Move objects always moves downwards in y direction, behaves fine in x
Selecting an object and hitting ENTER brings up the 'Move' dialog and, for a while now, negative values moved things up and positive values moved things down the y axis. Fair enough, we all got used to it. As of today, things behave differently and everything is always moved up, unless I adjust the angle in the two entry fields below. Please see attached GIF.
Stephan Mönninghoff
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Please locate the 'Adobe Illustrator Prefs' file (for you current Ai version — it can be located somewhere here: C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator [version] Settings\[locale]\x64), open it in text editor and check two flags:
/isRulerOriginTopLeft
and
/isRulerIn4thQuad
By default these are set to 1 and define which corner Ai uses for 0,0 coordinates (top left or bottom left) and if the axis should go up or down.
If you set these to 0 — Ai will behave like it was in CS4.
Here is a discussion (one of many) on community forums: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/how-to-change-the-quot-y-quot-coordinate-from-positive-to-negative-when-moving-down/m-p/11079361Make sure both these match (both 0 or both 1) and see if changing them helps in anyway. Please reply back.
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Dan
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Stuck with this bug and it's 2023! If I attempt to move points on an object using the Move panel, it doesn't matter if I enter positive or negative values, the points only ever move down. It's literally impossible to get points to move upwards using the move panel.
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Anonymous
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I'm still not used to it and have to think everytime I move something because it's opposite of what I did in Illustrator for years. We have our production using an older version of Illustrator and the vertical move is opposite of what I used every day so it gets confusing when I have to help them. On any other Y axis in the world, positive is up, negative is down.
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Mike O
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A positive number in the Vertical edit field should move the object up.
Why does a negative value for a Y axis coordinate result in a positive move?
Just installed 24.01 and a positive value in the Vertical field (in Move dialog) still moves the object down (negative direction on Y axis).
In CS4, Move behaves as expected. -
Just to clarify: I don't care about the change that positive values in y direction move things down (in any CAD it's the opposite). The bug I'm seeing is that *regardless of what I enter*, objects always move UP. Only when I use the direction/degree inputs can I control where objects go.
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Not everyone got used to it :(
