Gradient tool on desktop similar to the iPad version!
Please make the Interactive Gradient Tool work as in the iPad version, where both end nodes behave similarly.
On the desktop version, when one end is dragged, it moves the whole gradient around.
On the iPad, both ends can be moved independently.
It makes the tool counter intuitive!
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Ryan Brown commented
The gradient tool interface is starting to feel cumbersome and unintuitive compared to gradient tools in other design software such as Figma. In Figma you set a gradient on an element and can move either point of linear gradient axes freely.
In Illustrator, in order to rotate the gradient you have to essentially guess which axis point is the rotatable and then rotate around that axis, which Illustrator may or may not snap back, or you have to completely redraw your gradient axis.
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This problem is highly illustrated with examples from this report: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/36623800-gradient-tool-issues
That original problem is not exactly about bad UX, but the name of the report suggested broader comments, so there you have it.
You can surely upvote both, about I recommend adding votes under this newer one instead, since it’s a request and not a report, and is more specific.
