Preferences > Keyboard Increment in 29.7

[jmyjazz]

For years (and years), I’ve been hitting Command+K to bring up Preferences and immediately change the keyboard increment. The input box for keyboard increment used to be auto-selected, allowing me to type a new value without any extra clicks.

In the just-installed version 29.7, Command+K still opens Preferences, but now it auto-selects the search input instead. Is there any way to restore the old behaviour?

Personally, I use search only occasionally, whereas I change the keyboard increment multiple times a day. This change feels like a step backwards in terms of productivity.

[Doug A Roberts]

After reading lots of comments about how people use the keyboard increment preference (surprising to me, as I never change it), I wondered if the Move dialog could be an alternative for users who are accessing keyboard increments constantly?

I.e. select object, press Enter:

If not, this has already been changed back in Beta:

Keyboard Increment field in Preferences no longer gets focused when dialog opens, new Search field d...

[Abhishek Rao · Accepted solution]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share an update, Illustrator 29.8 is now available. I tested it on my end and the Command+K shortcut once again opens Preferences with the Keyboard Increment field auto-selected, just like before. Please update when you get a chance, try it out in your workflows, and let us know if it's working smoothly for you too.

Looking forward to your confirmation.

Abhishek

[Machado_HBT8044]

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