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We have the fix available in the latest release. Please update Illustrator using Adobe Creative Cloud application to the latest build for version Illustrator CC 22.1.
Please refer to our knowledge base FAQ – https://illustrator.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/1844590 if you face difficulty in update.
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Adobe. Make It an Experience.An error occurred while saving the comment An error occurred while saving the comment There are separate requests to increase the size of different UI elements:
1. Rulers: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/31654114
2. Artboard captions: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/33253573
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An error occurred while saving the comment Alfonso, can you record a small video of this behavior? Can’t reproduce it for now.
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An error occurred while saving the comment A script that does exactly this — https://note.com/mute_racoon3631/n/n5dfae854988a
It uses some clever trick to detect a key object (somethings scripts can’t directly do — please upvote this request to make it possible without hacks — https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/908050/suggestions/32845666)An error occurred while saving the comment While there is still no way to use key object and force other objects to match it size, Illustrator Beta introduced a new option in Transform Each dialog to do exactly this. We can now choose between Relative (the existing) and new Absolute mode to scale objects in a selection. It allows to specify one or both width and height in the document units. The reference point is respected.
An error occurred while saving the comment Another related request:
Eyedropper tool picks up and applies object size: height, width, or both.
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/35472457An error occurred while saving the comment A related request:
An ability to resize all selected objects to a specific size
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/33252640AdminEgor Chistyakov
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An error occurred while saving the comment There is a beautiful free script that allows to do exactly this:
https://github.com/creold/illustrator-scripts/blob/master/md/Item.md#resizetosize
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An error occurred while saving the comment A rather clever solution to detect a keyed object was mentioned here: https://note.com/mute_racoon3631/n/n5dfae854988a — the script sizes all the objects in a selection to match the key one (the function was requested here: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/35740054).
What the script does to detect a key is performing several aligning operation to see which of the objects doesn’t move (and undo these steps). It’s rather inventive and I clap.
For some reason it refused to work for me on Windows, but for some other users it does (on both Windows and Mac)... Ah, I see — it works when called from File > Script, or when dropped into the window’s caption, but dropping it onto canvas doesn’t work properly.
An error occurred while saving the comment Ai allows to set a key object, but does not allow scripts to utilize this.
Please give us a way to grasp on it.
An ability to mark one object in a selection can do so much more than it seems!AdminEgor Chistyakov
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An error occurred while saving the comment InDesign has selectionKeyObject. Why Ai can’t have one?
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An error occurred while saving the comment Yes, sorry, UserVoice indeed forbids attaching files with JSX extension for security reasons.
The scripts work — thank you for sharing! — although I tried very simple case so far. Nothing like 'take the strokes into considerations' and 'move opacity masks' (scripts can’t do this, https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/908050/suggestions/46727548)... it seems to prefer the boundы of the clipped content instead of the clipping mask.
The 'within' one uses not the lastly selected object though, but the largest one. Alas, scripts can’t really do 'prefer the last selected' or 'use key object' (https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/908050/suggestions/32845666 — although clever hacks exist).An error occurred while saving the comment Myron, would you share the script for others to use?
An error occurred while saving the comment A workaround I personally use when I need to distribute objects like this, is to draw two lines (vertical, in case I need to distribute horizontally, and vice versa), align each one to the opposite edges of an artboard, and then to distribute the whole selection as usual. This is no exactly fast, but doable. See the attached GIF for clarification.
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5 votesAn error occurred while saving the comment There was a similar report, and the user says they can press the Cancel button at least: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/49007717
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An error occurred while saving the comment Again, this should be an option, with no guessing...
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An error occurred while saving the comment Ah, I see, you meant the bounding box center handles. Then ignore what I said about the center in the Attributes :)
Yeah, you are dealing with a GPU bug, and I so with you had it recorded on video. If it happens again — try to catch it, and supply the full OS and GPU specs, along with some background info about the steps taken and ideally a test file. These are hard to catch in-house.However, I stand sure the bounding box gets hidden when a guide is being dragged... the 'snapping to a ghost' part is clear, but I’m not sure center handles can be visible... can you show it to me, please?
An error occurred while saving the comment Alan, the bounding box vanishes always when a guide is dragged out from a ruler, only the objects’ edges stays visible (if you have them turned on, actually). To be sure it never changed, I checked a handful of builds up to CS1.
But there’s an explanation.
Objects in Ai have their own centers (usually bounding box obscures them with its heavy dot in the middle — that’s why I prefer to never use the bbox). Shapes like rectangles and ellipses get these enabled by default (and keep them even when they become expanded or modified, unless used in a Pathfinder operation), but freeform created things, like ones made with a Pencil, don’t get those — and there’s nothing to snap to when you drag a guide.But we can toggle these centers. Open Window > Attributes panel and make sure it’s expanded (click that up/down arrow next to the panel’s caption). You’ll see 2 buttons there, to enable or disable the center. Does it change anything for you?
