Library VS Swatches question

[Franky Spills]

Hello. 

I have a handful of textures I've been working on in photoshop.  I've saved them all as .tiffs and imported them into AI.

I pulled them into my library.  Which AI does just fine.  However if I want to apply that "texture" to my shape fill, nothing happens.  Instead I have to import them all into a swatch pallete and then I'm able to use it as a shape fill.  But I prefer to work from the library.  I'm I missing something? I thought it would be possible to work from the Library on this...

Thanks!..

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

In order to save Illustrator patterns in the library, you still have to use the workaround and drag an object filled with a pattern into the library. This also cannot be directly applied to the next shape.

[Anshul_Saini · Accepted solution]

Hi Franky,

Thanks for reaching out. Monika's workaround is the correct way to apply pattern/ texture in Illustrator. I found a similar UserVoice and would request you to upvote it & add your comment there. By doing this, you will get updates on this, and it will help prioritize the request.

Regards,
Anshul Saini