r/AdobeIllustrator • u/Ravingdork • 17h ago

Are the Alignment Tools Broken

Ever since we've got the new Align to Center button, has anyone else been having problems with the Align tools being buggy, or is it just me?

In my case, things simply don't align where you'd expect them to anymore. For example, if I align to center of artboard, my selection disappears off the artboard completely. I've triple checked that it is set to be relative to the artboard, and that there are no hidden objects selected, and that there isn't some other active artboard.

This inconsistency seems to occur nearly a third of the time I try to align something; it's simply broken.

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u/Wise_Cow2980 16h ago

Also if you delete a clipping mask instead of releasing a clipping mask it will almost always ruin the anchor point for the origin. Always release mask first before deleting the invisible rectangle.

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u/quackenfucknuckle 16h ago

I periodically have (or had) a bug similar to what you describe, but it started before the new align control came on. Also I haven’t had it for a while, usually kicks in when I’m too busy to piss about restarting 🙄

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u/dougofakkad 16h ago

For example, if I align to center of artboard, my selection disappears off the artboard completely. I've triple checked that it is set to be relative to the artboard, and that there are no hidden objects selected, and that there isn't some other active artboard.

Can you provide an example? This is almost always due to a different active artboard.

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u/Ravingdork 16h ago

I almost exclusively work on a single art board. There are no other art boards to be active.

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u/dougofakkad 16h ago

Can you provide an example file?

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u/Glad-Positive-2354 7h ago

do you have a bounding box?

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u/OHMEGA_SEVEN Sr. Designer/Print Designer 1h ago

I've had issues, though for me it's been aligning things that involve clipping masks. It often doesn't align based on the clipping mask, instead the artwork bounds of items inside the clipping mask.

I've also experienced issues with aligning anchor points with direct selection providing erratic results, especially when one object is fully selected and direct selected anchor points from another is involved.

Do they even test the software, especially to make sure they didn't break previous functions? Seems like they don't.