When snapping to a point please take edges of object into consideration
"When snapping to a point, the snapping alignment depends on the position of the pointer, not the edges of the dragged object." -- A. Illustrator
...but if I could put my pointer exactly where I need it in order to get the edge of an object exactly on the margin, what's the point of the snap to feature? That is a pain in the butt. And really hard to do. I need the option of snapping the edges of the object to the margin. Spart guides do not help.
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Christopher Sharp commented
'Snap to point' in Illustrator is poor. You cannot currently snap objects together reliably. Results are inconsistent.
For example,
1) snapping a point to an edge does not work well, if at all. I have 'snap to point' on and smart guides enabled.
2) when using constrain with the shift key, whether they be points or edges. Even with snap to point turned on, or using smart guides. Just something simple as drag-copying another box adjacent to itself does not snap together the edges.
In my videos, the first video applies to point 1) and the second video at 10s, you can see that when using 'constrain' there is no information about where the edges are, and snapping of the edges clearly does not work. Not even dragging a corner, which is a point, to the other objects' edge, no snapping or any edge indication.
Adobe please do not consider this. Please just fix it and make this work, please!New idea from comment
This comment was upgraded into a new idea: Snap to Point doesn’t help much to snap an object’s edge to another edge, even with Smart Guides -
ColliderScribe from Astute Graphics does it right, but there is still a room for improvement. Check it anyway, perhaps it covers the needs you have (a paid tool though)