When rotating an object, add a hotkey that allows the user to explicitly enter the rotation angle.
When rotating an object, I can see the rotation angle and I have to struggle to get the rotation to align perfectly to an exact angle. While I can do this with the rotate tool, it's frustrating to see the rotation almost where I need it, but having to undo, select the rotation tool, set the angle, etc.
If there was a hotkey while rotating, like say, Ctrl... a small text box would appear in place of the angle and I could just manually enter the angle with the previous rotation angle as a default, I think that could save people a lot of time.
Shane Jennings
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This is an approach many CAD editors allow. It also works with creating shapes, and it’s often mandatory, rather than optional.
I personally don’t feel it’s a thing a need heavily... if I want to rotate something around a custom pivot and a at custom angle, I use Alt+click to set it and get the dialog. If I’m fine with the centered rotation, I just hit Enter. Hardly often I rotate freely and suddenly need to be precise... If I need to rotate something to match other object’s rotation, however, — well, I use a plugin tool for that, Ai just sucks with it from the box. Is it something you are trying to do? Can you please demonstrate why and how you need a specific angle while rotating?
