Fast Skew Option in Illustrator
I’d love to see a faster skew workflow in Illustrator.
Currently, skewing objects requires extra steps, and it feels slower than it should be for frequent transformations.
Suggested behavior:
- When an object is selected, the normal bounding box appears.
- When the cursor moves near the left, right, top, or bottom edges of the bounding box, the cursor automatically changes to a skew icon (two opposite arrows).
- Click and drag from those edges to quickly skew the object.
- This would work similarly to how "rotating or scaling" works near corners, but specifically for skew transformations.
Linh Viet
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I recognize the controls shown in the video :)
While Ai doesn’t have it, it still allows fast skewing.
Tap E to pick Free Transform tool. Hover over a side’s middle, click and drag across the side (hold Shift to constrain the movement to exclude resizing).Personally I don’t use the bounding box at all (I rarely need it to obstruct my corners and anchors)... I’d agree with the need, but personally would rarely use it anyway.
Plus I have to mention the dedicated Shear tool, that does nothing but slanting. It has no default hotkey assigned though, and it’s another tool, same as Free Transform.
