"Add arrowheads" missing

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February 24, 2017
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Hi all,

I would like to add arrowheads to a stroke in Illustrator. However, the section "add arrowheads" is missing in the stroke panel. Where did it go? Thanks for your help.

Florian

Correct answer Monika Gause

Double click the panel's title bar (or its tab).

TwistyBitz

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VilP

Participant

No one of the options has worked for me, I just can't seem to find the arrow library anywhere...

I'm on CC 2019 ID v14.0.3

Any guidance appreciated

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

InDesign 2019? This topic is about Illustrator.

M

maybe, maybe not

Participating Frequently

At some point, the arrowhead controls were moved from the Effect menu (as John Mensinger mentioned above) to the Stroke panel. My memory doesn't stretch back far enough to know if that was between CS3 and CS4, but it would make sense if that was the case, given your experience.

Ah thanks doug. Id read John's comments but not twigged that may be where it switched from. Yes - CS3 it's under effects. Thank you 🙂 I've spent two hours so far trying to draw an arrow. Given up on Illustrator. It's just beyond me. Even in photoshop am trying to create a transparent background cutout and failing. 12 years Ive had cs3 - also a subscriber to Creative Cloud but deleted all the current crop of versions from my machine and reverting to CS3 which I get on better with. It just baffles me why everything is so hard. I use Archicad every day but there isn't a day I have to do something in Adobe when I don't wish I didn't have to.

I think I'm gonna to have to buy a transparent background arrow, because the £2k adobe software I bought and have been using for 12 years I can't work out how to use. Crazy.

Jamie_Starr

Participant

It's real easy, but does not excuse them needlessly changing it:
In the Appearance tab (Window > Appearance), click on the word/hyperlink "Stroke."
That's all.