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November 1, 2019
Question

All of a sudden... GRADIENT not working at all!

  • November 1, 2019
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Never have run into this ... when I click on gradient tool I get a ' + cursor with a circle and line through it' and it shows nothing, zip, when I try to make a gradient box ... dont know what to do as I'm sure its some stupid little setting or something I bumped on the keyboard.

 

Any help would be most appreciated!!!

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4 replies

Mike_Gondek10189183
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 1, 2019

The gradient tool does not create gradients, but adjusts existing ones. This is a common misconcpetion as on other software like Photoshop you can create a gradeint with the gradeint tool. 

 

Select a shape, and click here to fill an item with gradient.

 

Now the gradient tool will show an annotator you can adjust the position if the gradient stops, and the tool actually does something.

michelew83603738
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 2, 2019

That is true, but you don't get a cursor with a strike through it. Something else is going on.

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 2, 2019

You do when the Stroke is targeted.

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 1, 2019

Trying to change the gradient direction on a stroke?

meganchi
Legend
November 1, 2019

Did you accidentally lock a layer?

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 1, 2019

Please show a screenshot of the object, the layers panel, the gradient panel and the appearance panel