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Full Alignment Center Option (both horizontally and vertically)

Instead of having two tools (Horizontal and Vertical Align Center), can we get a tool that does both in one called something like Fully Align Center. I've included an image of what the tool might look like.

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  • Jean-Michel Le Goff commented  ·   ·  Report

    It should also valuable if pattern shapes become smart rules and active helpers like it is for glyphs.
    It may help to place more precisely patterns in a shape.

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

    I know two workflows to make this happen.

    First.
    1. Enable smart guides
    2. Grab the intersection of the rulers (the zero point) and drag it over the center of your object (assuming there is one, you can enable it in Attributes panel with Show Center), or to a chosen point on canvas. If your pattern is built with its center in the center of its module, this should effectively center the module in the object.
    3. Cut the shape
    4. Reset coordinates (or return them to their original position in cases you were not using the default zero). Make sure you have Transform Pattern Tiles option enabled in Preferences!
    5. Paste the object
    Now you have the pattern centered.
    Just watch the GIF.

    Second.
    Use a free script instead — Reset Pattern.jsx by Toshiyuki Takahashi (gau)
    Download it from here: https://github.com/gau/reset-pattern

    (Edited by admin)
  • geoff commented  ·   ·  Report

    I can't believe we are still waiting for this. Same as Eliel said below. Every version that comes out I just want this tool. Add it to the Align Palette. IT's a box with a line going through horizontally AND vertically. Yay done!

  • Patrick commented  ·   ·  Report

    Would it possible to make the align tool Center an object to Canvas if only one shape is selected? Adobe XD does this and it feels intuitive and saves a lot of time. Also it would be nice if the "align to selection", "align to key object", and "align to canvas" options could be either all three visible in the panel or a toggle button. Clicking on the drop down and then moving the mouse down to switch them is killing my wrist. I often go back and forth between aligning selections and aligning to canvas.

    Thank you,
    Patrick

  • Matt Tedeschi commented  ·   ·  Report

    I think you're asking for the same thing I came to add. Whenever you change the dimensions of the application, say full screen/monitor or half of your screen, the content doesn't re-center automatically.

    Ctrl + 0
    Ctrl + 1

    Work for now. But that's a nice illustration you have there.

    Thanks

  • Eliel Almonte commented  ·   ·  Report

    Add an option on the align panel to do both vertical and horizontal alignment at once! Currently I have to selected them individually.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Such an obvious idea, with such an easy implementation!

  • Collin commented  ·   ·  Report

    See attachment... very simple fix. Why is it taking so long to get this simple tool into Adobe illustrator.

  • Mike Gondek commented  ·   ·  Report

    Would be nice to add an icon that centers both axis instead of having to click twice for horizontal and vertical.

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