In Illustrator, selected objects cannot be edited immediately!

[RYAN_LAI5003]

Dear experts,

I’m encountering an issue in Illustrator where, when selecting text or objects by clicking with a mouse or trackpad, there is a delay before the control points appear. Sometimes, the selected object even follows the cursor erratically. If I press and hold, the spinning color wheel shows up, making the operation unresponsive. Additionally, double-clicking to isolate an object or edit text content often doesn’t work properly.

Oddly enough, these problems don’t occur when using marquee selection or lightly tapping the trackpad to select.

My current setup is an M3 MacBook Pro with both the system and software updated to the latest versions, and I’m using the latest licensed version of Illustrator.

Has anyone experienced similar issues? Any suggestions on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

[_scott__ · Accepted solution]

If you have third party apps that control clicks, cursors, or windows .. such as Magnet.. disable them.

[PedroFazCoisas]

Oh my God. It totally worked. Tks!

[fang_c1]

Thanks. It worked!

[RYAN_LAI5003]

I forgot to mention that I have already uninstalled the Magnet app. Today, I noticed that even when using the touchpad to lightly tap and select, there is still a delay before the control points appear, and the object also moves erratically with the cursor.

[_scott__]

Perhaps it wasn't only Magnet causing your issues.. do you have any other cursor, click, wondow managers installed? Or do you have any other continually running backround apps? If you boot into Safe Mode (hold shift when booting), are things better?

[kortaben]

I have the exact same issue. Disabled Magnet but still no luck. On both my M1 Desktop and Laptop running OS X 14.1.1

[Monika Gause]

Do you have BenQ Display Pilot?

[delavallade-design]

Hi

I've the same problem with illustrator2025 and Sequoia 15.1.1. Mac studio Apple M2 Ultra, 64 G ram

I've also BenQ Display Pilot.

It's impossible to work actally.

Delay before the control points appear, and the object also moves erratically with the cursor, etc...

What's Magnet ?

Thanks

[delavallade-design]

Yes !!!!!

Thanks Monika. You’ve put me on the right track.

I've disabled Display Pilot 2 in "ouverture au démarrage" in Settings and all is OK now and fast.

[Monika Gause]

I'm glad you could solve it.