If it matters, you can also review and upvote this request:
Allow to disable or enable center points for all or specific objects types on creation
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/47663531or that one
A preference to not select objects by center point
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An error occurred while saving the comment Eshan, can you please share the full specs? Hardware, GPU, driver version, OS version, Ai version...
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An error occurred while saving the comment Yeah, the Reverse Direction flips the brushes along their paths, while you need to flip them across. While Variable Strokes have dedicated buttons for this (and they work in bulk fine), Art Brushes have nada... similar buttons DO exist, but for the brush itself, not per object. Creating a duplicate brush tip only to allow mirror copies is a workaround, but a meh one, right?
As for the hack — I can offer a slightly better one.
Instead of the bulky and pretty under-polished Mirror Repeat, use Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform effect — and check the Reflect X option. I use the effect so often, I have a dedicated hotkey for it (not for this specific reason, but others). You can always change it or remove in the Appearance panel.An error occurred while saving the comment Paul, it seems like a very similar problem:
Reflect does not account for Variable Stroke
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/42011695Does using Object > Path > Reverse Path Direction help?
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The latest Illustrator release - v29.3 now offers Area Calculation using Measure Tool:
- Select the objects in your artwork you want to calculate the area for.
- Select the Measure Tool from the Toolbar.
- The calculated area will be displayed in the Info panel, shown automatically.
- Shift + Click on a segment in the existing selection to remove/add it to area calculation.
- Configure measurement options by accessing the flyout menu of the panel. You can customize units, precision, and scale to suit your requirements.
Please update to v29.3 from your Creative Cloud Desktop application and keep sharing your feedback!
An error occurred while saving the comment Myron, you are missing a fill. The tool uses it to calculate the area, as I stated in the comment below. I don’t think it’s correct too
An error occurred while saving the comment No-no-no, it’s not completed.
I don’t agree with this statement.
It’s VERY basic and lack a ton of things.No area until you pick the tool. No live text, no compounds shapes, no clip groups or objects within one, no mesh, and even no area for objects without a fill — why should I add one to calculate it? It’s not 'ink coverage', it’s 'area'!
Made it a separate entry: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/49526816
An error occurred while saving the comment Not at the moment, but the team is aware of the need and is still exploring the way to allow it.
An error occurred while saving the comment Jean-Michel, it’s not the Dimension tool, but the Measure tool!
An error occurred while saving the comment Chris, same problem as before — the tool does not support area calculation for compound paths at the moment. Even if there is no hole / cutout. Hence the Beta.
An error occurred while saving the comment Chris, the team confirms the wrong values is a known conversion error and the fix will land in the next Beta. So far only points get calculated correctly.
An error occurred while saving the comment Oh, I see now clearly what is happening.
First, it seems that for now it doesn’t support compound paths AT ALL, making it near useless.
The only path in the EXIT sign is the head, and it’s separated from the base (that is a compound path).Same goes for the blue EXIT — each letter is a compound path (which is normal when you Create Outlines), and even though they have no paths included to have holes, it’s still restricted.
But even if these get released to become simple paths, the calculation is all wrong.
When I measure the I letter in EXIT, it’s 14.394 × 84.667 mm, the area of it should be something like 1218 mm², minus rounded corners...
But it sees 3488.81 mm²...The green head is roughly a 15.665 mm wide circle... so it’s 46.8² × pi, and it should give 192.73 mm²... the panel shows 546.45!
Something is wrong.An error occurred while saving the comment Area of a circle is pi multiplied by a diameter of a circle, no big deal to calculate it. If you want to automate the process — you can use custom plugins like Dynamic Measure by AstuteGraphics.
The other thing is if you want to control the size of the circle by entering the desired area. Like 'create a circle with area x' or 'transform a circle to have the area y'. Is that you want? Plugins can’t do that so far.
Still, there are methods to automate it, like actions to create circle presets, libraries, so on. It’d be easier to understand the request if you provide some examples you want to create.
Anyway, bezier ellipses are not real circles, but a good approximation. So no ACCURACY is possible anyway :)
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An error occurred while saving the comment There's the Document info palette, which gives this information partially, and I have a bunch of scripts that calculates complex area with holes, overlapping and other peculiarities, but native way, in document units, would be great.
An error occurred while saving the comment Bobby, here's a script I've assembled to quickly get areas and perimeters:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ujtj1smsvd304rw/6%20Get%20Shape%20Area%20and%20Length.jsx?dl=0
It's based on Bryan's Buchanan and Hiroyuki's Sato scripts, but works on compounds.
Feel free to modify it as you like.Feature is still required right form the box, in Document Info palette!
An error occurred while saving the comment This can be scripted though and this is what I use, I'd like to have it natively; in document chosen units (squared), correctly for compound paths also.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Hello, Cauã, welcome to UserVoice.
Illustrator offers something like this today (partially — more on this later) with the Knife tool, with Opt/Alt held.
It snaps to Smart Guides now (thanks to this request: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/36682372), it supports Shift for 45° increments, cuts through everything selected (and doesn’t affect unselected), keeps both parts and keeps them selected.There are some things it doesn’t do.
