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January 4, 2019
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Transform handles - need to zoom in to see all handles - any way to simulate old versions?

  • January 4, 2019
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Hello, in the most current versions of Illustrator, I need to zoom in to access as many transform handles as were always available on the bounding box in CS6 which I stuck with for years. I've looked in prefs but haven't found the answer.

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    Participant
    January 20, 2023

    any solution found to this? I know exactly what you mean and I find it annoying too!

    Participant
    October 18, 2023

    I am having the same problem. I used to work with cs6 for ages and now recently upgraded all the way to the last update.
    It was better in the legacy versions, also the performance was better. I experience more lag and crashes now.

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 18, 2023

    Can you please show a screenshot? It's not clear if you are complaining about the size of the handles, the color of the edges (the path) or not all handles being visible at once.

    Eric Dumas
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 6, 2019

    Hi,

    do you mean to say that you cannot access the 'middle' handles when there is not enough room to display them?

    I see the 'corner' handles in your screenshots.

    Eric Dumas
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 4, 2019

    Hi,

    Can you include a screenshot?

    Have you check this blog post? https://blog.astropad.com/resize-anchor-points-illustrator/

    dmwardismAuthor
    Participant
    January 4, 2019

    Bill Silbert
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 6, 2019

    I tried this with Illustrator CC 2019 using a .125 inch square. It appeared as you have shown when initially drawn with the screen view at default size for my monitor and as I enlarged (using Command+—Control+ on a PC) it still showed the handles like that until I passed 200% magnification. After that all handles are present and accounted for.

    One immediate thought that occurs is that GPU Performance controls animated zoom. Look in the Performance section of your Illustrator preferences and see if GPU performance is available and enabled. If it is try turning it off. If it isn't try turning it on.