Legacy shape-drawing functionality is missing
I do not want "smart" shapes by default. My biggest gripe is that one cannot easily draw shapes in rapid succession. For example, if I draw a circle and immediately want to draw another, say, centered around the anchor point of the previous, I have to CMD+SHIFT+A to deselect the previous shape. Otherwise the shape tool is no longer a shape tool but a TRANSFORM tool.
David Castillo
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You can switch off the bounding box and smart widgets by pressing shortcut Cmd + Shift + B and can use the drawing tools as legacy tools.
You can also select View→Hide bounding box for the same.
For reverting back to current state again press the same shortcut or select View → Show bounding box
Hope this would help achieving your workflow.
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David Castillo
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Thanks—this is a good workaround, but not quite the same as the functionality from previous versions of Illustrator (3–4 versions back). The bounding box is not ideal when using the Shape tool, but it is preferred when using the Select tool.
It would be ideal to not toggle bounding box functionality in addition to changing the tool. It would be great to have those transform controls unique to the Select tool again.
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Ashutosh Gupta (Illustrator Team)
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Hi,
You can switch off the bounding box and smart widgets by pressing shortcut Cmd + Shift + B and can use the drawing tools as legacy tools.
You can also select View->Hide bounding box for the same.For reverting back to current state again press the same shortcut or select View -> Show bounding box
Hope this would help achieving your workflow.