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Rotate reference point jumps back to default in Illustrator 2019 on Windows 10

Community Beginner ,
Sep 19, 2019 Sep 19, 2019

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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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Adobe Employee , Sep 20, 2019 Sep 20, 2019

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.

  • Create Object
  • Click Rotate tool
  • Without moving anything on screen, press ALT and then Drag the Reference Point.
  • Do not move reference point without pressing ATL, after that it will not show you the dialog box even if you are pressing ALT key untill you click on Rotate tool a
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Sep 19, 2019 Sep 19, 2019

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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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Community Beginner ,
Sep 19, 2019 Sep 19, 2019

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Alt-click on the reference doesn't open the dialog box.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 19, 2019 Sep 19, 2019

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If it doesn't, then something is wrong. https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/rotating-reflecting-objects.html If that doesn't work, try and restart the computer or reset the preferences.

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 19, 2019 Sep 19, 2019

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Thank you for your help. Something must be wrong. I have reset the preferences and restarted the computer. This did not work so I deleted illustrator and restart the computer again before installing Illustrator again. It still does not work.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 19, 2019 Sep 19, 2019

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Hey, mostly when this goes wrong, these things can be the problem:

  • make sure you've selected the object you want to rotate (with the selection tool)
  • Then select the rotate tool
  • Then Alt-click in the center of the circle (hold Alt, then click). When this doesn't work, just Alt click again
  • Now the popup should appear

 

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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Community Beginner ,
Sep 19, 2019 Sep 19, 2019

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Thank you for your help. Alt-click in the center of the circle is not doing anything. Also restarting illustrator like you said did not do the trick. I will try and add a picture of how the cursor is when holding ALT.

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Adobe Employee ,
Sep 20, 2019 Sep 20, 2019

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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.

  • Create Object
  • Click Rotate tool
  • Without moving anything on screen, press ALT and then Drag the Reference Point.
  • Do not move reference point without pressing ATL, after that it will not show you the dialog box even if you are pressing ALT key untill you click on Rotate tool again. 

Take a look at this GIF

Rotate tool2.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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Aug 18, 2023 Aug 18, 2023

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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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Aug 18, 2023 Aug 18, 2023

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turning off*

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New Here ,
Mar 04, 2021 Mar 04, 2021

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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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Community Beginner ,
Feb 07, 2022 Feb 07, 2022

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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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Community Expert ,
Feb 08, 2022 Feb 08, 2022

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Exactly what are you doing step by step?

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 06, 2022 Mar 06, 2022

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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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Community Expert ,
Mar 07, 2022 Mar 07, 2022

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That GIF is tiny, I can't see anything in it.

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 07, 2022 Mar 07, 2022

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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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Mentor ,
Mar 07, 2022 Mar 07, 2022

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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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New Here ,
May 09, 2022 May 09, 2022

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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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Feb 26, 2023 Feb 26, 2023

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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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Community Beginner ,
Mar 25, 2023 Mar 25, 2023

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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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Mar 25, 2023 Mar 25, 2023

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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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New Here ,
Apr 22, 2023 Apr 22, 2023

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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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Aug 18, 2023 Aug 18, 2023

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I turned off GPU performance in preference panel and this (finally!) did the trick for me. Incredible how annoying and OLD this bug is, found foruns relating this problem in CS5 version. 

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