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The marquee zoom no longer works in Illustrator

Participant ,
Jul 27, 2025 Jul 27, 2025

Forever - and I mean FOREVER - I've been able to hold down the command key and the space bar to get the MARQUEE ZOOM tool which I use ALL THE TIME. Now suddenly - I guess in the hopes that it justifies the absolutely ridiculous 20% increase in the price of CC in a market where graphic artists are getting replaced by ADOBE'S AI - the marquee zoom either no longer works at all, or Adobe pulled another Adobe and decided their terribly inefficient version of the zoom should now be the default and in order to go back to the way it's worked SMOOTHLY and FOREVER - we have to come to the site here in the hopes someone can tell us what is happening and which magic boxes we need to check or uncheck to get it back to working the way IT'S ALWAYS WORKED. I swear if they gave out awards for companies who make life hard for their customers - Adobe would win every freakin' year.

 

Anyway, is there a kind soul in the room (not as frustrated as I am) who knows what happened to the MARQUEE ZOOM option that can help me? I would much appreciate it - thanks in advance.

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Community Expert , Jul 27, 2025 Jul 27, 2025

If you turn off Animated Zoom in Preferences > Performance and use Spacebar Cmd it should work.

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Sep 08, 2025 Sep 08, 2025
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Or use them in the reverse order: Space Cmd instead of Cmd Space

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