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I'm using a dutch version of Adobe Illustrator 23.1 (64-bit) on windows 10 pro.
When I set the reference point to the middle of a circle (or anywhere else) it jumps back as soon as I want to set a value. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong, can someone please help me.
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Hi there,
Thanks for reaching out. As per your query, when you press ALT and drag reference point, it doesn't open Rotate dialog box. That's definitely not a typical behavior.
Please try this once again in this sequence.
For people who are having this issue, i found the answer!! When you press alt, use the alt key on the left of the key board (only has alt written on it) not the alt/gr on the right side of the keyboard.
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With the rotate tool Alt-click the reference point. This will open the dialog box and keep the point.
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Hey, mostly when this goes wrong, these things can be the problem:
If it doesn't work you can try to reset the Illustrator Preferences: restart Illustrator, hold Ctrl-Alt-Shift directly after you clicked the Illustrator button. Hope this helps!
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Hi there,
Thanks for reaching out. As per your query, when you press ALT and drag reference point, it doesn't open Rotate dialog box. That's definitely not a typical behavior.
Please try this once again in this sequence.
Take a look at this GIF
PS: Please note the changes in cursor.
If you want, you can report it on our UserVoice page: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/
This is the best way of communicating with the Engineering and Product Management teams regarding issues and suggestions so they can be implemented in future releases.
Regards,
Srishti
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Sorry Srishti, but the only solution for me was turning of the Gpu performance checkbox in the preferences panel.
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turning off*
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This same thing happened to me. I noticed that when I try to pull up the pop up box by clicking on 'return', the reference point jumps. Instead, if I am in the still in the 'rotate tool' and hover my cursor over the reference point and click 'option', the pop up box for the rotate tool comes up and does not move my reference point.
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I have the same problem in Adobe Illustrator CC2022, it's ridiculous that this bug is still not fixed
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Exactly what are you doing step by step?
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Hello, thank you for your reply, here are the steps I have taken:
1. Select the Object
2. Select rotation or reflecting (press R or O)
3. When I hold Alt, the mouse anchor has 3 dots, I clicked on => the blue anchor point is stuck on the mouse and moves as the mouse, no windows appear
Please see GIF for more reference
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That GIF is tiny, I can't see anything in it.
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Sorry, my bad, Please see this video here for reference:
https://youtu.be/fA-JaHcyjpk
The dots appeared on the mouse/anchor point, I don't know which word to describe it better but it is just the dots that notify us of when we are holding down Alt.
I'm on Windows 10 by the way, turned Sticky Keyboard off.
As you can see the blue Anchor Point is stuck to the mouse at the end, no windows appeared
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"the mouse anchor has 3 dots"
What does that mean?
I seem to remember there's something called sticky keys on a mac - I might be misremembering I haven't use one for several years - make sure it's turned off.
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I have the same problem, using Windows and Adobe CC 2022 - after pressing R for rotate, then I click ALT and then the anchor point just moves with the cursor and I can't get back to normal cursor - it's ridiculous!
I've been restarting Ai, Ending tasks constantly thinking it's my computer that's being slow - I think I can't curse anymore at my screen 😞
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The same thing happened with my Illustrator22 and now with Illustrator23. It's irritating when working on a project as I have to stop Illustrator forcefully without saving my work, otherwise, it makes the other programs on my laptop slow. Please adobe try to fix this issue.
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Hello, I am using version 2023 and this version also has this bug. But I found a way around it: after I move the rotation point to the intended place, I press Alt click once, (the cursor changes to a plus sign) then I double click together with Alt and then I enter the window where I enter the values of the rotation.
Hope this helps you.
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Hello, I am using version 2023 and this version also has this bug. But I found a way around it: after I move the rotation point to the intended place, I press Alt click once, (the cursor changes to a plus sign) then I double click together with Alt and then I enter the window where I enter the values of the rotation.
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This is way too much clicking. The correct answer has already been given multiple times.
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Hey I discovered the issue is with using a Wacom tablet. When I click with my laptop's trackpad it will register the click and the Rotate dialog box finally pops up.
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For people who are having this issue, i found the answer!! When you press alt, use the alt key on the left of the key board (only has alt written on it) not the alt/gr on the right side of the keyboard.
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Hi!
I was having this issue for the longest time even with the new version. Found out it isn't ALT for me...it was the WIN key.