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Disable Illustrator cc 2017 zoom to selection?

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November 3, 2016
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I've just updated my PC to the latest version of Illustrator, there is one feature that's bugging me, zoom to selection. I can see the appeal but i don't want it, it's disrupting my workflow, anyone know how to turn it off, when they introduced animated zoom, the GPU section of Preferences had a checkbox to disable it, I was hoping that zoom to selection may have a similar option, anyone know?

Thanks in advance!

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Correct answer DesTroyer

>>>SOLUTION<<<

In Illustrator CC 2018, Adobe finally fixed this by adding a check box under preferences Section & Anchor Display. You can disable Zoom To Selection. It is enabled by default.

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javifg_99

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Yes, this is solvable not by disabling a "Zoom to selection" option, which doesn't exist, but by enabling the Animated Zoom option. I have found that checkbox clicking on the rocket icon that's at the top of the screen in Illustrator, then under "GPU Performance".

Hope this is useful

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yellowdogparty

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That doesn't solve the original issue for the thread. I have GPU performance completely turned off and it still zooms to selection. :/ Also, for those wishing Adobe people would revert this change, they usually don't monitor these forums so you need to go here: Feature Request/Bug Report Form and tell them to fix it.

And going through there again, I found this thread: CMD - CMD + : Zoom to center screen as in Previous versions – Adobe Illustrator Feedback

Apparently it's fixed in the next version. We just don't know when that's available. It's in the beta apparently. I recall someone mentioning that above somewhere.

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Mango Graphics

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Go to Preferences/GPU Performance/ and untick Animated Zoom to use marquee zoom. I'm not sure if that helps you with the zoom to selection problem but this is what I was searching for when I found this thread.

Hope it helps someone else.

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Jodric

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Thanks Ltpdebs

petrchutny

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This really is terrible, I just want to zoom straight on where I am, not to jump somewhere out to a selected object…

obsessivetype

Inspiring

Still no fix for this? Awful.

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woln39603295

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I found the answer in the following post!!

https://retromixtape.net/tutorials/quick-tip-disable-scrubby-animated-zoom-illustrator-cc/

Edit -> Preferences -> GPU Preformance untick Animated Zoom

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Gareth_AcidWorks

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This doesn't have any effect for me. Isn't animated zoom just a smooth transition rather than a hard jump? Either way... it's not changing anything when i tick it on and off

Mike_Gondek10189183

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GarethisOnit,

I guarantee that animated zoom changes something very important to anyone who creates final work that goes to print. With animated zoom on, if for example you select a background illustration, and with the magnifying glass you drag and drop over the edge of a die line. Instead of zooming in closer the the die line edge, you instead zoom out to the selected background. Scroll earlier in the posts and you will see screenshots I posted. That is just one example of the detriments to this zoom to selection.

Zoom to selection may appear to be good idea at first or to a novice, but in actual usage is a huge disappointment and the amount of posts here are testament to that.

The problem is Adobe lets large amounts of people onto the beta's /prerelease now without a background check. In the past the betas were limited to senior experienced people holding positions at the top agencies to trainers teaching advanced level classes. We used to get the prerelease software on floppies back, and were able to come up with a better updates to Illustrator with more useful features. The prerelease needs to be culled for Illustrator updates to be effective again, and they need more Adobe engineers like Terri Pettit and Russell Brown who actually use the software extensively.

rjgrullon

Participant

Adobe, seriously, this is one of the most crippling and frustrating "features" I've experienced in years of using Illustrator.

Also, we should all file a Bug Report and Feature Request about this.

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FerrousJack

Participant

I submitted a bug report for this. I can't believe this was the intended function. I press zoom, i just want to zoom like always. I don't want to ALSO pan to some other random object center.

jessev44197212

Participant

This is the worst feature ever to be made on illustrator. While we're at it, InDesign needs to have an option to not zoom to selection either. The best option is to download the previous version of CC.

45634563545

Inspiring

Yep.

How about the scenario when you're zoomed in doing detail work, having two objects selected on opposites sides of the artboard and you zoom out once only to have your view arbitrarily positioned exactly between them so you can't see either one anymore and are forced to keep zooming out or zoom to artboard to regain your bearings. It's great!

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

i think you just breached the NDA there.

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tims55966968Author

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I accidentally did yes, I think they have removed my comment automatically but thanks for letting me know.

Earth Oliver

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geez, are the mods just letting anyone into the prerelease now?

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Carl_La_Fong

Participant

Good News.

I've had an email back from the developers and they are taking steps to improve this feature. See message below:

"Thanks for reporting this request via bug reporting form , Illustrator Team really appreciates this.

I would like to inform that we have made an improvement to this feature and we have uploaded a build on pre-release where you can turn this option off from the Selection Preference."