Skip to main content
P
Pieter0D44
Participating Frequently
November 10, 2020
Answered

Stuck in isolation mode (Help a noob)

  • November 10, 2020
  • 15 replies
  • 28144 views

Hey guys,

 

I'm just starting to use illustrator and I am trying to create a character that is playing tennis. However I got stuck in isolation mode. 

 

Things I've tried:

Restarting Ai

Pressing Esc multiple times

Double clicking everywhere

Looked through the Ai settings

Right clicking the isolated box, this only shows me the option to isolate it again. 

 

I think the issue here is that the box that is my arm is isolated too, but it doesnt show me to stop isolation mode on that box. 

 

I can't find any other object I've accidently isolated either. 

 

How my screen currently looks:

Thanks in advance,

 

Pieter

    Correct answer Kurt Gold

    Jasmine,

     

    the bug is fixed in the latest application release.

     

    Do an update to version 25.1 (released today).

     

    15 replies

    P
    Pranay5C47
    Participant
    July 14, 2021

    OH MY GODDDD!!!

    AFTER TRYING A LOT OF THINGS I FOUND A SOLUTION WHICH SAVED MY PROJECT.

    COPY AND PASTE THE LAYERS IN A NEW ART BOARD OF A NEWLY CREATED PROJECT.

    IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, THEN JUST SAVE THE FILE, CLOSE ILLUSTRATOR, RESTART THE PC, OPEN ILLUSTRATOR AGAIN, OPEN THE FILE, COPY LAYERS AND PASTE IN NEW ARTBOARD OF NEWLY CREATED PROJECT

    K
    Khalid28633164pcwv
    Participant
    March 20, 2025

    I think i have found the solution so all of your layer are in this layer and somehow it lowers the opacity for me the layer name is like this <layer> its new layer and what i didi is i draged all my layer out of it in fixed it 

    Kurt Gold
    Community Expert
    Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 18, 2021

    Good luck with that solution, jdh.

     

    There may be a couple of people who would rather avoid to take this route.

     

    jdh49360652
    jdh49360652
    Participant
    March 18, 2021

    The solution is to save the file in .SVG, close everything and reopen Illustrator. You should open the .SVG file and ungroup all the layers and fixed the problem.

    D
    devinhowells
    Participant
    February 3, 2021

    Unlock layers, select all, turn off paste remebers layers, paste into new layer. 

    K
    Kate5C6D
    Participant
    January 18, 2021

    The same thing happened to me. I just ended up copy-pasting everything to a new file and it showed up with 100% opacity. 

      D
      dephyant
      Participant
      March 18, 2021

      Yes!! OMG thanks Kate!

      This is the only thing that worked for me. All oher methods didnt work. Cut paste into new doc! of course! so simple.

      Kurt Gold
      Community Expert
      Kurt GoldCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      January 6, 2021

      Jasmine,

       

      the bug is fixed in the latest application release.

       

      Do an update to version 25.1 (released today).

       

        joryellen
        joryellen
        Participating Frequently
        January 13, 2021

        Actually not true, Im updated and this has happened to me 2x already. it happend when you in isolation mode and hit "undo" once it locks in isolation mode there is not getting out of it, file is lost. only thing you can do is close the file and hope that most of your work is saved.

        joryellen
        joryellen
        Participating Frequently
        January 13, 2021

        ignore i did have the latest update... sorry.

         

        Z
        Zach5F84
        Participant
        December 14, 2020

        Okay, what the heck. This worked for me. How did everything in my file except for what I isolated get to 50% opacity all of a sudden? Is there a key command for this, cause I need to avoid this in the future. I've spent over an hour trying to figure out what happened. Also I couldn't click on anything in my file except for what I had isolated until I clicked that little circle in the layers panel and bumped everything back to 100% opacity. Sometimes I cannot handle illustrator. smh. 

        Kurt Gold
        Community Expert
        Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 12, 2020

        Margarita,

         

        may I ask the same question: Can you share a sample Illustrator file (.ai) with reproducible instructions to catch the issue as a bug?

         

        T
        tannerb40854585
        Participant
        November 17, 2020

        This is happening to me as well and I have to rebuild the file every time it does. I will try and reproduce it the next time it happens. It usually happens when I try and undo while in isolation mode. Really annoying and a big time suck. My layers end up locked, rearranged and condensed into one layer. Even after closing the file and restarting the file stays as is. This has been happening since the last update. 

         

         

         

        M
        Margarita5EFE
        Participant
        November 12, 2020

        It is probably a bug.
        It started after the last update.
        It happens when you work in issolation mode, usualy after 2-3 undos. 
        It nests all other layers under a "hiden" layer and if you unlock and drag them back where the were supposed to be, it returns to normal.
        Unfortunately, many times it freezes and you can't do anything but Force Quit 😞
        I think I can reproduce it.

        Kurt Gold
        Community Expert
        Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 12, 2020

        mhopp,

         

        can you perhaps share a sample Illustrator file (.ai) with detailed instructions to reliably reproduce the issue in order to prove that it is a supposed bug?

         

        Show more replies
        Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
        Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices