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Problem moving objects in small increments

Explorer ,
Oct 24, 2014 Oct 24, 2014

Hey everyone, I've seen this similar question asked before however none of the solutions seemed to help my problem. I am trying to move an object in a pretty small increment, I have the preferences keyboard increment set to its lowest number, but I still need to move my object 1/3 as far. I've also tried to manually move the object to the correct point with my mouse and it just snaps back to the space where it was sitting which was as close as I could get it with arrow keys. I've turned off snap to grid and snap to point, with no change in my result. I'm basically trying to align a smaller triangle over a section of a larger triangle to act as a shading area. Any solutions? Thanks in advance.

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Community Expert , Oct 24, 2014 Oct 24, 2014

Check in the Transform Pallet with the item selected, and make sure that Align to Pixel Grid is not checked.

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Community Expert , Oct 25, 2014 Oct 25, 2014

mblaney,

It does look like the Align to Pixel Grid ghost haunting you, as SRiegel suggested.

Or maybe Snap to Grid.

Are both unticked (the former when the black triangle is selected)?

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New Here , Sep 12, 2017 Sep 12, 2017

Unchecking 'Snap to Pixel' under the 'View' tab fixed this issue for me. Thanks a lot!

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Community Expert ,
Oct 24, 2014 Oct 24, 2014

Check in the Transform Pallet with the item selected, and make sure that Align to Pixel Grid is not checked.

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New Here ,
Jun 28, 2024 Jun 28, 2024

This works!! In adobe illus CC... SJRiegel THX!
Snap options are ALL OFF

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New Here ,
Jul 02, 2024 Jul 02, 2024

after 10 years it still works! thanks SJRIegel!

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New Here ,
Jan 07, 2025 Jan 07, 2025
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Thanks  alot

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Explorer ,
Oct 24, 2014 Oct 24, 2014

Thanks for the reply, I'm ussing illustrator CC forgot to mention that, I made sure that option is not checked.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 24, 2014 Oct 24, 2014

mblaney,

I have the preferences keyboard increment set to its lowest number, but I still need to move my object 1/3 as far

Are you saying that you need to move your object in increments of 1/3 of 0.001pt with the arrow keys?

Edit>Preferences>General>Keyboard Increment goes (at least) down to 0.001pt, and that is what you should get with the Arrow keys, and you should be able to see that in the Transform palette, looking at the X or Y value.

If not, it may be time for the list.

The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.

1) Close down Illy and open again;

2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);

3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);

4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);

5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);

Even more seriously, you may:

6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.

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New Here ,
Dec 09, 2023 Dec 09, 2023

Thank you 🙏 you saved my day just by reading tge first 3 lines 

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Community Expert ,
Dec 09, 2023 Dec 09, 2023

You are welcome, Lina.

 

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Explorer ,
Oct 24, 2014 Oct 24, 2014

Hey Jacob, yes I was saying basically I need to be able to move the object a third of what the smallest increment the keyboard will allow me to use. If i do use my mouse and put the shape exactly where I want it to be placed, it just moves back to the spot where I could get it closest with a keyboard, here are some screenshots so you can see what I'm trying to do: doc.jpgdoc2.jpg

I can't get the black triangle to line up up with the edge of the lighter blude colored shape.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 25, 2014 Oct 25, 2014

mblaney,

It does look like the Align to Pixel Grid ghost haunting you, as SRiegel suggested.

Or maybe Snap to Grid.

Are both unticked (the former when the black triangle is selected)?

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New Here ,
Sep 27, 2018 Sep 27, 2018

This one got me too! I must not have tried to be so precise in a while because I've never had this issue before.

Thanks!

Eric

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Community Expert ,
Sep 27, 2018 Sep 27, 2018

For my part you are welcome, Eric.

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New Here ,
Dec 26, 2019 Dec 26, 2019

Thanks a lot!!!

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Explorer ,
Oct 25, 2014 Oct 25, 2014

Ah, thanks guys it was the align to pixel grid, I had unselected the "align new objects to pixel grid" option thinking it was applied to my selected object, and I didn't have the "align to pixel grid" option visible. My fault, thanks again.

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New Here ,
Apr 26, 2016 Apr 26, 2016

Can you please post the repro steps on how to uncheck the "Align New Objects to Pixel Grid" and "Align to Pixel Grid" as I'm having difficulty trying to find it myself? Thanks!

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Community Expert ,
Apr 26, 2016 Apr 26, 2016

Select all the objects and then uncheck "ALign to pixel grid"

Then uncheck "Align new objects to pixel grid"

It's in the transform panel.

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New Here ,
Apr 26, 2016 Apr 26, 2016

I already did that but I am still unable to move in small increments. My pixel sizing in Preferences won't reduce to less than 0.01 px. This is so frustrating

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New Here ,
Dec 08, 2015 Dec 08, 2015

You probably no longer need this, however if you zoom in, you can move in that increment based on the ratio... i've run into the same issue before and this is the only way I've found to make it work.

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New Here ,
Mar 30, 2017 Mar 30, 2017

This is only 3 years late but in the newest version of illy you can find and change this in the snap to pixel layout, to change it you need to find the the three stacked boxes next to a magnet icon and click on it. This will bring up a separate setting for the grid layout and snap. You can edit it to what you want.

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New Here ,
Sep 12, 2017 Sep 12, 2017

Unchecking 'Snap to Pixel' under the 'View' tab fixed this issue for me. Thanks a lot!

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New Here ,
Mar 15, 2018 Mar 15, 2018

under View Tab and uncheck "Snap to Grid" or just hold Shift+Ctrl and press " have a good day

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New Here ,
Feb 13, 2022 Feb 13, 2022

Thank you It worked for me too!!!

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New Here ,
Jun 17, 2021 Jun 17, 2021

Thanks a lot for this! Worked for me!

 

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New Here ,
Dec 26, 2022 Dec 26, 2022

awosme bro its working for me thanks for sharing this

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