Edit just the path when text is on path
Editing the path, independently of the the text on the path is no longer possible. For the last couple decades, I could place text on a path, then I would select the direct select tool (group select via key modifier) and click just on the path to select just the path. Then, I would switch to the regular selection tool. At this point the handles for scaling an object would become visible. Then I could scale or distort the path, independently of the text. About 2 or 3 years ago, Illustrator was suddenly no longer able to do this. At this point, the only way to edit the path independently of the text is to go into the transform palette, unconstrain proportions, then type numbers, or use cursor keys to adjust the size or shape of the path. It's really, really tedious. Plus, as soon as you touch the cursor key, the text shifts to the side or bottom of a circular path and you have to slide the text back to the top. I was hoping this would get resolved on it's own at some point but it seems that it's not getting resolved.
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K-O
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Text on a circle: If I adjust the circle(path) in any way; scale or pull a point, the text resets to a default position (defined by AI). Often, I have text inverted along the path with a baseline shift and spacing. That all disappears if I adjust the path. This is clearly a bug as it didnt do this in the past and undo sometimes fails to work properly.
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Gavin Foulston commented
I have a document with a bunch of text on circular paths. The text changes size every time I change the circle sizes. It is so time consuming having to go in and change font sizes back everytime. Please get this sorted asap.
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JQ
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Someone posted this bug early last year but it persists. We used to have the ability to adjust the size or shape of a path, say a circle, which has text on that path, without resetting the positioning of the text. This worked perfectly for years, and now it has been broken for some time and costs users a lot of time and frustration.
Example: You have text on a circle path. The text is just the way you'd like it, but that path needs to be just a bit smaller or larger. So you select just the path, and reduce or enlarge its size slightly. Welp ... there goes the positioning of your text. And as an added aggravation, UNDO doesn't reverse it.
Please, Adobe, many of your users just want the basic, useful things to work instead of new bloated features we would rarely use.