Stop Illustrator Color Panel from opening when I select a fill or stroke color on the toolbar

[#1]

Hi, everytime I select a fill or stroke color from the toolbar, the color panel opens. How can I prevent the color panel from opening?

[#2]

Hi, everytime I select a fill or stroke color from the toolbar, the color panel opens. How can I prevent the color panel from opening?

[#3]

You could switch between Fill and Stroke in the Swatches panel instead and the Color panel will not open.

[#4 · Accepted solution]

To add onto Jeff's suggestion try the  hotkey of "x".

[#5]

To add to Mike's keyboard shortcut, Shift-x will swap the colors of the Fill and Stroke of a selected object.

[#6]

Yo, what if I never want that color panel to open? Like ever. 

If I spend a bunch of time setting up all the panels with the tools I want displayed on the screen, I really don't want anything jumping in and mucking that up.

[#7]

I agree with you. Looking for an answer too

[#8]

Did you ever find one?

[#9]

No, and I'm still pretty irked about it. The color panel is basically useless to me. I never want it to open up. I can't find a way to stop it. 

[#10]

Damn. That sucks. I 100% agree with you. 

[#11]

Just came across this issue, here's a solution.

Right click on the palette name and uncheck Auto Show Hidden Panels. You may need to save your layout prefs so that it remembers next time.