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Illustrator not allowing me to move or manipulate anchor points with direct selection tool

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
April 5, 2025
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Hey Guys,

I am an avid illustrator user, i've been using it for more than 10 years pretty much every day. Today I was trying to manipulate a vector image, and when i click on the anchors, there is a light grey line that goes around the object, and does not allow me to manipulate the points. I can still use the control handles on the anchor to manipulate it, but it is like the anchor itself is locked in space. Any object i click on now has the same problem.

Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Andrew

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I am also having this problem. Did you figure out a fix?

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@andrewc7668039

If I unlock everything on my document I can move points, but I need some guides to stay locked so this has really been frustrating me.

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https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/can-t-edit-anchor-points-when-locking-another-layer/m-p/15269612/thread-id/440566

Just found this post. I unchecked the "select and unlock objects on canvas" setting in selection and anchor display, and it is now letting me do what I want. It seems like it is a bug.

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@andrewc7668039

It appears that you have selected the object starting with "C...". Is it a compound path or something else?

Try going into Isolation mode first, then deselect, then use the Direct Selection tool again.

I've moved your post from Creative Cloud desktop to the Adobe Illustrator forum.

Jane