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July 4, 2019
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Ellipse tool missing from Toolbar in Illustrator

  • July 4, 2019
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I don't understand why my elipse tool continues to disappear.  I had someone on this forum help me restore it yesterday and now its disabled again

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    최고의 답변: barbara_a7746676

    Click the 3 dots at the bottom of the Tools panel.

    From the menu that appears, choose Advanced. The Advanced toolbar contains ALL tools.

    If the tool disappears, it may be that your workspace has changed.

    You can save your custom workspace by showing and hiding the tools and panels that you want. Then choose New Workspace and give it a name. It will appear at the top of the workspace list. That way if anything disappears, you can simply choose your workspace from the list, or if necessary, you can Reset your custom workspace.

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    barbara_a7746676
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 6, 2019

    Click the 3 dots at the bottom of the Tools panel.

    From the menu that appears, choose Advanced. The Advanced toolbar contains ALL tools.

    If the tool disappears, it may be that your workspace has changed.

    You can save your custom workspace by showing and hiding the tools and panels that you want. Then choose New Workspace and give it a name. It will appear at the top of the workspace list. That way if anything disappears, you can simply choose your workspace from the list, or if necessary, you can Reset your custom workspace.

    maraziwazi
    Participating Frequently
    June 22, 2022

    Seriously, every update I need to spend time searching stuff. 
    is this really an innovation that was needed to make? It only spilled my precious time. 
    Can I please expect more consistance the next update?

     

    Doug A Roberts
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 22, 2022

    What changed for you? In which update?

    Srishti Bali
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    July 4, 2019

    Hi Luke,

    Thanks for reaching out. As per your query, ellipse tool was there sometime back but got disappeared all of a sudden. That's definitely not usual. I would request if you can share a few more details like:

    • OS and version of Illustrator
    • Click on three dots at the bottom of toolbar and check if you see ellipse tool in the list of All tools

          

    • If yes, you can simply drag it from there.

    Looking forward to your response!

    Regards,

    Srishti

    Doug A Roberts
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 4, 2019

    When you say 'disabled', do you mean you can see it but not use it?

    What happens when you use the shortcut 'L'?

    If you click on the three dots at the base of the toolbar palette, can you see the ellipse tool on the list, and if so, can you drag it to your active tools?