Please add an ability to align points using the Align panel
Please add an ability to align individual points using the Align panel. This has always been an option, but it seems to have been removed.
Christopher Bryant
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Oh yes, I know exactly what you mean, and am well aware of this workaround :(
I can’t say it was ever an option... I checked a couple of older versions, to be sure, and nope — selecting all the points makes the whole path selected, and it means there is no way to set a key point. I’d love to have a better way!Please also take a look at this related request, Highlight an anchor point used as a key object :http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/43801218
One comment there is about the same exact problem you (and many of us) are having. -
Christopher Bryant
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Yes, the panel. I would like the ability to select all points on a path with the Selection Tool and align all points because it is the Selection Tool and not the Direct Selection Tool. The way it works now I'd have to add an extra segment to the end with a point I don't select, align the points I want aligned, and then delete the extra one at the end afterwards.
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Christopher, you mean Align panel, not the Align tool? (there is no such a tool in Ai)
It’s still possible to align points to each other using it, just checked. The last selected point becomes a key point (unless you select all of the points of the path, which is treated as selecting the whole path).
The points is never highlighted, and there is a request to get it improved, 'Highlight an anchor point used as a key object': http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/43801218Or do you mean something else? Can you share an example of the task you are trying to accomplish? Perhaps I can guide you through it.
