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illustrator 2018 - eyedropper tool doesn't pick-up properties

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October 30, 2017
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Hi,

I've updated to the latest version of illustrator 2018 and found a bug relating to the eyedropper tool.

It doesn't pick up the properties especially with text styles. I have one style of text, use the eyedropper to copy the style to the other and doesn't work.

It picks up colour but very oddly picks up shades as well and not the solid colour of the object.

How do I fix it or must i wait for an update?

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Wingmanmatt

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Ah, thanks Monia. Did something change with the latest Creative Cloud version? I've never had this issue before.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

This has not changed. There's one other thing you can do: Shift-click the color you want to pick. Make sure the fill is focused when you want to apply the color to the fill.

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Wingmanmatt

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Monika Gause

Community Expert

Your blue color got applied below the black color. You can see that in the Appearance panel.

You can either:

- select the letters with the text tool and then pick up color

- or move the fill on top of the "Characters"

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MichaelAlly

Participating Frequently

This behavior has absolutely changed in recent versions. It didn't used to do this. Why on earth would I want to add a secondary fill to my text that goes underneath it????

If I select text, then eyedropper on a colored shape, my text should now take the color of the shape I just selected. It's not happening. Please fix.

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Wingmanmatt

Participating Frequently

I've got a rectangle that's white and a text layer that's blue both separate layers in a group. If I select the blue text and then pick the white rectangle, nothing happens.

All boxes are checked in the eyedropper options window.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Please show.

msAniElle

Participant

I just converted over to CC from my trusty CS6. I started to encounter this issue almost right off the bat. It's so incredibly annoying! If anyone has discovered a fix, please do let me know!

wbd

Participant

Same issue here. The workaround I have to use is to _deselect_ Character Style and Paragraph Style in Eyedropper Options. Then the eyedropper picks up the actual present color, font and size of the source text.

When I leave Character/Paragraph Style checked in Options, the eyedropper applies a style that I long ago removed from the document -- no text in the current document has either paragraph or character styles applied, the only used color in the document is 100% black (I have made sure by using Add Used Colors; there are no others used in the document) -- but when I use the eyedropper the values from that long-ago deleted style override the source style I am clicking on and the _always_ becomes 93% horizontal scale, Semibold weight, a custom build color fill. I have tried copying the contents of the file to a new file to check, and that does not help. Definitely a bug.

rjgrullon

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Same issues here, I have to manually go to the Appearance panel and change color from there. This has rendered the eyedropper useless, and it was the tool that I used the most.

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philh31164866

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I have the exact same problem ... ADOBE ARE YOU LISTENTING ... Fix THIS!!!

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DaveNagyMKA

Participant

Me too! Get your code-Monkeys on this! @adobe

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melindam93866200

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Chiming in with the exact same problem. This is an incredible waste of my time to not be able to use my eyedropper. Where is the engineering QA queue??

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Ballookey Klugeypop

Inspiring

I have this same issue:

I use the eyedropper to sample properties from another object,

The currently selected objects' appearance doesn't change, but it's properties in the swatch panel and the appearance panel update to what the eyedropper should have applied,

BUT, if I cut, and paste the object it then displays correctly.

Lots of bugs in this latest update to AI.

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VincentOBrien

Participating Frequently

I have the same problem. I copy something from one doc to another with a drop shadow and feather. I click on a new object which is empty, go to the object with colour and feather etc, click the eye dropper tool and it does nothing. At best, it copies the colour but doesnt add the feather or shadow. Cmon Adobe.... what the hell is going on. You are casuing me hours of uncosted work having to manually change everything rather than simply pick up a style !!!

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MissSpaceCadet

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Here's an example of where I'm experiencing eyedropper failure again today. I used the eyedropper tool to change the color of the wrench from orange-fill-white-stroke, to white-fill-orange-stroke, and the object doesn't change, but the properties panel insists that it has.

Before using eyedropper