Radial gradient Annotator's centre point not aligned to object centres
Windows 10, all updated.
Illustrator 30.3 64-bit
The end point of the 'Gradient Annotator' marking the centre of a radial gradient should, I think, be placed on the centre of an object. But there is a rather big offset (image 'gradient-align.png'), which makes it tricky to position the gradient to, for instance, the bottom of an object.
The centre is not really the centre but is rather to the right of the centre point. It is weird.
Ideally, it would be at the centre so the 'Gradient Annotator' could be perfectly placed at the centre if the bar was moved down ('gradient-moved.png').
Mica M.
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This black dot is not a center point actually, but a hilite widget. Dragging it would make the center of the gradient offset.
Since you gradient doesn’t have a color stop at 0%, there is none shown at the annotator’s ramp — and it would sit right there in the center of a circle. -
Mica M.
commented
Just to add: I understand of course that the colour stops can be moved all the way to the left, but the 'height' tool could, maybe, be positioned differently to show the start of the gradient even if the first colour stop is not all the way to the left? If the 'height' tool is moved a bit out of the way it would also make a far left colour stop more easy to adjust.
