It's a known bug. Adobe customer service told me they will address it in the next release 23.0 ... My workaround is using illustrator cs6 and upvote for the bug : https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-bugs/suggestions/31995940-rotation-handle-tolerance-override… I am wondering if there are actually wacom / illustrator cc users out there who don't suffer from this ... ... View more

Hi Michael, It's a bug known by Adobe, please vote for this bug on : https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-bugs/suggestions/31995940-rotation-handle-tolerance-override… (my 'workaround' is using cs6) best, ... View more

you're right The tip above only hides the widgets when drawing, when the objects are selected you all the widgets reappear.. ps. I also downgraded to CS6. ( CC slows down my productivity with 50%) ... View more

that's true, however the live shape will still be disabled when drawing polygons too, to turn this feature on/off you have to select the 'ellipse' or  the 'rectangle' in the toolbox, (weird UI) draw an ellipse or rectangle and then the live shape on/off button will appear in the control bar (as posted in message 64) hope this helps, ... View more

I think I've found a possible solution. You can disable the widgets when drawing ellipses rectangles and polygons by clicking the live shape button in the control bar, I've attached a screenshot so it will be more clear : If you disable it for ellipses it will also be disables for rectangles and polygons... ... View more