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April 13, 2022
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How to draw vertical and horizontal lines with the pen tool on iPad

  • April 13, 2022
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hello
I have difficulty using the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator on iPad
On the desktop, I could draw a vertical line by pressing the shift key with the pen tool.
However, when there is no Bluetooth keyboard on the iPad, I want to draw only with the Apple Pencil, but I can't find a way to draw vertical lines with the Pen tool.
There is no primary or secondary touch key, nor is there a context widget.

Is the feature not out yet?

Anyone who knows please reply 🙂
thank you

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Correct answer jane-e

 

@eunac97298854 wrote:

There is no primary or secondary touch key, nor is there a context widget.

 

 

You can press and hold the circle, which is the modifier key, as you click with Pen tool. 

  • The circle can be dragged to a convenient location
  • The circle has two modes. You can drag to get one or the other. See both screenshots.
  • Ignore the blue — that just shows where my finger was when I took the screenshots.
  • Make sure you have the double circle as in the first screen shot to constrain to 45°.

 

 

 

~ Jane

 

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jane-e
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jane-eCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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April 14, 2022

 

@eunac97298854 wrote:

There is no primary or secondary touch key, nor is there a context widget.

 

 

You can press and hold the circle, which is the modifier key, as you click with Pen tool. 

  • The circle can be dragged to a convenient location
  • The circle has two modes. You can drag to get one or the other. See both screenshots.
  • Ignore the blue — that just shows where my finger was when I took the screenshots.
  • Make sure you have the double circle as in the first screen shot to constrain to 45°.

 

 

 

~ Jane

 

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    eunac97298854Author
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    April 14, 2022

    because it's english
    I didn't understand exactly
    Thank you so much for your kind reply!

    I want to draw 90-degree vertical lines and 180-degree horizontal lines with the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator on iPad.
    The pencil tool is possible... Is there any way to use the pen tool?:)

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