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Illustrator cc 2014 grid snap problem

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June 23, 2014
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Since Updating to the whole cc2014 suite last week, grid snapping in Illustrator has been terrible. Literally Nothing really snaps to the grid.

Does anyone share this problem? Anyone has a solution to this?

And Yes, i've turned off 'align to pixel grid'.

I'm working on a mac with OSX 10.9.3 running.

Thanks in advance!

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Correct answer Monika Gause

It's not a bug.

New rectangles are always live rectangles. Live rectangles cannot be aligned to the pixel grid because it would break them.

What you need to do is convert your live rectangles to paths (using the command in Object > Shape) and then align them to the pixel grid (by checking the option in the transform panel). You can do this for all of them at once.

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alistairchisholm

Participating Frequently

This massively impedes any type of workflow for laying designs out with Illustrator's grid. How can anyone try to defend it? It's clear to see that this is a bug.

At the very least, we need a way of disabling live rectangles as default for new shapes.

Ideally, Live rectangles would just snap to grid correctly but I understand that it might not be an easy fix, for whatever mathematical complication that is occurring.

I really hope some smart guys at Adobe see this as a critical bug and are able fix this.

Alejo Rojas

Participant

My problem goes further. I cannot snap anything correctly, my only method is to zoom to maximum, and sometimes need to use outline preview to by eye. Is very annoying to have to snap 3 or 4 times corners, lines, objects, etc. I guess this is bug. All starts with Creative Cloud updates.

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jchandler3

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This needs fixed immediately... My head has been on the verge of exploding for days now until I discovered this thread and the Live Rectangle "feature". What a nightmare...

dannylelieveldAuthor

Participant

First of all, I would like to thank everyone for reacting. This has been a great help already.

My problem is not the align to pixel grid problem. It was the first thing I checked myself (which didn't fix the problem).

It is, however, the live rectangle 'problem' or 'bug' or whatever. So in some way I got the help I wanted already, which is nice.

It a shame that live rectangles don't snap in 'live rectangle mode', and that it's an 'always on' function. I need proper grid snapping way more than half-fancy corner options that are included in the vectorscribe plugin I was using anyway.

I still hope someone finds a workaround, how to turn the live rectangles off (and I don't mean the 'expand' trick Monika pitched earlier. It's nice, but cumbersome when working with tons or rectangles in grids).

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BlackhawkNorth

Participating Frequently

This is a nightmare...... one of the best functions (STPG) in setting up user templates has effectively been rendered useless..... big fail that needs sorting asap....

Dhirendra Mohan

Adobe Employee

Hello danny,

Could you please share a screenshots/recording showing the exact problem of snapping? It might be a different problem than the live rectangles behaviour with the Align to Pixel Grid which others in the thread are discussing.

It looks like some of the users are having problems with live rectangles not getting aligned to the pixel grid. This is a behaviour of live rectangles since Align to Pixel Grid (ATPG) breaks a live shape and hence needs be unchecked. To get rid of the given behaviour (ATPG getting unchecked/turned OFF on editing a live rectangle), users can simply expand a live shape via Object>Shape> Expand Rectangle and then continue doing their normal work by turning ON ATPG for those normal rectangles.

Please let us know your feedback. Appreciate your help!

Regards,

Dhirendra

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kyunlin

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Hi Dhirendra,

(I'm not Danny but I assume you are directing the email to me.)

When I say it's not snapping to grid, I mean I don't get the little magnetic pulls that snap the edges to one of the gridlines, as Illustrator used to do. I tried your suggested method but I'm still not getting the snapping action – the shape just slides smoothly along the grid.

I attach some screenshots which show:

1) the rectangle not 'snapping' to any lines as I m creating the shape (by dragging on one corner)

2) with ON ATPG off – doing Object>Shape>Expand and then moving or expanding the shape

3) with ON ATPG on – doing Object>Shape>Expand and then moving or expanding the shape

I don't get a snapping action with any of these. You can see as the X & Y values are not whole numbers.

I tried it with an ellipse and again there is no snapping going on (with ON ATPG off) when I create it or when I move it around.

SNAP TO GRID just doesn't seem to work on any shape in my Illustrator CC 2014 or the updated CS6. I know I'm not dreaming because i went back to CS4 and the snapping action is working there.

