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Guides won't move

Contributor ,
Feb 18, 2019 Feb 18, 2019

I'm trying to move / re-position a gid and it won't move. The "Lock guide" option is turned off. The layer is not locked.
I can select the guide but I can't move it.

What am I missing?

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Community Expert , Feb 18, 2019 Feb 18, 2019

Make sure that lock guides is not enabled in the view menu and also make sure that it’s not turned on in the layer options (double click on the layer).

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New Here , May 14, 2025 May 14, 2025

It seems bugged but this is what worked for me. Go into your layer panel, find the guide and you can select it from there.

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Contributor ,
Feb 18, 2019 Feb 18, 2019

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After further fiddling with it. It seems i can select the guide using the Layers pallet but not directly using the Selection tool.Screenshot.png

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Community Expert ,
Feb 18, 2019 Feb 18, 2019

Make sure that lock guides is not enabled in the view menu and also make sure that it’s not turned on in the layer options (double click on the layer).

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Community Expert ,
Feb 18, 2019 Feb 18, 2019

Open a new document with one guide and try to move it. is ti works?

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May 14, 2025 May 14, 2025
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It seems bugged but this is what worked for me. Go into your layer panel, find the guide and you can select it from there.

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Community Expert ,
Feb 18, 2019 Feb 18, 2019

Which version of Illustrator are you using?

In some former versions there was a bug that prevented the user from selecting/moving custom guides with the selection tools at certain (higher) zoom levels.

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Community Expert ,
Feb 18, 2019 Feb 18, 2019

Is this happening across all files or just this one?

If you create a guide within this document on a new parent layer, does it work ok?

Are you using a wacom, or other special type of mouse with a driver that could be glitching?

What happens if you draw a line and convert it to a guide, does it act the same?

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