator and Photoshop at the same time, the CPU ramps up almost to the max and the fans turn on. Working in either apps becomes very sluggish and unresponsive, even with small and simple files. When I pair Photoshop with any other Adobe app, the problem doesn’t occur, only in combination with Illustrator. So the latter seems to be the culprit. This is very frustrating, because I need to keep several apps open for my kind of projects. Can anyone help me here please?

AIHostAdapter.aip is a plugin that captures events such as “when the selection has changed” in Illustrator’s CEP. It is reportedly included as a standard feature starting with version 30.3.Since this plugin can capture events that occur before a menu command is executed, if it can cancel the command using `preventDefault` or similar methods, it should be possible to prevent situations such as a user accidentally trying to overwrite an opened .ai document as a non-editable .pdf.How can `preventDefault` be implemented? If such functionality is implemented in the plugin, it should be possible to achieve this by notifying the plugin via `CSEvent` in `CSInterface`. Or is it impossible to stop the action once a `Notifier` has been issued, due to the SDK’s specifications?

How do I hide the display of Noto fonts in the font list? There are soooo many Noto fonts that show up in Illustrator when previewing fonts in font list. I realize these fonts are needed for system reasons, and that's fine. I just don't need to see them everytime I scroll through my fonts in Illustrator. Please let me know how I can hide these from view in the Illustrator font menu. Thanks.

I have a layer in my design that is behaving exactly how I would like.  Unfortunately I cannot seem to figure out how I got it to behave that way or how to replicate the behavior on other layers.  I have a layer with positive and negative space.  For the first example below, I filled all the positive space with black.  I would like all the positive (black) to transparently show the image/design below and for all the negative to block it.  I can create a mask or clip to do this to one specific image, but I would like ANY image /design to show through in the area that is black now so that I can move around images below and play with composition…  Again, I got this to work on one layer,  I just cant figure out how… 

I am aware that this has been asked before, but I have not found an adequate answer.I have always disliked the methods used by Illustrator for pan and zoom functions. I have been using a program called X-Mouse Button Control to remap the functions of the mouse wheel and middle click to pan and zoom operations. For panning, this works well: Middle click to pan. In X-Mouse, the middle click is replaced with a macro that will hold the space key, and simulate a click/hold of the left mouse button. This allows panning in a way that is similar to many other programs I use daily.The zoom, however, is a bit more difficult. By remapping the mouse-wheel-up/mouse-wheel-down to include holding the 'alt' key, I can zoom in and out. The issue appears when I hover over the Transform dimensions and/or position of an object. Since the 'alt' key is held, it copies the selected object at each click of the wheel. While this can make for some very interesting geometric designs, it is no quite what I'm afte

Hi!I’d like to add text to an vector object of a shipping container. Is there some way using 3D please?

Illustrator started showing lines within text when I apply strokes. I thought the file was bad, but it happens even in a new file. I exported it as a JPEG to see if it's only in the program, but it still shows up in the image. Any ideas or suggestions on how to fix it? Let me know if you have any questions.Thank you! 

Am I using the wrong tool here, or is the clickable area for grabbing the start/end points of a text-on-path object unnecessarily small?See attached screen recording for reference. Feels like you have to hit that one-pixel-wide blue outline around the selection square just to get it to work. I find myself using MacOS Zoom to locate it.

Hello everyone.With the latest update, thumbnails of my recent files are no longer visible on the opening home screen/opening screen of Illustrator. The My Files/Open Recent Files list shows the 30 most recent files  - nothing has changed here and it works. Resetting illustrator settings doesn't help. Turning the GPU on/off does not help. Deleting older version settings/resetting current ones doesn't help either. All methods indicated on this forum since 2019 do not work 😕😕 Some program bug - nothing can be done about it. Has this happened to anyone else? macOS 15.0.1 SequoiaIllustrator 29.0Thx Tom

About once  a day, when I click on an object with the direct selection tool, the bounding box will be way larger than it should, implying another object on another artboard is included in the selection. This happens when the object I am selecting is NOT grouped with anything else. Moreover, is seems buggy because the mystery object doesnt have its "edges" visible the way it would if it were legitimately selected. I can deselect all, but then anything I click on, the selection's bounding box is expanded to include the mystery object. The only way I have found to deal with it is to drag a corner of the bounding box, then undo, and then click off again. Then Voila! I am able to select my object (or any other) without the mystery selection happening. I use clipping masks a lot, as well as many artboards, and have wondered if it's related to this, as the mystery objects are sometimes masked images, and often on another artboard. However, the mystery objects are not always masked.Anyone

I have to drag an object around to make others appear. (Watch my video for detail) 

A few days ago all of my fonts—both installed and activated—stopped appearing in the font-drop down menu in adobe illustrator and only adobe illustrator. They appear in both photoshop and in design, just not illustrator.Attempting to preview installed/activated fontsAttempting to preview Adobe Typekit fonts (yes creative cloud is on and active)Can't see the font name of text I've selected, but I CAN see the secondary selection "Light Italic Caption". I can not however change from "light italic caption" to something else, even though this font has a variety of weights/stylesFonts that are installed/activated appear as they're supposed to when working on an .ai file (image below is of activated/installed fonts rendering correctly on screen in an .ai file), I just can't select fonts at all from the drop down menu.What I can do:See activated/installed fonts rendered correctly in adobe illustratorWrite new copy/interact with the live text in illustrator What I can't do:See the name of

I am using Illustrator 2026. On opening, if I click Open > open recent files > I am presented with a list of 20 or so files which are from weeks ago and completed. No recent files (from the previous day, for instance) show up at all. Any ideas?

Bonjour,Probleme sur illustrator impossible a resoudre meme avec l’IA.Ex : J’ai un graphic sur illustrator composé de 2 bitmaps :1_bitmap 1 - layer 1 - couleur ROUGE2_bitmap 2 - layer 2 - couleur BLEUChaque bitmap a des zones pleines et des zones transparentes. Et ces 2 bitmpas sont superposés et incorporés.Lorsque que je veux selectionner le bitmap 2, ou meme si je veux selectionner avec la pipette la couleur BLEU,ca me selectionne toujours le bitmap qui est au premier plan. Meme si je clique sur la partie transparente, ca me selectionne le bitmap en premier plan.Dans les anciennes version ca marchait, aujourd’hui ca ne marche pas, comme si illustrator ne prenais plus en compte les transparences dans les bitmap.Pour le moment, si je dois seelctionner un bitmap precis, je dois bidouiller en verouillant les bitmap un par un que je ne veux pas selectionner.  Ou avec la pipette, je dois decaller chaque bitamp pour pouvoir pointer la couleur sur celui que je veux et ensuite les resupperpos

I'm editing a pdf downloaded from Open Street Map on illustrator, and the layers panel goes black whenever I click on it.The layers will load after a few minutes, but any subsequent operation, be it within the layers panel or not, will freeze the software entirely. Any advice will help on why this is the case and how to fix it. 

The issue I'm facing is: Illustator is taking about 1 minute to open a file. No matter if the file is big or short. Using the latest Version 24.9. I didn't face it at previous version.

I'm editing a pdf downloaded from Open Street Map on illustrator, and the layers panel goes black whenever I click on it.The layers will load after a few minutes, but any subsequent operation, be it within the layers panel or not, will freeze the software entirely. Any advice will help on why this is the case and how to fix it.