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August 9, 2025
Question

Issue: Snapping and Smart Guide controls for handles have stopped working.

 

 

Previous Behavior:

 

  • When selecting a path with the Direct Select tool, handles were visible.
  • Hovering over a handle would trigger snapping and display the “handle” label  without requiring the anchor point to be selected.
  • I could snap handle-to-handle.
  • I could draw guides from a handle using the Line tool, thanks to snapping.

 

 

Current Behavior:

 

  • Handles no longer snap or display “handle” when hovered.
  • Handle-to-handle snapping is gone.
  • Drawing precise guides from handles is no longer possible.

 

 

Impact:

This significantly reduces precision for technical illustration work and makes accurate line drawing more difficult.

 

Request:

Please restore the previous snapping and Smart Guide behavior for handles. The current implementation removes essential control.

3 replies

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 9, 2025

Which Illustrator version and what System are you using? Seem to work on 29.7.1 on Mac

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Participant
August 9, 2025

I am using that version on PC.

 

the handles snapping could happen when highlighting the path specifically and not the anchor point. I can do it with the anchor point highlighted but it is not the same.

 

can you snap 2 handles on top of eachother? Thanks for your time 

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Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 9, 2025

When 2 anchor points are selected, I can snap one handle to another, although the other diasppears, it will display Handle when I get there. When the entire paths are selected, the handle snapping is gone.

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