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Chouettecacahuete
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April 29, 2020
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Difficulty to grab line and anchor points with the cursor

  • April 29, 2020
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Hi all,

Since the last upgrade of Illustrator I have found it incresingly harder to grab line and anchor points on bezier curves with the cursor, it take a lot of attempts to achieve this, as well as deliberalely Selecting I have also tried swiping the cursor across the line but I still can't grab it. I have to increase the magnification to home in on my target and then the cursor makes contact. Anyone else have this problem and what could be the cause?

Thanks

Peter

    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    Peter, Jointyjr,

     

    Maybe too silly, but how about Smart Guides who have sharp eyes and sure grip?

     

    And/or ClickDragging across with the Direct Selection Tool to have Handles pointing back into the Anchor Points?

     

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    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    April 30, 2020

    Peter, Jointyjr,

     

    Maybe too silly, but how about Smart Guides who have sharp eyes and sure grip?

     

    And/or ClickDragging across with the Direct Selection Tool to have Handles pointing back into the Anchor Points?

     

    J
    JointyJr
    Inspiring
    April 30, 2020

    Click dragging is all very good but then you pick up other handles/anchors

     

    It think it has to do with zooming, I have trouble clicking into text boxes when zoomed out (at a distance), but fine when zoomed in.

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    ChouettecacahueteAuthor
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    April 30, 2020

    I guess no one else has this problem. I have gone to preferences and set the anchor points, handle etc to Max but that still doesn't work. Anyone got any suggestions at all?

      J
      JointyJr
      Inspiring
      April 30, 2020

      You're not alone - I have trouble with this too.

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