selection tolerance

[greiss]

Hi,

I noticed that changing the selection tolerance in the preferences dialog box between 1-8 px doesn’t affect my work. Can anyone explain the purpose of this option?

By the way, my screen is 24" 1920x1200 px.

Thank you 🙂

[Anshul_Saini]

Hi @greiss,

Thanks for reaching out with your question! I understand how it can feel puzzling when changes in settings like selection tolerance don’t seem to make a noticeable difference in your workflow.

The selection tolerance setting determines how close your cursor needs to be to an anchor point or path before selecting it. However, factors like Snap to Point or other snapping features being enabled might override this, making it harder to notice the effect of changing tolerance values.

Would you mind checking if Snap to Point or any snapping options are enabled in your Illustrator preferences? If they are, temporarily disabling them might help you see how the tolerance setting impacts your selections.

Feel free to share more details, and I’d be happy to assist you further.

Best,

Anshul Saini

[greiss]

Hi Anshul thanks so much for your reply.

I made a short video: You can see all snapping is off and still, there's no change in behavior.

[BADLANZ]

Maybe your are not zoomed in far enough to see the difference?  1px is pretty darn small, so if your zoomed out you would not notice.  Just a guess, but my professor said (at first) there are so many issues that can be fixed by zooming in. 

[greiss]

I zoomed 25000% now (see the attached video) - No change. The stroke is 1 pt width.

I think this behavior may affect when using a small high-definition screen when it's hard to select points regardless of zooming.

[Anubhav M]

Hello @greiss,

Thanks for sharing the details. Kindly allow me some time to check this with the team.

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

Anubhav

[greiss]

Thank you 🙂