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July 22, 2021
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Objects keep rotating when trying to resize

  • July 22, 2021
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Hi,

Having issues with 2021 version of illustrator which im getting very sick of dealing with - when trying to resize an object it keeps wanting to rotate, even when i am definitely on the middle node which shows a straight arrow. Only way is to zoom right in which is extrememly annoying and very time consuming. Does anyone have an answer which doesn't involve needing to be an IT specialist?

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    teamteipit
    Participant
    September 4, 2024

    Same problem in september 2024. Windows surface.

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      Anubhav M
      Community Manager
      Anubhav MCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      September 4, 2024

      Hello @teamteipit,


      I'm sorry to hear about the trouble you're having with resizing objects. Could you please provide some additional details, such as the exact version of your OS/Illustrator, a description of your workflow, and a screen recording of the issue (https://adobe.ly/4e4Hd0x)? This will help us investigate the problem more thoroughly.


      I look forward to your response.


      Thanks,
      Anubhav

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      MLemberger
      Participant
      September 4, 2024

      I too am having this issue in Illustrator 28.6/MacOS 14.6.1, but it's been going on for several years over multiple app and OS versions.

       

      The direct selection tool used to act as a transform tool, switching to rotate or scale, depending on where the cursor was placed in relation to the handles on a selected object or group of objects.

       

      Now, the behavior is completely unpredictable on rollover, sometimes displaying the rotate cursor, sometimes the scale cursor, sometimes a transformation cursor, sometimes not changing the cursor; but seldom performing the function indicated by the displayed cursor.

       

      Often it rotates instead of scaling or vice versa; sometimes it deselects the object.

       

      Yes, I can use the individual scale or rotate tools, but it's far more time consuming to have to do so.

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      defaultavdxiblddljm
      Participant
      October 26, 2023

      I just had this happen but my coworker/tech guru figured it out! For some reason (only under transform in the top toolbar, not an issue with transform in the properties panel), there was a pre-set rotate value with the image I was trying to resize. So I set rotate to 0 and then changed the width and all was well with that image from then on.  Is that the issue for y'all?

       

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      defaultavdxiblddljm
      Participant
      October 26, 2023

      I take that back it was the same in the properties panel. 

      JBuchmann
      JBuchmann
      Participating Frequently
      May 8, 2023

      I'm having this problem too

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        Dillon25957782upgl
        Participant
        November 14, 2022

        This has been driving me nuts the entire 3 years I have been using the software.  And what is further irony, when I am using the mouse to rotate and object it will then scale it.

        This so profoundly slows me down.  I am glad I haven't broken a mouse yet.

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          vern
          Participant
          November 12, 2022

          Using the 2023 version and this is STILL a problem for me. Wildly frustrating. I found workaround for the 2022 version which involved turning of a certain snap, but I lost it with the upgrade and haven't been able to find it again yet.

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            julieb-knowfully
            Participant
            November 7, 2022

            Hey, Adobe. I know you've been busy co-branding flopped fantasy series and spending billions on appearance fees for elite content creators at your annual self-adoration festivals. We get it. But maybe you can find time to fix this stupid rotate/resize problem that's been bothering all of us actual users for 3 years now? Sure, I suppose the new Intertwine trick is pretty neat. But we all use this feature every day. Please?

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              D4niuska
              Participant
              July 18, 2022

              One year later and apparently they haven't solved the problem. I'm going a bit crazy with this problem, it's so annoying to have zoom in any time I want to scale. I mean, I could use the Scale tool, but if I can do it with the bounding box, as always...the idea would be to save time, but now is just the opposite.

               

              Help please 😞 

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                Bradley_ZA
                Participant
                July 28, 2022

                Its so dumb. and no fixes yet? typical Adobe.

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                  Florian25243392vuip
                  Participant
                  July 14, 2022

                  Same problem here, switched from Mac to Win, no problems on Mac, on Windows it is borderline unusable.

                  You constantly have to zoom in and out just to perfom simple scaling tasks. I guess it is a problem when using two monitors with different resolutions. Î also do not get the rotation arrow when hovering near the corners of the bounding box of an object, it only displays the normal scaling arrows, but it instantly starts rotating.

                  On Mac, I have never experienced these problems.

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                    defaultavdxiblddljm
                    Participant
                    October 26, 2023

                    I'm having this problem with the most recent update on a mac. 

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                    MLemberger
                    Participant
                    September 4, 2024

                    As am I.

                    wordn
                    wordn
                    Participant
                    April 29, 2022

                    Same issue. This is driving me bonkers!

                      Martyn19658679
                      Martyn19658679
                      Participant
                      April 26, 2022

                      I'm just starting to see this problem now as I don't use Illustrator frequently. The resize handle is clearly visible but the object starts rotating when you hold the mouse button down and drag outwards. Having to zoom in and out to resize one rectangle a dozen times as a work around. It is so annoying as this is a fundamental feature of Illustrator.

                      I'm on Windows 11 with a touch screen and second monitor using Illustrator version 25.2.

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