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Grave / Tilde key (`/~) to move / rotate a pattern within shape not working

My Tilde/Grave accent key is no longer working to transform a pattern within an object. Normally, I can rotate or move around a pattern when I hold it down without moving the object. It hasn't worked since my last update.

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  • Rox commented  ·   ·  Report

    Has this issue been fixed for anyone yet? I can't seem to rotate patterns within an object either...

  • Fernando Zamora commented  ·   ·  Report

    this has been happening to me from time to time. all of a sudden i can't transform my pattern by holding tilde key.

  • Kathy Lloyd commented  ·   ·  Report

    I was told to contact support. The link brings up generic page. Please elaborate on contact info for this software problem.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Ability to move Pattern inside Object - holding tilde key does not work, and numeric position is not interactive

  • Monika Gause commented  ·   ·  Report

    In addition it would be very important to make this kind of modifier key (there are several like it) platform independent as well as language independent.

  • Jeff D commented  ·   ·  Report

    You can move patterns while holding ~ and click+dragging with the Selection Tool (v).

    However, its implementation is terrible. There's no live preview of the pattern moving, so you just have to keep click-dragging, releasing, and re-adjusting. It's tedious and imprecise.

    You can instead use the Move dialog (select the object and hit Enter/Return). Here, you can use Transform Pattern to move the pattern by precise increments with live preview.

    Please, Adobe, make this function more intuitive.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Have you tried using "~" instead of ">"? This may be a keyboard language issue.

  • Johanna Rothe commented  ·   ·  Report

    Some colleagues of mine are able to move a pattern filling within a shape by holding down < and the direct selection tool (white arrow). Some others - including me - are not. It's quiet annoying to move a pattern numerically within the shape (transform --> move).

    Adobe Support was not able to solve the problem.

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