Having this issue, too, on a 4k monitor, and it's freaking. me. out.

Having this issue on a PC with a high pixel density display, using mouse. Very frustrating. Moving and scaling objects is frequently a chore, they always rotate instead, even though the mouse cursor has changed to the appropriate move / scale cursor. I could work around this more easily if the mouse cursor at least matched the actual behavior, but presently it's a guess-and-check terrible UX.

This feels like a high priority basic functionality bug that should be fixed immediately.

I've been having this issue since I began working at home in Mid-march. I don't remember having a problem with it when working with a large monitor in the office but on my smaller laptop screen it's a real pain. Presumably the tolerance is defined in pixels so on a larger monitor there's greater detail??
Either way, it needs to be sorted out and hasn't as the admin suggested in August.

Yes, the problem still exists. The admin lied; they haven't fixed anything.

This has NOT been fixed. I am using PS2020 with a Wacom 16, and I cannot grab and move anything without first zooming in 600+%. The objects rotate, scale, and even round corners, but it is impossible to select and drag. Other times, I try to scale the object, but it will only rotate. It seems rotate overrides everything.

It is extremely frustrating that we cannot perform the most common function with one of the most common hardware tools.

This problem still persists. Anyone???

Could we get some info from the admins? Is anybody working on this issue? It is not solved.

I have to say, I was extremely frustrated with this (obviously from my comment below haha). I finally figured it out. I wish Illustrator would have just just given a solution rather than just saying "we have fixed this issue" when people are still having issues with it. From further Googling and deep internet searching....What you do is Object > Shape >Expand Shape or Object > Expand. This worked for me and basically disabled the rotation unless I specifically grab the corners to turn. I am posting to hopefully help other people.

Update 6 months later: this solution is only good if you don't plan on rounding the corners and etc. as it messes up the object. But, it is a temporary solution to get rid of some of the annoyance. UGH.

The fact that this has been an issue for 3+ years now makes it obvious ADOBE doesn't give a **** about their customers (other than creating the next subscription product to drain more money from them). How can this be happening? In my opinion, Adobe lucked into its position of being the default creative toolset in the industry. They have always made horribly bloated and buggy software. Adobe... do us users a small favor and get this bug fixed!

For those still having problems with this - try going to your external preferences txt file, do a search for 'createLiveShapes' and change it from 1 to 0. That helped for me. You can convert a shape back to a live shape if you need to have non-destructive corner radius etc. It's Live Shapes that seem to cause that massive disparity in the rotation vs scale control tolerance.

I cannot stand this anymore. I am at my breaking point with how frustrating this is. I can't even bring in round edges on my square/rectangle shapes. All it wants to do it rotate my objects! I feel like adjusting a shape is more important than rotating an object!

Now using 24.2. Still have to zoom in on small objects to be able to rotate... will this ever be fixed?

I have the same problem on a laptop with UHD touch display. Even when I'm just using the mouse.

I agree with all the comments below. Adobe is charging too much to have this many problems with the software. They've used these cloud based updates as a way to get more money out of people while delivering an inferior product. They've lost my business once I get my next project completed.

This has made my work flow suffer significantly. It's incredible that they charge more and more for this app and this has yet to be fixed.

By bloating Illustrator with useless stuff, they made it unusable. This has become a joke...

This is not completed. I am in version 24.1.1 and use a Wacom pen tablet, and I have to zoom in a crazy amount to have size handles. HELP!!!

Agreed, this is VERY frustrating, trying to do letter page sized menus, and having to zoom in to make changes is a serious time waste, and inefficient. PLEASE fix Adobe, I'm paying $$$$ every month. Having this issue with just a mouse in Windows, no wacom.

This problem is happening for me using a mouse, on a Windows computer, with the latest CC update. It is driving me crazy!

Amazingly, this regression is still not fixed. I feel let down with every new update. It's a huge frustration and time-waster.

Illustrator CS6 was much more performant and stable. What on earth happens to our subs money?

Adobe, please build software for pros, not simply gimmicks that look good on sales material.