Why is my "Draw Inside" disabled?

Forum|Forum|9 years ago
November 30, 2016
6 replies
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Just like shown in the image above, why is this turned off and what can I do to use it?

Correct answer jane-e

Or you have a Group selected.

It could be any of these ideas!

Select one path and try again. Does it work now?

Jane

Y

yyc_5829

Participant

yes

Just like shown in the image above, why is this turned off and what can I do to use it?

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

This is a nine years old thread with a correct answer. Can you create a new one and give some details and screenshots why it is not working for you?

Y

yyc_5829

Participant

yes

jane-e

Community Expert

Oh, but I did just find something that I think is truly odd. I was about to say it might be a line, because how can you draw inside a line? It turns out that you can. But you can't see it in Preview. Because it is a line, after all.

Here is my illustration in GPU Preview:

Here is the same illustration in Outline View:

And one more time, here it is in Isolation mode:

jane-e

Correct answer

Community Expert

Or you have a Group selected.

It could be any of these ideas!

Select one path and try again. Does it work now?

Jane

D

denni2579

Known Participant

Thank you... I had this same problem and it was because after using the shape builder tool my new shapes were grouped. Ungrouping them enabled the draw in front feature again.