Rotation angle resets to zero on Illustrator

[mjh795932]

When I use the rotate option in the properties panel the value instantly resets to 0 which means I have to memorize what value I'm putting in. Or if I'm doing it manually I end up not knowing how much I've rotated the shape. Is there a way to turn this off?

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[Monika Gause]

Which version is this?

What kind of object are you rotating?

[mjh795932]

The latest version of Illustrator. It's a group with in a clipping group, if I isolate the group inside the clipping group it works fine and shows me how much it rotated. Its when I select the group from the layer panel without isolating that it seems to always go back to 0.

[Monika Gause]

Illustrator used to never keep this information. Only in recent versions this somewhat changed, but it's not reliable. It's only reliable for live shapes.

Please make a feature request if you need to have this: http://illustrator.uservoice.com

[mjh795932]

Feature request? Sounds more like a bug than anything.

[Monika Gause]

mjh795932  schrieb

Feature request? Sounds more like a bug than anything.

Use the same URL to report a bug.

The forum is 95% not staff. Nobody will notice bugs you report here.

[mjh795932]

Ooooh confusing, thanks!

[Srishti Bali]

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. As per your query, the Rotation angle resets to 0 immediately after choosing some value. I tried but couldn't see this behaviour on my system.

I would request if you can share a few more details like:

• OS (Exact version of Windows/ MAC)
• Is the issue related to a specific document or asset? Can you please share a sample file?
• Few screenshots or a video of the issue.

All this will help us reproduce the issue at our end and report it to the engineering team if required.

PS: You can also upload this information on your uservoice request: Rotation resets to 0 – Adobe Illustrator Feedback

Regards,

Srishti

[NileKUE]

Funny, for me the bug also appeared in the version 27.8.1

[tromboniator]

I find that the rotation value disappears from the Properties panel, but is retained when using the Rotate tool (select from Toolbar, press R key, or go to Object menu > Transform > Rotate).

Peter

[meganchi]

If you look at your transform palette after rotating a shape, is that showing 0 as well?

[ChristianPers]

Still happening for me: Version 28.3 (Mac). Not for all objecrts within a documnet though...

[Anubhav M]

Hello @chris7ian,

We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. Would you mind sharing some more details, like the exact version of the OS/Illustrator, details of your workflow, and a screen recording of the problem (https://adobe.ly/3LZZC20), so we can investigate this further?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[ChristianPers]

Illustrator 28.3 on MacOS 14.4.
• If an object is rotated by itself, it behaves as expected.|

• If the object is rotated, then duplicated and grouped, the rotation value of the group retains the angle of the obect.

• If the two obects are roated a different value individually, then grouped and rotated, the angle defaults to 0º no matter the rotation.

[Anubhav M]

Hello @chris7ian,

Thanks for sharing the details. Could you also share a screen recording of your workflow and the problem so I can check this with the team?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[101010X888]

For me this worked for groups.
Select the group and then Object > Transform > Reset Bounding Box.