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horizontal distribute center button not working illustrator

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June 30, 2020
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I notived this yesterday that the horizontal distribute center is not working illustrator.

When you select objects and space them out, and then want an even distrubution you jsut press the horizonal distribution button, and that usually works perfectly. However, it will now put them all to the objects to the most right object. And then just today a new update came out, and I thought that it would be fixed within this update - but still not fixed.

All the other buttons seem to work as they should except for this one.

Anyone else having this problem?

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Correct answer VarunSharma

Yes. I will test this on the previous version I have on my laptop.

Hey @grafiskwingman: Are you still having issues with Distribute functions. Would it be possible for you to share a file or video where you are experiencing this (would go a long way in helping us understand this better). You can email me at vsharm@adobe.com.

Regarding the behavior desribed in your original post:

Do you still need to manually change "Align To" settings multiple times like in previous version (24.2). We believe this should have been only a one-time need. Again, please let me know if this is not the case.

This is what I posted on other threads when we released the fix: Please note that after upgrading you might still see that Align To sets itself to Align to Key Object. If you see this, please manually set the Align To to the required setting, and this reported bug will not happen again. You’ll need to this one time only.

The reason Align To might get set to Key Object after update is because Ai remembers your last Align To on subsequent launches as well. So, if your last Align To was Key Object before quitting/upgrading, after first multi-selection, it will set itself to Key Object. After you manually change it one-time, it will work fine.

hassanzia

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I was having the same issue and was really frustrated but then I found the solution just double click the object you want to align and then select other items by holding shift. They should be in a group layer to be able to do this. After this you'll see align to selection and will be able to select it after that you'll be able to click Horizontal Distribute Spacing and hopefully, it'll work for you as well.

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ParthoSwe

Inspiring

Same problem, runnig AI 25.0 on Mac, Catalina 10.15.6.

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viveredesign

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Still broken on PC version 25.2... distribute buttons simply center objects inside selected "key" object.

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screenplayTheater

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I'm having the same problem, no 'distribute objects' function works properly anymore, and I'm running the latest: v 24.2

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robertb73959679

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v 24.2.3 and still not working.

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robertb73959679

Participant

actually, clicking "horizontal distribute space" under "distribute spacing" seemed to work.

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Sivech

Participant

Same problem here, even after the new update (I guess it was yesterday) the problem is still there

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emanualm21185894

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I figured it out in csae you are still having this problem. Go to Windows->Align to open up the Align toolbox. Then in the bottom right corner there is an "Align To" box. Go to this box and go to select "Align to Selection".

GrafiskWingman

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That's the bug that should have been solved with this new update.
It did on my com, but created a new problem. (Mentioned above)

GrafiskWingman

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And you have version number 24.2.1

Yes. I will test this on the previous version I have on my laptop.

GrafiskWingman

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Not sure if it's the same, but noticed that the bug is gone, I updated earlier today.
Now though, when I want to distribute the vertical space between several identical objects, it distributes the objects randomly.
Example:
I have 7 identical boxes, I want them to distribute evenly from a low position to high, much like stairs/steps.
It distributes maybe 1, 2 and 3 correctly, then a "jump" then lower for the next two, to the last box.

EDIT: this might be a cause of it being too late. But I do think it's behaving weird and different from normal.

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emanualm21185894

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Yeah- I just updated my Illustrator and that still did not fix the problem.

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emanualm21185894

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OMG!! I have the same problem. None of my horizontal distribute buttons are working. I have a project due tomorrow and all of a sudden my "go to" button does not work.