In my Swatch Panel there is an option of User Defined but it is grayed out & I can't find it

[Denise5F95]

In my swatch Panel there is a User Defined option but mine is grayed out. How do I locate it or access it?

[Monika Gause]

You mean the option in the menu?

It will be active once you have saved a custom swatches library into the default location in your user folder.

[Denise5F95]

If you go to Swatches when it opens down at the bottom left corner there is
an icon that looks like books If you open it & go to the bottom of the list
there is a user Define option. I have saved all my swatches in there but it
has disappeared/grayed out & can't be opened. How do re-activate it or
locate it?

[Monika Gause]

Has there been an Illustrator update?

And you didn't migrate your settings?

In that case you could search for the swatches in your folders. Here are the locations: https://www.vektorgarten.de/illustrator-settings.html 

[CarlosCanto · Accepted solution]

as Monika mentioned, you need to save your user defined swatches first, then the button will be available

[Sam24345203ugcr]

Doesn't work if it is grayed out.  They are asking for a fix for that. 

[Monika Gause]

When you do not have any custom swatches libraries then that menu item will stay greyed out. That's how this concept works. First save a user library then select it from the menu.

[DustinKonrad]

It's been years but I hope you found a solution because it is not here

[DustinKonrad]

My problem was that I had fill selected instead of stroke, once I switched to stroke I was allowed to save. Without saving a seperate file for the swatches to live in btw. You only need to do that if you would like to bring up a swatch library later, not for simply making them in a file.

[DustinKonrad]

After that I could save from either the fill or stroke, seems like a simple bug on my end.