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oh my word... is that all it was.... doh! Thought I'd checked on all the options etc.. clearly missed this one. thank you so much.

hi, been going slightly loopy with this... really slowing me down - and had worked fine previously... I have a file with 6 artboards — one has colour swatches as shapes to be used for overlays, the rest have the graphics. Normally, I'd edit my graphics, then simply select one of the colour shapes (on a different artboard) and alt-drag to copy across to the graphics artboard. That always worked fine. Now, I cannot select anything on another artboard, ie only the artboard I am currently will allow me to select via clicking on shape/line. If I click on a shape/line on a different artboard, nothing happens... Have set up new files with different settings etc, restarted all - checked preferences...nothing I can find that solves it. Finally just do a work-around now - by double-clicking artboard title to select it, then select my graphic to copy — the double-click the other artboard again to paste it.... giving up on the alt-drag now - this is very long-winded all of a sudden... PLUS: annoyingly double-clicking artboard title switches selected move tool to node tool... Did a quick screencast to show you. PS: another new issue is with placing shapes outside of the artboard. This worked ok before (bit quirky in behaviour at times but worked) — but now, whenever I want to place anyting outside of the artboards, I will have to manually move it in the layer panel to be outside of the artboard. Only then will it appear. Otherwise, the shapes somehow remain, selectable only by dragging across... very odd and frustrating ;( selectionerror-AD-_2020-10-15.mov

ok - did that whole thing again — exported my assets, closed AD, same procedure to rename user.. reopen and work.... already happening again, then importet my assets, all seemed ok for a little while... and again. so my routine is that on frozen hand/move tool, I save and close file - reopen to get back to work. very frustrating at the moment...

Thanks, Gabe — tried that - and it seems ok so far. Only trouble is I've lost assets I'd created and which I'm using for a current project. As I don't know how to get just those back, had to put my old user setting back. Will do export etc and then get new user settings generated again. Will keep you posted on how I get on.

just another update — tools still ge stuck as described above but the black block display is now a common occurence.... This seems to happen a lot when switching between tabs, or switching window modes....

Thanks for adding to this, StevenR. I'm here just to report back — 2 days later and the issue is getting worse. The tool freeze/hang now happens more frequently, still without rhyme or reason. By now, I am no longer trying to 'escape' the error and get my tool active, I simply close/save file and open it again. Very tedious but seems the quickest way around... I tend to have quite large files, and was worried it was file size/weight that needed too much CPU or something - but the files I am working on vary between 5-35MB at the moment, with a maximum of 8 artboards so far. Don't think the size is an issue...

Hi, seeing some weird oddities at the moment — MacOS 10.14.5 // iMac // AD 1.7.1 Working on some graphics across 3-5 artboards — sporadically, the tools switching stops working. I have not figured out any pattern as in when this happens, what could be triggering it or anything that causes it. When it happens, I am stuck with the move/hand tool and nothing works to switch tools: keyboard shortcuts show on toolbar that icon is switched, yet cursor+function remains on move tool. Clicking tools on toolbar with cursor results in the very same. Tried hitting ESC, tried swithcing 'edit all layers' on and off, tried switching artboards / layers / personas ... sometimes random clicking/switching works to get tools to switch again, other times it does not. Closing file and opening it back up again is mostly the only reliable way to get back to work again. Been working on various files, single or multiple artboards - same behaviour. Currently, it's bearable as I can close/open my file - but it's slow going when it happens a lot. Have done all sorts of clearing of cache etc as well... nothing seems to be a premanent fix so thought I'd better report this. an additional error keeps happening when switching between 2-3 open files: black colour blocks, see screenshot attached

brilliant news - it's one of the aspects which keeps me going back to AI……… would much rather stick with AD :) but that + the use of the pasteboard… are the main bits…

yes, please +1 for this one :)

Hello everyone, thought I'd show you a new site we just launched - featuring 4 section icons using the lovely brushes in AD :) still getting used to the exporting (in terms of slices etc), to be honest - but loving AD and the super quick exports :) Questions & Answers for sites powered by WordPress

great news ~ thank you :)

Just one more vote for the transforms :) and also agreed, the gradient tool is amazing!

Thanks, MattP :) Not sure which '&' was breaking the SVG? Inside my text? Glad you know what caused it :) and thanks for the work-around suggestion - will keep that mind.

Time was running out on me in the end and I had to revert back to AI for this one, just to get it done on time… here's what I was trying to achieve with the illustration ~ you can see the texture fills which are the ones giving me trouble in AD at this point. the full page: [for reference, the final piece as PDF]

the AD file I'm not doing anything fancy at all… as I could not figure out how to merge the shapes while keeping their integrity, I've merely grouped them. hope this will tell you something…