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can't align a stroke to inside

Participant ,
Apr 11, 2012 Apr 11, 2012

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Hi,

I 've created a shape (Rectangle) , Applied a rounded corners, expand appearance, and a linear gradient.

After that i added a stroke in the appearance panel (2pt wide), filled it with white and when I wanted to align this stroke to inside

I can't.  The options "Align Stroke to inside" "Align Stroke to Outside" are greyed out .

What's wrong ?

Thank you

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Community Expert , Apr 11, 2012 Apr 11, 2012

Following your steps, I suspect you added a stroke at the group level. At the group level your option will be greyed out. Yo need to ungroup after your expand appearance.

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Try using the appearance panel often, there are many very important features there.

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Apr 11, 2012 Apr 11, 2012

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It may be an open path although it looks like a closed path. Aligning strokes inside or outside does only work on closed paths.

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Contributor ,
Dec 29, 2015 Dec 29, 2015

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This is one of the dumber things that still somehow exist in Illustrator. Why? What if you only want a stroke on one segment of a path? I'd use that ALL the time. If I could put the stroke on one side or another of the actual path, closed or not, it would allow the same result. I love Illustrator but there is bafflingly stupid stuff that Adobe just seems to ignore. You can save the "you're using it wrong" comments. I get it.

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Apr 22, 2016 Apr 22, 2016

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I sympathize with SINRISE...Adobe tools should be more consistent in use across all products - INDD, AI, PSD, etc. The things you can do in one program, you can't do in another. [Grrrr...]

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 12, 2019 Mar 12, 2019

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See fernandolins golden tip below

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Jul 26, 2019 Jul 26, 2019

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OMG. I was given a file with shapes in it that honestly looked like closed paths but when I double-checked the option to "Join" was available so I clicked it and voila all my problems went away! Thank you!

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Dec 22, 2021 Dec 22, 2021

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Ah, thanks!

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Community Expert ,
Apr 11, 2012 Apr 11, 2012

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You can easily achieve it with a custom width profile in version CS5

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Advocate ,
Apr 11, 2012 Apr 11, 2012

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Hi Kililio

If your shape is using brushes you cannot select align inside or outside (just to center). Also if you have a custom width profile you cannot select that align options too. But using width profiles (or the Width Tool) you could achieve the result you want..as Monika mentioned.

Best Regards

Gustavo.

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 10, 2017 Jan 10, 2017

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Another user friendly feature from Adobe...

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Community Expert ,
Apr 11, 2012 Apr 11, 2012

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Following your steps, I suspect you added a stroke at the group level. At the group level your option will be greyed out. Yo need to ungroup after your expand appearance.

Screen shot 2012-04-11 at 12.22.22 PM.png

Screen shot 2012-04-11 at 12.23.50 PM.png

Try using the appearance panel often, there are many very important features there.

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Participant ,
Apr 12, 2012 Apr 12, 2012

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Thanks a bunch guys !!!

@Mike Gondek , I use the Appearance Panel all dayyyy every day it's my bread and butter , i really like the color panel too , just on top of it ( I got "like photoshop" workspace set up )

thank you a bizillion very much !

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 26, 2014 Nov 26, 2014

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If you have imported the vector from another document or SVG or PDF file, Control+J / Command+J will join the loose ends and help you out on most cases

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Mar 17, 2015 Mar 17, 2015

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This worked for me. Thanks fernandolins!

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Apr 28, 2015 Apr 28, 2015

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Thanks fernandolins86- your comment was perfect.

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Mar 12, 2019 Mar 12, 2019

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Thanks fernandolins! Hit the bulleye

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You're a star, thank you!

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May 27, 2021 May 27, 2021

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Yes! This is it. This is the one! Thank you Fernando!

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 11, 2016 Feb 11, 2016

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The "correct answer" doesn't work for me. I am working with a single, ungrouped object. Expanding appearance does nothing; aligning stroke to either inside or outside is greyed out. Period.

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Community Expert ,
Feb 11, 2016 Feb 11, 2016

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Cindy1643 schrieb:

The "correct answer" doesn't work for me. I am working with a single, ungrouped object. Expanding appearance does nothing; aligning stroke to either inside or outside is greyed out. Period.

Then please create your own thread, because your problem is different.

Post a screenshot.

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Mar 09, 2018 Mar 09, 2018

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expand the shape then expand appearance, then try.
Worked for me.

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Dec 27, 2020 Dec 27, 2020

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Thank you but sadly not working. I ungrouped and even checked for open paths but nada. The options still don't appear.

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Community Expert ,
Dec 27, 2020 Dec 27, 2020

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Yo mean you have tried since 2018?

Can you perhaps show something?

Your problem path and the layers and the appearance panel (path needs to be selected)

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Dec 30, 2020 Dec 30, 2020

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Thanks for the reply. Looks like rebooting Illustrator did the trick... go figure. ~Cheers!

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Apr 22, 2021 Apr 22, 2021

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This glitch has just caused me to lose 5 hours of work after drawing a complicated floorplan and then finding out the client wants EXACT dimensions based on inside stroke measurement -  and this after cutting up the all the open paths for door openings. No way to re-align the stroke. Darn. 

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