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Color Name Missing When I Hover Over Swatch

Community Beginner ,
Jun 15, 2017 Jun 15, 2017

I updated to Illustrator 2017 earlier this week and I noticed now, when I hold my cursor over a swatch, it doesn't show me the swatch/Pantone name anymore.

Does anyone know why and how to get that feature back?

Please help.

Thanks!

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Community Beginner , Jun 15, 2017 Jun 15, 2017

Actually I just figured it out!  Only took me 2 hours lol

I turned on "Show Tool Tips" under my general preferences.

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Adobe Employee ,
Jun 15, 2017 Jun 15, 2017

Hi smith.arielle,

Does it shows color values?

color vaules.png

If not please save your work and close all Adobe applications.

Reset Preferences for Illustrator for details click here:  How to set preferences in Illustrator

Regards

Srishti

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 15, 2017 Jun 15, 2017

Hi Srishti,

No.  No pop up appears at all.

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 15, 2017 Jun 15, 2017

Actually I just figured it out!  Only took me 2 hours lol

I turned on "Show Tool Tips" under my general preferences.

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New Here ,
Jul 05, 2022 Jul 05, 2022

Thank you for saving me 2 hours 8^)

 

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New Here ,
Sep 17, 2023 Sep 17, 2023

Thanks!

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New Here ,
Oct 02, 2024 Oct 02, 2024

AHH so glad I found thi post!

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New Here ,
Oct 02, 2024 Oct 02, 2024

edit: this post* and Thank You!

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New Here ,
Sep 04, 2025 Sep 04, 2025
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Never ran into this problem. I know I was messing with some general settings, but did not think I did anything to change this. A few days later I had the problem. All fixed. Thank you so much!

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New Here ,
Aug 30, 2020 Aug 30, 2020

Nice to be able to find this solution 3 years later! 

Thanks! 

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New Here ,
Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

your a lifesaver thank you! 

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