「中央に整列」を実行したときに、座標の平均ではなく選択範囲の中央に揃えたい ／ Align to center of selection instead of average of coordinates when "Align Center" is executed
現在のIllustratorデスクトップ版で「選択範囲に整列」を設定し、複数のオブジェクトを対象に「垂直方向中央に整列」または「水平方向中央に整列」を実行すると、それぞれのオブジェクトの中央の座標を平均した位置で揃います。
一方で、Illustrator iPad版で同じ操作を行うと異なる結果になります。iPad版の「中央に整列」では、座標の平均ではなく、選択範囲（バウンディングボックス）の中央でオブジェクトが揃うしくみです。
自分が確認した限りではPhotoshopやInDesignもこちらの仕様です。
- 「選択範囲に整列」というオプションの名称からも、座標の平均で揃うことは推測しにくい
- iPad版のように、選択範囲の中央に揃うほうが直感的でイメージしやすい
- デスクトップ版とiPad版の同じ機能がそれぞれ違う動きをするのは避けるべき
- 選択範囲の中央に揃う仕様はその他のAdobe製品でも採用されている
上記の理由から、Illustratorデスクトップ版でも「中央に整列」では選択範囲の中央に揃える仕様に変更してほしいです。
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In Illustrator on desktop, select multiple objects, and in the "Align to Selection" setting, execute "Vertical ( or Horizontal ) Align Center".
The objects will then be aligned at the average of their respective center coordinates.
However, the same operation in Illustrator on iPad produces a different result. The iPad's "Align Center" aligns the object at the center of the selection (bounding box), rather than at the average of the coordinates.
As far as I have confirmed, Photoshop and InDesign also have this specification.
- It is difficult to infer from the name of the "Align to Selection" option that it will be aligned with the average of the coordinates.
- It is more intuitive and easier to imagine the result if it is aligned to the center of the selection, as in the iPad version.
- It is not good to have the same functionality on desktop and on iPad, but with different results on each.
- Alignment to the center of the selection is also used in other Adobe products.
For the above reasons, I would like the Illustrator desktop version to change the specification to align to the center of the selection.
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Nick Kelleher commented
In InDesign, Horiztonal/Vertical Align Center aligns selections to the center point between the outside edges of a selection group. Whereas in Illustrator, Horizontal/Vertical Align Center seems to average the center points of the selection group. Having used both, it seems like the InDesign functionality is more intuitive: Position the widest/tallest object where you want it to be, then align everything else to it.
Maybe it's just me, but I've never needed/wanted Illustrator to align a bunch of selections to their average center point. Furthermore, getting everything in a selection to have the correct average center point seems like more work than aligning all of the object manually.
Perhaps the Illustrator alignment tools are meant to be a 2-step process: (1) align selections on center then (2) move them to where you want them. That being said, the Horizontal/Vertical Align Center seem to be the only 2 buttons that use the center points of selected object rather than the outside edges.
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Oleg Krasnov commented
I agree. Guess where these objects will be centered? The answer in the attached video.
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monokano
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This "average of coordinates" is an archaic Illustrator specification that remains. There is no reason to use this specification nowadays.
この「座標の平均」は、古めかしいIllustratorの仕様として残っているものです。今となってはこの仕様を使う理由はありません。
