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June 18, 2013
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Illustrator CC - Trackpad alt+scrolling doesn't work.

  • June 18, 2013
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So I happen to be one of those people that designs on a macbook pro without a mouse. This morning I installed Illustrator CC and discovered that scrolling with two fingers up and down while holding the alt key no longer zooms in and out. There is a new feature where you can pinch to zoom, but that's not going to cut it for me. So my question is: Can I re-enable alt+scrolling = zoom for the trackpad? Is this a bug or did they intentially drop this functionality. I checked Photoshop CC and alt+scrolling works fine for zooming.

I contacted Adobe support to try and find the answers to my questions... no help. I was finally told that my trackpad was the problem but I reassured the person that I'm currently running both CC and CS6 and my trackpad is not the problem.

Anyone else having the same problem? Know of any fix?

Thanks,

Brandon

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Correct answer amxyz

Hi everyone,

This is a known issue that has been reported by multiple users.

Check this http://forums.adobe.com/message/5423070#5423070

--Manish Sharma


Hi everyone!

Apologies for the long wait. The zoom issue has been fixed in the 17.01 release. Please install the update either through your Adobe Desktop App or in-app by going to Help > Update.

More on the release: http://bit.ly/cc1701rn

Thanks!

13 replies

Participant
August 13, 2013

Same problem here.

Mac Pro & Macbook Pro

Magic Mouse in both cases

10.8.4 in both cases

Pissed me off so much I've started bitching at them on their facebook page. Maybe something a little more public will get some action.

Seriously, over 2 months now and no fix. Absolute joke.

If only the makes of Pixelmator would release a full suite to finally give Adobe some competition. It's like Microsoft in the late 90s early 2000s. Crippled by complatency due to an uncontested monopoly.

Participant
August 13, 2013

same Here!!

We need Immediately top Priority Fix!!!

alt+scroll speed the work flow

Participant
July 28, 2013

This was reported on June 18.  This needs to be fixed.  This makes switching between CC apps incredibly inconsistent.

Participant
July 28, 2013

Just installed Illustrator CC and can't believe such an important shortcut has been left out?!

Had to go straight back to CS6 because of this... literally unuseable for me, what a waste of time!


Sort it out ASAP!

Participant
July 22, 2013

I also can't believe this is still happening. I made the move from cs6 to cc this past weekend. I use PS and AI pretty much all day everyday, and this missing feature is crippling my workflow. I'm upset I also uninstalled Illustrator CS6.

I'm hoping someone from the Adobe QA team is in trouble...

Participant
July 4, 2013

Same issue here... Please, Adobe, fix this quick!!

We are paying for Adobe CC, so what you have to do is fix this quickly, because we deppend on this to do our work.

Please, fix this because it's so irritating and slows my workflow...

Participant
July 15, 2013

Hey, Adobe, there is no update to fix this? I'm still waiting...

Participant
June 20, 2013

Same issue, no alt+scroll in Illustrator CC. Hope there's a fix soon.

Participant
June 20, 2013

Same here. So annoying.

Inspiring
June 20, 2013

Hi everyone,

This is a known issue that has been reported by multiple users.

Check this http://forums.adobe.com/message/5423070#5423070

--Manish Sharma

Participating Frequently
June 20, 2013

Have this problem on both of my Macs.

To be clear:

MacBook Pro, trackpad: alt+two finger doesn't work

MacBook Pro, magic mouse: alt+scroll doesn't work

iMac, logitech mouse: alt+scroll works with scroll wheel

iMac, magic trackpad: alt+two fingerscroll doesn't work

Running 10.8.4 on both macs.

Pretty huge bug to overlook.

Participant
June 20, 2013

Having this same issue.

It's honestly the command I use most when creating Illustrations.

It makes your workflow SO SLOW.

I assume this is geting fixed but who knows.

Sticking to CS6 until this is addressed.

Participant
June 19, 2013

Same! Adobe: help!

Participant
June 19, 2013

Same here guys. I can't work without this "shortcut". Hope Adobe reply to this thred and fix the problem.