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June 24, 2025
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Change Illustrator Keyboard Increment Preference with Extendscript

  • June 24, 2025
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Is there a way to change the keyboard increment preference in Illustrator with Extendscript?

Correct answer sttk3
It is less widely known, but can be changed in this way.
var keyboardIncrement = 2.0 ; // as points
app.preferences.setRealPreference('cursorKeyLength', keyboardIncrement) ;

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sttk3Correct answer
Legend
June 25, 2025
It is less widely known, but can be changed in this way.
var keyboardIncrement = 2.0 ; // as points
app.preferences.setRealPreference('cursorKeyLength', keyboardIncrement) ;
m1b
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June 25, 2025

Oh thanks @sttk3 I looked for an app.preferences for it but failed. Does anyone maintain a list of all the preference keys?

- Mark

m1b
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June 25, 2025

I don't think the scripting API provides access to that, unfortunately. I am happily corrected!

- Mark