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November 19, 2025
Question

Disable auto-disable Snap when using Eyedropper

  • November 19, 2025
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Hi there,

 

Everything worked fine until the recent update to the Eyedropper tool's sampling ring. After this update, each time I use the Eyedropper, snapping is automatically disabled, even if it was enabled beforehand. I now have to manually press Cmd+U (or Ctrl+U) to turn snapping back on, which is very inconvenient when working with paths and type.

 

Even worse, after enabling snapping with Cmd+U (or Ctrl+U) and then quitting the Eyedropper tool, snapping gets disabled again because I pressed Cmd+U while using Eyedropper. This forces me to press Cmd+U once more to re-enable snapping.

 

This is extremely inconvenient! Previously, I just had to press 'i' and I was done. Now, the process is: 'i', Cmd+U, pick the color, Cmd+U.

 

I checked Illustrator's preferences but couldn't find an option to change this behavior. If this is a bug, please resolve it!

1 reply

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 19, 2025

Hello @Drinks9935539307hyot,

Thanks for reaching out. Could you share more details, like the version of the OS/Illustrator installed and a small screen recording of your exact workflow, so we can better assist you?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav