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Smart Guides when hovering over object and holding Cmd / Ctrl

In Photoshop, when you hover over an object and hold Cmd / Ctrl, there is a distance display. Please add this in Illustrator.

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Done (In Beta)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded  · 

The latest Beta 29.2.38 now offers a way to see the distances between a selected object and an object hovered over / edges of an artboard.

  1. Click on the object you want to measure the distance from
  2. Press Opt/Alt and hover over the object that you want to measure distance to
  3. You can also hover over empty area to see the distance from the selected object and the artboard boundaries

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  • San commented  ·   ·  Report

    Exact! The current measure tool is not that precise nor practical, because involves unnecessary interaction (non snapping dragging) .

    I think that the display of measures should emulate the one from Figma, with a simple alt+rollover:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/16v2m_y3paTDSEN6IjY3Im8bwdLDpU0Z2/view?usp=sharing

    I'm so used to it, that not having it in Illustrator has become increasingly frustrating

    This would be practical for everybody, specially UI designers.

  • LNMB commented  ·   ·  Report

    You can do this on an individual basis with the measure tool (bundled under the eye-dropper tool) - unless you're asking for something different?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    The ability to measure the distance (redlining) between objects is the only missing feature that makes me hesitant to design in Illustrator because the current way I do it adds additional unnecessary steps to make sure the spacing is perfect.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Dimension tool just like Adobe XD, when we press the option button from MAC, space show between two object.

  • behnam sobhkhiz commented  ·   ·  Report

    I think it would be cool if illustrator would provide a way to measure the distance between objects (shapes, lines, type, etc.).

    Thanks.

  • AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Photoshop has a useful feauture — it shows the distance between currently held object and adjacent one, when you hold Control.
    (I couldn’t capture these annotations on video, sadly).

    AI just doesn't.
    It can detect similar gaps between objects, show offset from current position, but not distances to neighbors.

    And it even doesn't show offsets when you use snap to grid (with Smart guides on).

    Please, make snaps great again.

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