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Kalhu Soru
Kalhu Soru
Participant
March 21, 2017
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Illustrator keeps de-selecting my selections on its own

  • March 21, 2017
  • 2 replies
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this has been happening for the last couple of times I worked in Ai and its getting on my hair. Ai just keeps de-selecting my selections like 28-30 seconds after I've selected an object (any object; vector or a image). Its really disrupting my workflow and i have checked if its been happening to anyone else. I've checked if there are similar threads but i couldnt find any.

    Correct answer Monika Gause

    mattrock1  schrieb

    I've been experiencing this issue as well. Disruptive and frustrating.

    macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013), 2.7 GHz, 16 GB.

    Illustrator CC, 22.1

    Did it ever work?

    Did it just start?

    For one user this could just be solved by resetting the preferences, which might be necessary, but might also cause a lot of hassle.

    So first you might want to try: restarting the machine, using a different pointing device.

    It would be interesting to know if you migrated preferences when upgrading to the current version.

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    ethanG222
    Participant
    December 31, 2024

    I found what was causing the issue for me was that I had a couple assets become unlinked in the Links window, and they were constantly trying to update from the cloud, but kept failing. Every time it tried reconnecting it, it would deselect any layer I was on. Hope this helps someone!

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      littletinyfish
      Participating Frequently
      January 30, 2025

      Brilliant. Thank you.

      Mylenium
      Mylenium
      Legend
      March 21, 2017

      Nobody can tell you anything without exact system info or other technical details. For all we know, this could just be soem input device driver stealing AI's focus or whatever.

      Mylenium

      mattrock1
      mattrock1
      Participating Frequently
      October 11, 2018

      I've been experiencing this issue as well. Disruptive and frustrating.

      macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013), 2.7 GHz, 16 GB.

      Illustrator CC, 22.1

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      October 11, 2018

      mattrock1  schrieb

      I've been experiencing this issue as well. Disruptive and frustrating.

      macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013), 2.7 GHz, 16 GB.

      Illustrator CC, 22.1

      Did it ever work?

      Did it just start?

      For one user this could just be solved by resetting the preferences, which might be necessary, but might also cause a lot of hassle.

      So first you might want to try: restarting the machine, using a different pointing device.

      It would be interesting to know if you migrated preferences when upgrading to the current version.

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