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Kar209
Kar209
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November 26, 2012
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Move/Nudge 0.5px in Illustrator CS6?

  • November 26, 2012
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Hello:                                                                                                                   Level:  Newbie'ish  OS: Win7  Illy:Cs6

I would like to be able to move an object over just a tad which I believe would be a half of a pixel.

Does anyone know how I could go about doing so or is it not possible?

Thank you for your time

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Correct answer becimoss

Here's what fixed this issue for me recently:

1. Preferences (Cmd/Ctrl + K) > General > Set Keyboard Increment to 0.25px (or whatever size you need)
2. View > Uncheck all of the 'Snap to' options 

If that doesn't work, you may also need to adjust some of the 'Selection & Anchor Display' and 'Type' settings in Preferences.

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becimoss
becimossCorrect answer
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July 19, 2024

Here's what fixed this issue for me recently:

1. Preferences (Cmd/Ctrl + K) > General > Set Keyboard Increment to 0.25px (or whatever size you need)
2. View > Uncheck all of the 'Snap to' options 

If that doesn't work, you may also need to adjust some of the 'Selection & Anchor Display' and 'Type' settings in Preferences.

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    Ozce25283530k5w0
    Participant
    April 16, 2023

    It used to be. Why does adobe always have to make its products less logical and more convoluted? In the past, you could press the cmd/ctrl button and it would decrease even the minimal set input. Now I can't even change to below 1 pt. Nothing anyone responded here helps and I have been looking for more than half an hour to no avail. Why? Because Adobe decides to change something that was perfectly fine to something that sucks more than even the most basic vector program. 

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 16, 2023
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     In the past, you could press the cmd/ctrl button and it would decrease even the minimal set input.


    By @Ozce25283530k5w0

     

    That is in InDesign.

    You could not do that in Illustrator (I have just tried in version CS5)

    obsessivetype
    obsessivetype
    Inspiring
    January 12, 2017

    Would be great if we had a modifier key for this instead of having to edit a global setting. Just like the shift key does 10x increments, maybe cmd+shift could do 1/10 increments.

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 12, 2017

    You can do something like that with the fields in the Control Panel.

    Highlight a field, hold down the Cmd key (or Ctrl on Windows) use the Up or Down Arrow keys and you go with 1/10th increments

      obsessivetype
      obsessivetype
      Inspiring
      January 12, 2017

      Thanks for the tip, Ton.

      This is an OK workaround, but this approach is far from ideal. For one, I have to click twice before I can start nudging (click object, click control-panel field); second, I'm forced to think "am I trying to nudge along the X or Y axis?"; and third, adjusting the X axis using up and down keys isn't natural: I want to use left and right keys rather than up and down.


      Still, I didn't know this function existed, so thanks again.

      Larry G. Schneider
      Community Expert
      Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 26, 2012

      Just set the keyboard increment in the Preferences (Cmd(Ctrl)-K) to what ever you want. The default is one point (1/72 of an inch).

        Kar209
        Kar209Author
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        November 26, 2012

        Thank you so much!! That worked perfectly

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