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jacksontellus
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May 3, 2020
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Illustrator Line Entend Behaviour

  • May 3, 2020
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Hey! 

 

Up until rececntly my Illustrator has shown the extend line feature when an anchor point is selected with the Direct Selection Tool. Now when I select a point with it it will not snap to extend the line along a certain vector and is in a more free move way. Does anyone know how to turn this back on?

 

Thanks!

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Is View > Smart Guides turned on?

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jacksontellusAuthor
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May 4, 2020

Thanks guys, silly me managed to turn off smart guides!

Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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May 4, 2020

Goo d to hear it was that simple.

Jacob Bugge
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Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
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May 3, 2020

Jackson,

 

Ctrl/Cmd+H.

 

It toggles Hide/Show Edges; with hidden Edges, the Handles vanish.

 

It is probably a keyboard mishit for a nearby keystroke shortcut that seemingly failed to work, and your failing to realize that something else may have happened, then just trying again (what you thought you did) and getting it right and forgetting about it.

 

Ctrl/Cmd+H is probably the most frequent keyboard mishit, completely surrounded by other keyboard shorcuts, closing in on all sides.

 

Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
May 3, 2020

Is View > Smart Guides turned on?

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federico platon
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May 3, 2020

How do you do that "extend line" feature (¿?)

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