Arrow keys stopped moving selected objects
Selected objects are not moving with arrow keys (this was working fine earlier today). In the history panel it shows the actions as "Move" when I press the arrows, but the objects do not move with this method.
I had not changed any settings, verified the layers were not locked, tried it with a single object and got the same result. I tried this on both my Mac keypad and my bluetooth keyboard, so it isn't an issue with the keys themselves. I restarted my Mac twice and it has failed to resolve.
Additionally, objects have also been randomly selected periodically and it does not allow me to click off / deactivate the object. I usually end up closing and reopening the file.
Amy Lynn
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This got solved by changing the Keyboard Increment parameter in Preferences > General back to a normal value.
Since it’s the first field that gets active when the dialog is called, it seems like it’s very easy to change it accidentally. It’s not the first time this is reported, so if it happened to you — please try to see if you can recreate the problem intentionally.
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Amy Lynn
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Oh my gosh, Egor - thank you! I didn't change any settings in Illustrator so I have no idea how it updated, but it was set at 0.0001 pt. I updated it to 2 pts and it's working now. Thanks for your help!
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Amy, can you please check Preferences > General, the value you have in the Keyboard Increment field (the very first one)?
If it has something very small or zero — can you change it and try again?
And if it helps — how do you think this value could have become different? It is focused when Preferences is called. Perhaps you typed something.
If it’s not the problem though — still please reply!(Edited by admin)