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Eyedropper tool not working correctly outside Illustrator

Community Beginner ,
Jan 24, 2020 Jan 24, 2020

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I know how to grab colors from a web page or whatever on my computer to use as fill in Illustrator. However, for some reason, now Illustrator will ONLY grab colors from my task bar at the bottom of the screen. It won't grab from webpages, my desktop, pictures, etc. 

 

When I'm trying to grab a color, I see the eyedropper, but the color never changes in the fill box in Illustrator. It always just stays white or black and will then turn my image white or black. If I go down to the task bar, it has no problem grabbing colors from the Firefox logo or the Illustrator logo. Any advice?

 

Edited to add: I just noticed I can also grab colors from my File Explorer, but still not from any websites.

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New Here , Jan 21, 2022 Jan 21, 2022

On Mac OS, go to:

  • System Preferences
    • Security and Privacy
      • Screen Recording

Make sure Adobe Illustrator has the checkbox enable.

Regards,

 

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Adobe Employee ,
Jan 24, 2020 Jan 24, 2020

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Hi Shena,

 

Thanks for reaching out. I found a similar discussion on the Eyedropper Tool. Please click on the link below to refer to the discussion:

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/sampling-colors-outside-of-illustrator/td-p/9692889

 

Let us know if this helps or if you need any further assistance.

 

Regards

Rishabh

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Community Beginner ,
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Hi Rishabh,

 

Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, I had already read that discussion and this does not answer my question. I can't get colors to show up anywhere except my bottom task bar.

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Community Expert ,
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double click your eyedropper... check if your settings are as you like.

Screen Shot 2020-01-24 at 14.45.07.jpg

maaaaybe something there

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Community Beginner ,
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Thanks for trying...they're all the same as yours.

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Community Expert ,
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and are you sure to drag out ?

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Yeah, I don't let go of the mouse at all. It's so weire because I can get the colors from the task bar without any problem. It's just from everywhere else that it just stays white or black.

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Try holding down the Shift key while dragging the Eyedropper outside the Illustrator window.

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Community Beginner ,
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Unfortunately, that didn't help either.

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Which system? Catalina?

Did you allow Illustrator to record your screen?

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I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but I'll answer to the best of my ability. I'm running Windows 10. I'm not sure how to have illustrator record my screen. 

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This is a permission issue specifically with Mac OS. I don't think Windows 10 is affected (yet).

 

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I see...thank you for trying!

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Jan 21, 2022 Jan 21, 2022

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On Mac OS, go to:

  • System Preferences
    • Security and Privacy
      • Screen Recording

Make sure Adobe Illustrator has the checkbox enable.

Regards,

 

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Apr 01, 2022 Apr 01, 2022

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This helped me solve the issue!! Thank you so so much!

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Aug 19, 2023 Aug 19, 2023

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If you have this problem on PC and it won't let you sample anything from the browser, it's most likely because you have hardware acceleration on in your settings. Turn it off and it will work fine!

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