If SNAP TO GRID is working for you, please tell me what you are doing and with what shape.

I am running MAC OSX Mavericks.

Thanks.

Kyun

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kyunlin

Participating Frequently

I'm sorry. I got confused and replied to an email directed to Danny.

Anyway, for what it's worth, I have shared my problem. Here are the screenshots

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kyunlin

Participating Frequently

I have the same problem. Object doesn't snap to grid when re-sizing. Or when moving (with selection tool) either. I've tried all the other suggested options: New Objects Align to Pixel Grid, Align to pixel grid, Bounding box on (from View menu) and Preview bounding box. None of these works for me. OK I wasn't working in pixels but it shouldn't matter what I work in.

Went back to CS6 but with the update, Adobe have messed it up as well.

I am at a loss for words why they would change this function and render it useless (it seems).

ADOBE, CAN WE HAVE THE OLD FUNCTION BACK PLEASE.

louiesolomon

Participating Frequently

Yep, I have the same problem.

If "align to pixel grid" is on from the transform window, the object will snap to the grid, but the object boundaries are not, so width and height are never whole numbers.

Larry G. Schneider

Community Expert

Do you (in Preferences) have Use Preview Bounds checked?

louiesolomon

Participating Frequently

When I turn on Use Preview Bounds, the width / height are now right, but the actual preview bounds don't align to the shape. The shape size preview that appears when you drag the shape are not whole numbers either, even if Align To Pixel Grid is on. See screenshots attached.

Larry G. Schneider

Community Expert

Did you also turn off the New Objects Align to Pixel Grid in the Transform flyout?

GrapixRoyale

Participant

I've experienced the very same problem. Snap to grid works only on creating new shape. After that, I cannot resize shape using Selection Tool and snap it to the grid. None of changes I've made in settings actually works. It's crucial feature and without this my workflow is ruined. I'm working on PC with Windows 8.1.

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thesergie

Participating Frequently

I'm having the same exact issue. Before I upgraded to Illustrator CC 2014 I was using Illustrator CS6 and resizing a rectangle that's *off* the pixel grid would snap it to the pixel grid correctly. The snapping to pixel grid is the main reason I use Illustrator for web UI design. There were some bugs in CS6, like if the artboard was not snapped to the pixel grid then all the elements on the page would be off the pixel grid at the same distance that the artboard was off. That was an easy fix - just realign the artboard to the pixel grid and all the rectangle objects would snap to the grid when resized. But with Illustrator CC 2014 nothing snaps to the pixel grid.

HOW TO REPRODUCE:

Create a new document.
Go to Pixel Preview.
Zoom in to pixel level.
Drag a rectangle on the screen.
As you can see - IT IS snapped to the pixel grid (it happens only on creation).
Grab the free transform anchor point and drag it up and to the right.
As you can see - IT IS NOT snapped to the pixel grid.
Try to drag the corner to free transform it to snap to the pixel grid. It doesn't work.
Try to snap it to the pixel grid - it doesn't snap.
Try to snap it to the pixel grid - it doesn't snap.
...
Profit? No.

SCREENCAST:

http://quick.as/y0rwhymv

GIF:

As you can see it's very hard to snap to pixel. And even when it looks like it snaps, it actually is not on the pixel grid line.

cc2014_bug.gif

IMAGES:

Dragging new rectangle:

1create.png

Resize it using free transform - gets off the pixel grid.

2drag.png

Continue to try to snap it back to the pixel grid using the transform tool, but still doesn't work:

3drag.png

Rinse and repeat. Still really bad. Snapping to pixel doesn't work anymore!

4drag-but-nothing.png

As you can see there is no way of snapping a rectangle back to the pixel grid!! Here are my settings:

5settings.png

Illustrator team - PLEASE FIX THIS BUG! I love using Illustrator for web design and UI mockups, but this bug makes it almost useless. There's no way to create pixel perfect designs with this bug. I hope all the information I provided above helps pinpoint the bug. Thanks!

Monika Gause

Correct answer

Community Expert

It's not a bug.

New rectangles are always live rectangles. Live rectangles cannot be aligned to the pixel grid because it would break them.

What you need to do is convert your live rectangles to paths (using the command in Object > Shape) and then align them to the pixel grid (by checking the option in the transform panel). You can do this for all of them at once.

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