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Ellipse tool missing from Toolbar in Illustrator

New Here ,
Jul 04, 2019 Jul 04, 2019

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I don't understand why my elipse tool continues to disappear.  I had someone on this forum help me restore it yesterday and now its disabled again

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Community Expert , Jul 05, 2019 Jul 05, 2019

Click the 3 dots at the bottom of the Tools panel.

From the menu that appears, choose Advanced. The Advanced toolbar contains ALL tools.

If the tool disappears, it may be that your workspace has changed.

You can save your custom workspace by showing and hiding the tools and panels that you want. Then choose New Workspace and give it a name. It will appear at the top of the workspace list. That way if anything disappears, you can simply choose your workspace from the list, or if necessary, you can R

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Jul 04, 2019 Jul 04, 2019

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When you say 'disabled', do you mean you can see it but not use it?

What happens when you use the shortcut 'L'?

If you click on the three dots at the base of the toolbar palette, can you see the ellipse tool on the list, and if so, can you drag it to your active tools?

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 04, 2019 Jul 04, 2019

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Hi Luke,

Thanks for reaching out. As per your query, ellipse tool was there sometime back but got disappeared all of a sudden. That's definitely not usual. I would request if you can share a few more details like:

  • OS and version of Illustrator
  • Click on three dots at the bottom of toolbar and check if you see ellipse tool in the list of All tools

      

  • If yes, you can simply drag it from there.

Looking forward to your response!

Regards,

Srishti

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Jul 05, 2019 Jul 05, 2019

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Click the 3 dots at the bottom of the Tools panel.

From the menu that appears, choose Advanced. The Advanced toolbar contains ALL tools.

If the tool disappears, it may be that your workspace has changed.

You can save your custom workspace by showing and hiding the tools and panels that you want. Then choose New Workspace and give it a name. It will appear at the top of the workspace list. That way if anything disappears, you can simply choose your workspace from the list, or if necessary, you can Reset your custom workspace.

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New Here ,
May 12, 2021 May 12, 2021

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DOES NOT APPEAR on Advanced tool list nor on basic.  I've never created a workspace.  This is a fresh download. Does not appear in the listing or as disabled or inactive.  PITA. Have installed this software twice properly including uninstalls.  

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Community Expert ,
May 12, 2021 May 12, 2021

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Please show a screenshot.

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New Here ,
Jan 17, 2022 Jan 17, 2022

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It's really annoying with AI was set like that.  Very bad in unfriendly user interface with hide-n-seek.

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New Here ,
Jan 17, 2022 Jan 17, 2022

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I found it.  Good or bad user interface design, you say it.  I left-click the rectangle then it shows the choice list for defferent sape!

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 22, 2022 Jun 22, 2022

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Seriously, every update I need to spend time searching stuff. 
is this really an innovation that was needed to make? It only spilled my precious time. 
Can I please expect more consistance the next update?

 

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Jun 22, 2022 Jun 22, 2022

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What changed for you? In which update?

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