Objects stick to cursor when clicking

[Daniël5CC1]

Hi,

Everytime I click on a object, it doesn't get selected but sticks to the cursor instead.

This is very ennoying when you expect it to only select the object, not moving it.

Is there a solution for it?

Thanks,

Daniël

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

Do you have the Magnet app installed? It's causing that.

[Daniël5CC1]

Hi Monika,

Thanks for the quick reply,

Yes I do and the problem stopped when I closed the app!

[roas]

Hello. I also have the same problem for a few weeks now. Which magnet app are you specifically referring to?

[Monika Gause]

An app that is called "Magnet"

[Florentina36231244jwq8]

Can you please share a screenshot of how this Magnet app looks like? I don't think I have that. I also have the sticky cursor issue.

[Daniël5CC1]

The magnet app looks like this.

[Monika Gause]

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@Florentina36231244jwq8  schrieb:

Can you please share a screenshot of how this Magnet app looks like? I don't think I have that. I also have the sticky cursor issue.

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Other apps are causing the same issue.

[KasparsKursiss]

This issue bothered me for so long, thank you!

[000023]

This is crazy! You're a hero! I had contacted customer support 4x , and they kept telling me to reinstall macos. And now closed magnet, and everything works. Shoot, this is amazing. Thank you!

[dolphinganz]

Yeah, same here! Awesome tip. Thank you!

[jukpo]

Thanks!

[meadows.enk · Accepted solution]

I may have found a way to keep Magnet installed but prevent it from interfering with Illustrator.

With Illustrator open, click the Magnet menu bar icon and find the option that says Ignore "Illustrator". After enabling that, I haven't experienced any of that weird sticky object behavior even though Magnet is still running. Hopefully that works for you too.

[KasparsKursiss]

Thank you, this works!

[uesix]

Did work with diasbling "Snap windows by dragging" which I actually do not use but shortcuts. Thanks for this help!

[Christopher39007345masp]

I have an end user with this complaint - however - she says she does do not have the Magnet app installed on her macbook.

"Hello, My full team is having the issue noted in this article that sounds like it is because of another app on our computers. This issue slows us waaay down and makes it really hard to work.

Out of nowhere, my Adobe Illustrator 2024 has been having an issue with the cursor. When I'm working on a design and try to click to select an element, instead of selecting, it gets stuck to the cursor and drags the entire design or remains attached to the cursor until I click again."

[Monika Gause]

Magnet and other window managers.

[JeremiahShepherdLETU]

Hey guys,

I was struggling with this issue for a while as well and didn't have any of the culprits mentioned here and on other forums (Magnet, Copilot, etc.) For me the issue was with a keyboard cleaning app called "OneMenu." It is an app I use to disable my keyboard to clean it occasionally. Disable this app and 'voila', no more sticky selection cursor! Hope this helps.