What happened with shift+eyedropper pickup in the new versions of AI?

[oleksijp79466572]

Previously I was able to pick up exactly pixel color on a gradient and apply it as plain color (not only to a gradient node) to whatever I want even if there is a gradient on a path currently. But now it does not override a gradient with plain color, but change only one node. How can I transform a gradient to plain color, which I choose from this gradient, with one click as before?

[Grant H]

if you shift drag eyedropper over gradient and lift up pen (are you using mouse? Then shift click and drag) then it should cgange gradient to solid colour.

/G

[Barb Binder]

Hi oleksijp79466572:

Move the Eyedropper tool onto the object whose attributes you want to sample. (When you’re correctly positioned over type, the pointer displays a small T.) Shift‑click to sample only the color from a portion of a gradient, pattern, mesh object, or placed image and apply the color to the selected fill or stroke.

~Barb

[oleksijp79466572]

Does it work in a manner that actually overrides the gradient with a plain color if I apply the picked up color to a path with a gradient?

[oleksijp79466572]

These two below are the results (actual and desired) of self-applying the picked up color.

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

Ctrl + Shift + Click (Mac)?

[Barb Binder]

Hi oleksijp79466572 :

I'm in AI 2019 (23.0.3).

With Fill in Front (so that I change the fill color and not the stroke color):

Click on the green wing feathers:

Shift + Click on the green wing feathers:

What are you doing differently?

~Barb

[oleksijp79466572]

You have applied a picked up sample to the path with a solid white fill. But I am trying to apply a sample to a path with a gradient fill.

[Barb Binder]

Hi oleksijp79466572 :

Thanks for your patience with me.

I am trying to apply a sample to a path with a gradient fill.

So you have a path with a gradient fill:

And you want to change it to a solid color? Do I now understand the question?

(I am still Shift + clicking the gradient with Eyedropper)

~Barb

[oleksijp79466572]

Now I figured out that I can do that when all color nodes of a gradient are deselected. I can deselect these when I select a middle slider.

I'm just used to do this without extra thinking about nodes state as it was in previous versions. It seems that they remain selected permanently after I tweak any gradient in a document. And I have to deselect them explicitly.

[juresti]

This doesn't work if I need a solid fill on one abject and selecting a gradient fill on another object. It used to work.