Trying to change the colour of an object to a gradient I saved in my library

Question

Hey guys, so I created a couple of gradients the other day which I just saved as a square shapes in my library (I read that you couldn't save gradients as swatches). I was initially able to select an oject, and then click on the square with the eyedropper tool and it would change the colour of the object to the gradient. But now when I do this, it just changes the colour to whatever part of the gradient I happened to click on (so its just one solid fill colour instead of a gradient). I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong or how to acheive what I need but any help would be really appreciated.

Mike_Gondek10189183 · Accepted Answer

You are coorect you cannot add a gradient to the library as a swatch,. Lets all upvote this post from 2017, was at 808.

You will need to OPTION drag the graphic from your library to your canvas to place as a graphic and not a link. Then sample from the graphic. Also, double-click your eyedropper to check that appearance is enable.

Ton Frederiks · Answer

Are you using the Creative Cloud libraries?

Then you need to Alt Drag the object with the gradient from the CC library to your document.

If you saved the gradient in the Swatches panel befor you added it to the CC library, it will also be added to your swatches when dragged into other documents.

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