Stretching a line

[Anonymous]

I've come across a small, but irritating problem in AC 10 that I can't quite figure out.

When I select the end of a 2d line and try to stretch it, if the end of the line is touching anything else (for example another line) the other line or object will always be selected.

If I have the line tool selected and shift/select the line I want to stretch it remains selected and I can do my edit.

I did check the mouse settings and cursor snap range is 3 pixels like always.

Any thoughts?

Don Lee
2-1.8 G5, OS 10.4.8, AC1010

[Anonymous]

You know, as far back as I can remember (back to AC 4.5) you could select a line then click on an endpoint and stretch it without having the line tool selected.

I certainly ca work around it, but why should I have to change what I have for many years? It's such a simple thing. It might be some sort of system thing (OSX and AC10) that has been suggested.

Don Lee
2-1.8 G5, OSX, AC1010

[Anonymous]

Don wrote:
You know, as far back as I can remember (back to AC 4.5) you could select a line then click on an endpoint and stretch it without having the line tool selected.

I certainly ca work around it, but why should I have to change what I have for many years? It's such a simple thing. It might be some sort of system thing (OSX and AC10) that has been suggested.

Don Lee
2-1.8 G5, OSX, AC1010

indeed, i've been editing elements without their tool selected since i started using AC (v6 i think). I know it gets over the problem described if you do have the tool selected, but if you're supposed to do this then why have the functionality of editing without the tool activated in the first place? and then have it so sometimes it works and others it doesn't!?
anyway, no harm done, i know when it works and when it doesn't and what to do when it doesn't. it was just really obvious in ac10 that when elements overlap, editting without the tool active doesn't work as it has done in previous versions... hense the hair pulling.

[Anonymous]

Having this problem not just with lines, but anything where you need to toggle between moving and stretching a selected object (fills, text labels, layout windows). I tried selecting the tool first after reading earlier posts, and hesitating an extra beat on the pet palette, to no avail. It's exceptionally erratic which makes it more annoying.

I'm running a mactel which I thought might make a difference, but the two others in my office are having no problems on their mactels.

Any other suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
I just transitioned to 10, was not having this problem with 9.

[Anonymous]

Try too disable "Quick selection" under Arrow tool if it's activated, this tool could give you some unexpected happenings.

catalano wrote:
Having this problem not just with lines, but anything where you need to toggle between moving and stretching a selected object (fills, text labels, layout windows). I tried selecting the tool first after reading earlier posts, and hesitating an extra beat on the pet palette, to no avail. It's exceptionally erratic which makes it more annoying.

I'm running a mactel which I thought might make a difference, but the two others in my office are having no problems on their mactels.

Any other suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
I just transitioned to 10, was not having this problem with 9.

[Anonymous]

Actually, I found a tip on another part of the site that there seems to be a bug with the pet palette setting option being set to "follow cursor" (although those people were getting different symptoms)
I re-set it to go to a "preferred location" and it solved the problem!
Thanks though