Applying a stroke colour changes the fill instead

[Sam329057051r49]

I've noticed a bug where when I create an object, I can't simply apply a stroke to it by selecting a colour from the swatch icon in the control dock. When I select the stroke colour icon and choose a colour it changes the fill colour instead, whereas previosuly a new stroke would be applied with the chosen colour.

In the screenshots below I have a black fill on the rectangle object. I then try to apply a yellow stroke and in the following screenshot, you can see that it changes the fill instead.

In the third screenshot, I have added a stroke by selecting the dropdown menu for the stroke weight then selected the stroke colour icon and chose my colour which should be blue but it changes the fill instead.

[Doug A Roberts · Accepted solution]

This has been identified and fixed in Beta:

Using Color Mixer in Control panel for stroke changes the color of the fill instead – Adobe Illustra...

[Jeremy28216879ufr7]

This is happeneing to me now, too. This is wildly frustrating and I can't figure out how to actually change the stroke now. This is not fixed. And I have recently updated my Illustrator.

[Monika Gause]

Are you running version 29.2?

If so and it's still happenbing, you might need to reset the preferences (which will of course erase your settings)

[no_3726]

This is not fixed.  This is genuinely quite pathetic from Adobe. I'm actively using other programs as a result.

[Doug A Roberts]

What version of AI are you using?

[Jeremy28216879ufr7]

V29.1. I just updated to that the other day.

[Jeremy28216879ufr7]

I just updated to v29.1. My creative cloud shows that as the most up-to-date version. And I don't see how this could be a preferences thing, unless that would correct a weird bug like this. Forgive my ignorance of computer programming; I'm an artist, not a programmer.

[Monika Gause]

Some things need a preferences reset in order to really be erased. If you don't believe me: up to you.

Anyway: you need version 29.2

[Doug A Roberts]

29.2 may not be rolled out in your region yet. Check again in a few days.

[no_3726]

Fun waiting a few days for something so basic. good work adobe.

[ImageLabel]

I found this post while having the same issue 1-20-25.  I checked creative cloud and it said there was a version 29.2.1, updated and now it seems to be working fine.