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Rainey Cromwell
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August 29, 2024
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Corner widgets disappear when working with multiple objects - Illustrator 2023

  • August 29, 2024
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When selecting multiple shapes, the corner widget only appears on some of the shapes/paths, and not all. There's no "maxium number" of paths the widgets appear on, it's random every time. I also can't add more shapes/paths to the existing selection without all widgets disappearing. Both "show corner widgets" and "show edges" options are turned ON. I was able to select as many shapes as I wanted and scale all corners at simultaneously earlier today. The option has just suddenly disappeared even though I didn't change/update Illustrator in any way. [renamed by mod]
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lucass17881077
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November 20, 2024

I'm having the same issue, I can see and interact with the corner widgets until i select 10 objects, as soon as I select the 11th object, the draggable widget that changes the corner radius disappears on all of the selected objects.

 

Kurt Gold
Community Expert
Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 20, 2024

There is a display limit defined in the Illustrator Preferences file.

 

You may try to increase it as described here:

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/quot-round-corners-quot-widget-disappears-when-selecting-multiple-objects/m-p/14974808#M426513

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 29, 2024

Is it a specific file with that behaviour?

Does it work when you copy the content in a new file?

And a maybe silly question, does restart your machine help?

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Rainey CromwellAuthor
Participant
August 30, 2024

It seems to be happening with all files, new and old. I updated and even deleted and re-downloaded Illustrator but it didn't fix the issue.

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 30, 2024

Updating and deleting does not always remove (corrupt) preferences.

Did you try to manually remove them?

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

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 29, 2024

Is the control panel visible? There is an input for the corner radius - is there a number in it? 

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Rainey CromwellAuthor
Participant
August 30, 2024

The input is at 0. I can  manually type in the radius amount in the control panel, but I can't "drag to scale" with the direct selection tool.

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Anubhav MCommunity Manager
Community Manager
August 29, 2024

Hello @Rainey Cromwell,

We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. Would you mind resetting Illustrator's preferences as described in this article (https://adobe.ly/4e6qCJf) and checking if it helps?

 

Disclaimer: Please note that renaming preferences folders will remove all the custom settings, and Illustrator will launch with default settings. You can also save a backup of the folders, the location of which is mentioned above.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Thanks,

Anubhav

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