Won’t remove one part automatically (and if your cut is not straight and is chaotic, resulting in a dozen of pieces, Ai would have to somehow estimate which piece to keep, so no wonder it doesn’t try).
Cmd/Ctrl+D won’t repeat the operation on another objects, because a cut is not a transformation operation, so no 'repeated operations'.
If you cut a clipping group — the contents would get cut. And if you isolate the clipping path specifically — nothing would happen when you cut it.No luck with the embedded images as well — but there are workarounds: you can cut a path first, ungroup it and make a compound path from the parts, use it a clipping mask for you image, and then use the free and awesome puzzleClipper free script by Alexander Ladygin — https://github.com/alexander-ladygin/illustrator-scripts/blob/master/puzzleClipper.jsx (please also upvote a request about this function from the box, here: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/33839062). Another approach is to use IllustKit plugin suite (https://illustkit.totallypic.com/en/features/creative-efficiency/) with its Clipping Mask Repeat Make one click.
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An error occurred while saving the comment I see. The Properties panels seem to drop your text caret position after the first digit is typed, probably when updating the object on canvas.
Not sure it happens form me. Can you please test if the Control panel has the same problem when you change the font size there?
Do both panel do a similar thing when you try to change other parameters, or is it the dimension font size only?An error occurred while saving the comment It feels like an issue related to your previous report:
Dimensions of newly created objects have numerous decimal places and don’t get adjusted afterwards
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/50356785Still not reproducible for me. Can you please share a video?
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An error occurred while saving the comment Verania, what happens if you try to save this document with a 'hollow' freeform gradient into a local file? Does it stay corrupted when you load it back in? If yes — can you please share it?
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An error occurred while saving the comment Another report has been made about a similar thing here — https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/51682891 — does it feel like the same problem by its description?
An error occurred while saving the comment Please share you full hardware and OS specs, so the team could try to reproduce the environment and test it in-house.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Rhea, what version are you using? What is your OS and what hardware (GPU specifically) do you have?
Can you record the process of this vanishing while dragging on video? The screenshot is not enough, because nobody but you can spot if anything is wrong with it, sadly.
Do the appearances of the objects vanish completely? No fill, no stroke?
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An error occurred while saving the comment Laura, please tell more. What kind of difficulties? What are trying to do? What happens when you try? What does the Layers panel show?
Share some screenshots, record a video. If possible, share the file itself, privately, via sharewithai@adobe.com (please mention this report’s link for tracking, https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/51686725) -
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An error occurred while saving the comment A related request:
The transparent areas of (point) text boxes should not be selectable
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An error occurred while saving the comment To calculate the hit area of the text, Illustrator uses its 'em-box'.
It’s rectangular container that fits each glyph, including ascenders and descenders (that is tails and necks of various 'g' and 'f'), and all the capitals and digits.
This helps to not accidentally select stuff behind the text while accidentally clicking in the middle of something like 'O' or between letters.But the method has caveats.
For some fonts these are quite huge. Even when a glyph doesn’t have anything protruding (like 'a' or 's'), it still has a box like other ones.
The larger the text gets, the larger these blind spots become.So far there is not a solution to auto-shrink the hit area to each glyph’s bounds.
The workaround though exists: enable 'Type Object Selection by Path Only' in Preferences > Type.
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An error occurred while saving the comment A related topic:
Cannot select objects near text object
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/42380587An error occurred while saving the comment Different apps offer different text click targets: metric box that includes ascenders and descenders (like Illustrator does) , trimmed per line or pre character but including areas in glyphs and between glyphs (Photoshop, Inkscape, Affinity, most web tools...), or the ink area — something you want and the exact thing Corel DRAW and Xara do (and recently Graphite stopped doing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnwDfXJP9SU&t=497s)
Ai at the moment offers no option for this (and by default it’d be a pain for the majority, I’m sure), but there is a way to select the line behind it, a technique that exist in Ai since Old Days.
— Make sure the Control Click to Select Objects Behind in Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display is enabled it is by default).
— Select the text and hold Ctrl (not sure about the Mac). The cursor would switch into either Direct Selection or Group selection (depending on which one you used last)
— Click once on the type and notice the cursor gets a '<' next to it, meaning the next click would select an object below
— Click one more time to select the line (and click more to select deeper)A caveat — Smart Guides know nothing about this mode and won’t highlight the line (dumb of it). So you’d need to 'hunt' the line (and it could lead to select larger targets below, sadly.
There is also a known workaround to at least shrunk the bounding box tightly: apply the Outline Object effect to the text and enable Use Preview Bounds.
A valid request, I upvote it too. Thanks!
While Ai team increased the size of the handles, it was never enough, really.
Displays got bigger, handles stay small, Preferences offer only several size choices.
Here’s a newer request about making these even bigger, specifically for those who use eye-tracking:
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/51694597
The report about the handle tolerance being broken is still there:
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/20358952