Preferences > Keyboard Increment in 29.7

Its about time to redesign the preferences panel. It has been a mess for ages! Nothing user friendly!

Mistakes like the "Preferences > Keyboard Increment in 29.7" as mentioned buy jmyjazz. Are a pure lack of concern… I lost (And I believe other designers as well) hours trying to understand what happened… Not working. I believe thats what illustrator is for…

I use Illustrator sice the 3.0 version (I belive). If you change the commands, (some I can understand), but changing the commands that are working for ages… Makes no sense. Please pay all attention to impove, and not "destroy"  the workflow that it's woking since the begining!

Sometimes I looks like it's another program… Like Corel, or the decieved Freehand… That I've never liked!

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In previous versions, when I pressed Cmd+K, the text cursor would automatically jump to the Keyboard Increment field in Preferences. This has been one of the most valuable shortcuts in my workflow, as it allowed me to quickly specify the distance for moving objects with minimal keystrokes.
However, in the latest update, pressing Cmd+K places the cursor in the search field instead. This forces me to spend additional time navigating to the Keyboard Increment field, slowing down my workflow significantly.
Anyone else having this issue?

I have the same issue as the OP here - I use command-K constantly to type in different cursor increments, which is usually so fast I barely see the prefs window. That shortcut now defaulting to a search field is adding a lot of friction. If the dev team really has fixed that, I'll be a very happy camper indeed. Small things like this can really burn your toast 😞

Hallo zusammen,

Erklärung:

Zum einen arbeite ich viel mit Tastenkürzeln und zum anderen gehört es bei mir gängig dazu die "Schritte per Tastatur" zu ändern, um wirklich Millimeter genau zu arbeiten (technischer Bereich).

Ich habe nun folgendes Problem:

Nun, es muss ein Update gegeben haben... denn, wenn ich jetzt Strg+K verwende, gebe ich entweder meinen Wert versehentlich in die (warum auch immer jetzt) bereits aktive Suchleiste ein. Oder ich muss 4x Tab drücken, bis ich endlich am gewünschten Feld angelangt bin.

Frage:

1. Kann ich diese bereits aktive Suchleiste irgendwie deaktivieren? Wenn ja, wie?

2. Gibt es ein anderes Tastenkürzel um "Schritte per Tastatur" zu ändern? - ich kann einfach nichts in den Tastaturbefehlen finden.

Ich brauche wirklich Hilfe, diese Änderung hindert mich wirklich sehr stark am Arbeiten.

I also use this command every day, when will 29.8 be released?

I’ve been an Adobe Illustrator user since 1991, and this latest change has seriously disrupted my workflow.
 
Previously, Command + K took me straight to the General Preferences, where I could quickly adjust my Keyboard Increment. I do this multiple times per minute, not per day — switching between tiny adjustments for precise nudges and larger increments when moving entire layouts between pages.
 
Now, Command + K opens a generic “Search Preferences” panel, forcing extra clicks to get where I need to be. This slows me down and breaks the fluidity of my work. For anyone who relies on rapid increment changes, this is a huge hit to efficiency.
 
This feels like a decision made without understanding how professionals actually use Illustrator day-to-day. I urge the team to restore the original Command + K behavior or give us an option to set our own default preference panel.

After last upadate appeared the search preferences bar in preferences screen. How can I turn it off