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Anthony Michael5EDC
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Oct 25, 2022 6:28 PM UTC
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Objects drag around when I only click them

When I click on an object for some reason Illustrator thinks I'm dragging it, so even if I'm not holdling down on the mouse it still stays locked with my cursor. It only stops dragging when I click a second time. I'm using a mac if that helps

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    andykorgCorrect answer
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    Jun 5, 2024 7:28 AM UTC

    This soved for me too. Actually i had both installed - Magnet and Display Pilot 2 🙂

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    Val35412147gmkk
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    Apr 3, 2024 1:16 PM UTC

    Just adding a new comment here even though it's two years later. 🙂 I'm on a Mac for reference.
    1. Click on your artboard in Illustrator.

    2. Chose the "Preferences" button next to "Document Setup". 

    3. In the "General" tab, unclick "Double click To Isolate".

    4. Restart Illustrator and hopefully that solves your issue.

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      kevin.espeche
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      Feb 16, 2024 7:51 PM UTC

      I was having the issue after installing Display Pilot 2 for my BenQ monitor, when the app is open I get the issue, when i exit out of the app, everything works fine. Try and exiting out all runing apps and figure out what's causing the issue.

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        cindy_xinerzheng
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        Apr 19, 2024 5:53 PM UTC

        Wow! I found the reason here lol! The same!

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        Veena31592215izxe
        Participant
        Feb 9, 2024 10:20 AM UTC

        Hi Anthony, were you able to fix this issue as I am also facing this issue

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        Monika Gause
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        Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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        Feb 9, 2024 10:50 AM UTC
        @Veena31592215izxe  schrieb:

        Hi Anthony, were you able to fix this issue as I am also facing this issue

         

        Do you have the Magnet app?

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          Veena31592215izxe
          Participant
          Feb 9, 2024 11:00 AM UTC

          no

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          dclevela3130w7
          dclevela3130w7
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          Jan 2, 2024 6:03 PM UTC

          Can we get this fixed please? It still seems to be an issue. I'm having EXACTLY the same problem.

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            Monika Gause
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            Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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            Jan 2, 2024 6:30 PM UTC

            It's probably the Magnet app that is causing it.

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              dclevela3130w7
              dclevela3130w7
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              Jan 3, 2024 2:50 PM UTC

              Ha! How did you know that?! I turned off the MAGNET App for window snapping and it started working fine. I never would have suspected that that would have affected Illustrator. Thank you!

               

              For everyone else, if you're using a Window snapping app, try turning it off and see what happens. Thanks again, Monika

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                Monika Gause
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                Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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                Dec 5, 2023 7:03 PM UTC

                Which kind of pointing device are you using?

                If it's a mouse, then which one? 

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                defaultyk1l93aw7irw
                Participant
                Dec 14, 2023 2:16 PM UTC

                I also just started experiencing this issue.  I am using a macbook pro m1 - trackpad.  

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                  Rød
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                  Dec 5, 2023 6:02 PM UTC

                  I have the same issue, and did the same, restore and reinstall. Didn't work.

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                  Anthony Michael5EDCAuthor
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                  Oct 25, 2022 6:37 PM UTC

                  Completely uninstalling and reinstalling Illustrator did not solve the problem, so I have no idea what is wrong

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                  Steve Werner
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                  Steve WernerCommunity Expert
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                  Oct 25, 2022 6:49 PM UTC

                  I'd try restoring your Illustrator preferences. Reinstalling probably won't change the preferences in your copy:

                   

                  https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/setting-preferences.html

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