Can't move layers or objects

[chrisa90912733]

Today I have allowed Illustrator to upgrade to 25.2.2 after it nagging me to do so for a while (I was probably about 2/3 versions behind). I now regret it as I now have two issues which I've never had before.

Layer pane: I can no longer move layers in the layer pane by clicking on them and dragging to the new position as I could before and also cannot move items on an artboard unless they show a 

Objects: Objects now cannot be moved by selecting the object and dragging to the new position unless they show a box at the center. If they do clicking and holding the cursor at this point allows me to move the object otherwise I can only move using the cursor keys and trying to move with the mouse results in the ding sound you hear if you try to select something while a dialog is open.

Is there some change in the last few versions that I've missed ? Or is there some way to fix this behaviour ?

[Mike_Gondek]

I am not experiencing that on win 10 or Mac Catalina. Have you tried restarting your computer? Do you have nonalphanumeric characters in your layer name?

[chrisa90912733]

Yep have restarted with no difference. No layer names are either default names from when layer was created or standard a-z characters.

[chrisa90912733]

Have reverted to previous versions even as far back as it will allow (24.3) and the issue is still there. This is incredibly frustrating.

[chrisa90912733 · Accepted solution]

Update

After completely uninstalling Illustrator, restarting the machine and then reinstalling the issues are now gone. No idea what caused them.

[phillipw81703998]

I had this same issue just now. I restarted Illustrator three times and it finally ‘somehow’ resolved itself... Technology, it’s great when its great and aint when it aint.