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Gianni Muntoni
Inspiring
October 13, 2021
Question

Arrows in wrong directions

  • October 13, 2021
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since a long time exist this problem, as user we learned to work with tihs mistake, but i think after so many versions it is time to fix the problem.

 

See picture attached arrows goes in the wrong direction, it is not logical.

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Gianni Muntoni
Inspiring
October 13, 2021

I know the arrows suit the path direction, but i think it is logical suit the direcion left - right, cause if you look on a line you can not see in wich direction the line was drawn.

Legend
October 13, 2021

You can't see it, but the program only "knows" start and finish; it does not "see" left and right. After all; if it were working with perceived left and right, what would it then do with a completely vertical line?

Legend
October 13, 2021

Those boxes don't indicate left and right; arrow position is determined by the direction in which the line is drawn. 

Here, two strokes drawn staring from opposite sides, with the same arrowhead applied.

Kurt Gold
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 13, 2021

That is normal behaviour. It depends on the path direction where the arrow is placed.

 

You can change the path direction in the Object menu > Path submenu.

 

Or you can use the little button to the right of the arrow dropdown field in the Stroke palette to invert the arrow.

 

Anna Lander
Inspiring
October 13, 2021

The first question in such a case is what is your path direction. The arrows suit the path direction, not exactly left-to-right. So, if you draw your line right-to-left, the arrow will direct to the left. 
You can change the path direction using Object > Path > Reverse Path Direction. 

To say something more, we need to know your (exact) Illustrator version and OS.