Copy-Paste object with attached Graphics Style creates duplicate of style in Library

[MurzNN]

Every time when I Copy-Paste object with attached Graphics Style, this action creates duplicate of style in Library with incrementing number suffix.

How to reproduce this bug in Adobe Illustrator CC 2018:

1. Create any object (eg rectangle), make custom outline (eg Red 2pt).
2. Make new Graphics Style from it via dragging it to Graphics Styles Library list, make the name "Test style".
3. Save this document as .ai (without version downgrade) and close it.
4. Open this document again.
5. Select this object, and ensure that it still have linked graphics style "Test style"
6. Copy it to clipboard and paste into this document.

As result, you will see that new pasted object have "Test style 2" instead of reuse already exists "Test style" style. When repeating this actions - we will got more duplicates "Test style 3", "Test style 99", etc.

How to prevent creating duplicates of style in library, and reuse the already exists attached style?

[MurzNN]

Here graphics-style-duplicate-example.ai - Google Drive  is example of file, that have described problem. Try to copy upper rectangle to clipboard and paste it.

[Ton Frederiks]

Is it only this document that has the problem?

I can repeat it in your example, but not in new documents.

If I cut your rectangle and remove all graphic styles, paste the rectangle back multiple times, I do not get duplicate graphic styles.

[MurzNN]

No, this is not only one document, this is just an example created from scratch. The problem repeats for me often with many documents, created in one version of Adobe Illustrator on one computer. It repeats not each time, but randomly.

So I want to understand the source of the problem and the solution how to solve it (convert bad Graphics Style to normal) without recreating whole style from scratch.

[Monika Gause]

This sounds somewaht familiar:

Deleted Global Colors/[HUH?] error/Unused Brushes Keep Returning

[Mike_Gondek]

I had the exact same result as Ton. The problem returns as soon as i close  and reopen the document. The fix bad plug in global object names plug in  does not repair the file , so to me sounds like Adobe needs to look into tweaking that plug in.

Is there different  about your install. Do you have any plug ins or a special language install, as  I noticed the cyrillic layer and artboard names?

Though a manual removal of code could  fix this one file, sounds like your install is creating these. Cleansing your prefs helps might help from stopping this weed of code from being planted in your new files, but obviously not your existing ones This can spreads quickly so is very much a concern for me, and applaud you for your concern for finding the source of the problem.

[MurzNN]

Is there different  about your install. Do you have any plug ins or a special language install, as  I noticed the cyrillic layer and artboard names?

I create this file with reproduced problem in fresh clean Adobe install (I already try reinstalling before create this post), so have no plugins installed, only default Adobe setup. Application language is Russian (Cyrillic).

[Mike_Gondek]

HI MurzNN,

Appears that Ton and myself  cannot recreate the issue unless we use your file. Something is likely  altering your file. My suggestions is might be something that latched onto your prefs or OS (eg: clipboard enhancer)

Can you confirm you are on the latest version CC 2018, as what nto sure by some of your previous posts.

Did you Use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems to remove before reinstalling?

[MurzNN]

I created this test file on one computer with clean Adobe Suite install, here is version information:

Adobe Illustrator version is 22.0.1

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OS: Windows 10.0 x64

[MurzNN]

I do a fresh Windows 10 install and Adobe Creative Suite on virtual machine, and it reproduce the same problem in new created files (after closing file and open again), so the source of problem seems in Illustrator, not in clipboard extender or other software. Can you recheck the problem and try to reproduce?

[Silly-V]

If you see and try to re-create this graphic style based on the pattern brush, as in my answer to this question here: Looking for illustrator script to swap all objects with another - Graphic Design Stack Exchange

When such an appearance is recorded as a style and applied to one object, copying and pasting that object adds the copy of this graphic style into the styles panel.

However, alt-dragging such a shape or using the layer-panel-activated duplication does not add the unexpected copy of the graphic style. Also interestingly enough, copying and pasting multiple shapes with this style also do not add the copies.

[MurzNN]

Silly-V написал(а)

When such an appearance is recorded as a style and applied to one object, copying and pasting that object adds the copy of this graphic style into the styles panel.

So this is the bug in Illustrator and must be fixed? Or this is "feature" and will not be fixed in new versions?

[Silly-V]

Думаю что баг.

[Mike_Gondek]

Looks to me like a bug that is happening on your files. We cannot recreate and I have not heard of this exact issue before on forums. A similar issue is in the link Monika posted, but that one spread to files  by copying any element to a file and you are using CC2018.

Would be helpful to know

1. Does this happen on new files you create?
2. What is the history of  files this is happening on? What version of Illustrator were they built with, do they have something in common like starting from a die you received from a printer?
3. Could this possibly be related to  the Russian/Cyrillic installation of Illustrator? Do you know of anyone else who has experienced this, or can recreate? Could even be the keyboard input language assigning a nonstandard character that corrupts the code of the .ai file being written. But since since your graphic styles were named in latin characters, do not believe so but possible.
4. You mentioned having no illustrator plugins/modification, an OS modification would likely not  cause this except for maybe a clipboard enhancer. But is there an anything different your system software than from a fresh install?
5. Has this happened to anything else besides graphics styles?

[Silly-V]

Try my graphic stack overflow link technique, it's a really fun technique first of all, but secondly you will definitely see this issue in a reproducible setting.

[MurzNN · Accepted solution]

Here Pasting symbols now creates unique symbols instead of instances of the original symbol – Adobe Illus...  is bug report about same problem, so let's vote for fixing it.

[vincask85175301]

Hi,

I have the same bug - duplicate graphic style after copy paste.
Very hard to reproduce in a new file.

For me, there were just a couple of graphic styles that duplicated after copy paste.

I solved this by remaking those "corrupted" graphic styles from scratch and replacing the current saved ones with clean ones.

I did a clean remake of graphic styles:

1. started from default appearance and a basic shape

2. didn't use anything from graphic style and swath panels. (not sure if this had any influence on the result)

3. if I needed a specific color, I copied the color code from a swatch

4. after the appearance was finished, I replaced the graphic style that was "corrupted" with the clean one