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Lavish_Moonlight0D4C
August 19, 2026

Expanding an object moves the opposite edge slightly

  • August 19, 2026
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Transforming an object when “use preview bounds” enabled, has a strange quirk. This happens in the beta app and the regular app. What I notice I that the transforming the object moves it slightly.

In the second image below, I have moved the bottom edge up, transforming the square thinner. You can see the top edge has moved up. You can see how the square outline is now above the cyan guide.  

Not sure if this is how it is supposed to work, but it’s not what I would expect. I would not except a position shift on transform (manually moving an edge) even with “use preview bounds” enabled.

object before transform. notice cyan guide at top
object after transform. Notice how top edge is now above cyan guide

 

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    Smriti Capoor
    Community Manager
    August 24, 2026

    Hello ​@Lavish_Moonlight0D4C thank you for reaching out. Can you please confirm which Beta version are you working on?
    Also, can you please confirm about your “Use Preview bounds” preference? When Use Preview Bounds is ON, Illustrator uses the visual bounding box (outer stroke edge) for transformations. When it's OFF, it uses the geometric bounding box (anchor points). Hopefully, this may help.

     

    Another user reported a similar issue and they had this issue. 

     

    Smriti, Product Marketing, Adobe Illustrator