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P: Arrow Tool percentage setting not allowed anymore

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
May 3, 2021
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I am trying to change the setting on my line tool arrow option to be a percentage of the line vs. just a pixel setting, but PS won't allow it. This is critical, because I have lines of different lengths and widths, and the arrowhead needs to be responsive based on the line it is drawn with.

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christinar90870321

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THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Please keep us updated on the status.

JJMack

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Thank you.

JJMack

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J453

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I've asked engineering to look at adding this back.

JJMack

Community Expert

I have submitted an idea that Adobe should fix the line tool to work like Photoshop's legacy line tool volt for that.

JJMack

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Thomas of NC

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I have Creative Cloud and recently installed v23. It removed my v21.x and will no longer show 21.x in the Older Versions list. Does anybody know how I can download 21.x so I can get the arrowhead sizing option by percentages? Changing it to exact pixels only is just plain stupid.

christinar90870321

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Me, too.

christinar90870321

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*bcullison

You are very welcome. I've been on this since October of last year.

christinar90870321

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When Photoshop 22.x came out, we discovered that the line tool had been changed completely. It took months for it to finally be fixed. However, the arrowheads are still not fixed. The proportional (percentage) sizing is not there. Working with arrowheads is a disaster. My choices are to stay with 21.x or manually calculate every single arrowhead - which destroys my productivity and efficiency.

PLEASE advise as to when we can expect the proportional (percentage) sizing to be restored for arrowheads in 22.x. Better yet, give users the choice to size either with pixels or proportions (percentages).

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christinar90870321

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@mark_dahm Could you please provide an update to the restoration of this very valuable tool?

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

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*CMJRoss_CRE

That's incredibly helpful! Thanks a bunch for writing this up.

christinar90870321

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This is a problem that Adobe has refused to acknowledge since 22.0 was released last year. I, too, rely on the percentages to change my arrowheads, but evidently you and I are the only ones in the entire world who use this feature. 😕😕 Because of this, I am still using 21.X, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

See below for my only workaround when I do have to use 22.X. Good luck!

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UselessUser

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Under Windows 10, Photoshop CC allows the user to set the width and length of a line's arrowhead by percentage (%), but under macOS one has to constantly calculate appropriate widths and lengths as one changes the line's width. At least under macOS one can now specify a line width with pixels, something that was missing for no practical reason for a long time, too.

Without percentages, this is incredibly tedious - and it worked for two decades in Photoshop CS and older. Anyone who marks up images with lines with arrowheads needs that feature back.

Please update!