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  1. Editing direct select tool node deletion/undo

    I love being able to delete a node just by pausing with the Apple Pencil on top of the node. However, there is a conflict with trying to move and adjust the node. Often when I am carefully and slowly moving a node, it deletes it instead of moving it. Then when I hit undo the node comes back but it isn’t visible. My work around is to click on a different line to select the nodes there and then click on the line that I want to edit. Then I can see the node I want to move again.

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  2. Alt click with the Scale tool makes y scale 0%

    Al clicking with the scale tool (to choose an origin and open the numeric scale dialog) results in a default Y scale of 0%

    That's strange!

    And please make the upmost input field the default selected one.

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  3. pen tool bug

    There is a glich in my adobe illustrator, I cannot select the tools when I select the tools it only shows the icon of pen tool

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  4. Eraser doesn’t work if I lock an object behind

    Whenever I lock an object behind the object I am try to erase I can't erase anything. It is a really annoying bug that needs to be fixed.

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  5. Rotate and Scale Tool sometimes affects all points on a path instead of just selected points

    In previous versions of Illustrator (before 2021), if you had individual anchor points selected and you used the rotate tool, it would rotate all selected points and leave unselected points stationary. This was useful for quickly editing only part of a path.

    Now, in 2021, sometimes the rotate or scale tool rotates all the points, regardless if they were unselected.

    Note that in my recording, the skirt's anchor points work as expected. But the sandal's points transform the whole group of objects.

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  6. Rotate tool

    In illustrator 25 rotation tool doesn't work well. It doesn't remember previous value, and set a random value every time
    Like this
    R-Return or double click on tool

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  7. Cannot place an AI or EPS file in a new document without it looking messed up (AI 25.0)

    I've tried placing AI and EPS logo designs into a new document and the logos are distorted. (Opening original looks fine). Weird scaling of individual parts and unexpected curves. It's a mess. Have to copy paste from original, cannot use place at all.

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  8. Unsauber

    Vektoren lassen sich in Illustrator 2021 nicht mehr sauber und geschmeidig ziehen, Formen lassen sich nicht passgenau verschieben.
    Sie "hopsen" mit Absätzen und können nicht mehr (wie früher in den alten Versionen) sauber und geschmeidig platziert/gezeichnet werden. Ich würde gern wieder sauber und geschmeidig mit Vektoren arbeiten. Was ist da faul?

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  9. "Can't create an eraser path"

    Trying to erase part of a path and keep getting the popup message "Can't create an eraser path". This happens in version v25.0 78@219798 but it works as expected in v25.0 and v24.3

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  10. reference

    BUG: Transform > Set Reference Point

    The transform tool is not behaving as expected. Width and dimension transformations do not transform according to the selected reference point.

    EXPECTED RESULT: when the reference point is set to centre, I expect the transformation to apply 50% of a change in the height or width value equally to both sides of the object.

    ACTUAL RESULT: The transformation behaves as it was set to left and applies 100% on the new value to the right side of the object.

    To see this bug in action, please watch the attached clip.

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  11. Not being able to grab smaller objects

    I don't know exactly when this changed but I noticed how system has a much lower grabbable distance around things. I end up toggling a lot between the outline view ctrl+Y and selecting things that way which is not efficient.
    we always have a lot of fills and effects, so when I try to grab things I'm always grabbing shadows that are so much larger than the line it came from so I have to use it a lot. This didnt use to happen before with older versions, can this be improved for future upgrades?

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  12. パスのハンドル

    作業中に急にパスのハンドルが消えて、見えなくなることがあります

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  14. Zoom Tool - Modifier key doesn't work

    v. 25 2020, Mac OS X version.

    Modifier key not working for Zoom tool (magnifying glass). Steps to reproduce:

    1. Select Zoom tool.
    2. Move over dartboard, hold down Option key.
    3. Zoom tool changes to Pan tool.

    Currently, there is no way to zoom out with the Zoom (magnifying glass) tool.

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  15. Random line weight changing with rectangle shapes

    Since I updated to the latest version of AI (24.3) my operating system will support (Mac Pro [late 2013], Version 10.13.6), I keep running into this issue. After I create a rectangle using the rectangle tool, which I always keep at 1 px weight, sometimes the line weight randomly lowers to a percent like 0.63 px. This has happened when I duplicated the rectangle, or changed it's pixel dimensions in the Transform menu.

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  16. Where is the Polygon tool in Illustrator V24.3???

    Hi Illustrator Team,

    Where did you guys hide the Polygon toold? It is not in the extensive option under Rectangle tools.

    All I am seeing are:-
    Rectangle,
    Rounded rectangle tool
    Ellipse Tool
    Star Tool
    Flare Tool

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  17. Impossible to create a very simple compound object of a shape and a word of multiple characters

    It's been an ongoing issue for me for years. Until recently I used to be able to work around it by breaking the word into individual characters and substrating them from the shape one by one but now even this annoying method stopped working. I have literally no idea how to do this very simple thing any more!

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  18. Direct Selection tool and transformation controls not functioning

    Direct Selection tool not working at all.
    Cannot direct select any anchor points at all.

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  19. Blob Brush sticks and then releases when starting a stroke. very annoying

    I have tried everything that I know. n Unchecking GPU Performance is not working. I do a lot of work in blob brush and the attached video shows how annoying this is. I have a Wacom Cintiq 22HD.

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  20. The path Eraser tool not working

    Rien ne se passe quand je veux effacer quelquechose qvec cet outil

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