Adobe Community: Default increment for X and Y values in Control panel?

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1. [scott w],

May 17, 2012 1:52 PM in reply to Dlux Printing

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The Keyboard Increment setting in the preferences controls the amount the arrow keys will nudge items. Simply set it to .0625" for 1/16 inch.

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2. Dlux Printing,

May 17, 2012 2:03 PM in reply to [scott w]

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Thanks Scott, but that setting controls the amount the object moves when using the arrow keys on the keyboard. It doesn't change the amount the object moves when using the Control panel X and Y boxes.

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3. Larry G. Schneider,

May 17, 2012 2:19 PM in reply to Dlux Printing

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Strangely mine moves to the nearest 1/4 inch. It appears to be 2X the number in the grid divisions box in the Guides and Grids tab of the preferences. When using 8 in this box, I get the 1/4 in.; when setting it to 16, it uses 1/8 in. But setting it to 32 doesn't yield 1/16 in so there must be a lower limit.

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4. Dlux Printing,

May 17, 2012 2:44 PM in reply to Larry G. Schneider

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Hmmm, mine was set at 8 - tried changing in both directions but still getting 1/8" increments.

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5. [scott w],

May 17, 2012 3:20 PM in reply to Dlux Printing

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Sorry. I misunderstood... and your'e right. I can't find any way to make that increment smaller than .125" (if you are using inches). You can, of course, switch the document rulers to picas or points and the increments change to 1 pt.

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6. Gustavo Del Vechio,

May 17, 2012 8:37 PM in reply to [scott w]

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Hi

In Illustrator CS6 the increments in fields was adjusted to a more logical way..and based on the units it´s used in the document. Also Illustrator added the ability of partial increments.

So these are some rulers:

If you insert your pointer to a field and use up or down key...you will have normal increments. If you use Shift + up or down you have multiple increment. And if you use Ctrl (Cmd) + up or down you get partial increments.

But as I told...the value of normal, multiple and partial increments depends on the unit of measurement the project is currently using.

For example...in the image of Dlux the document is using inches. So these are the concepts:

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In fields that works with inches with 4 decimal places:

Normal: increments 0.125

Multiple: increments 1

Partial: 0.0625

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In fields that works with inches with 3 decimal places (the case of the fields highlighted in the image):

Normal: increments 0.125

Multiple: increments 1

Partial: 0.06

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In fields that works with inches with 2 decimal places:

Normal: increments 0.1

Multiple: increments 1

Partial: 0.06

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In fields that works with inches with 1 decimal places:

Normal: increments 0.1

Multiple: increments 1

Partial: 0.1

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Hope to be helped

Gustavo.

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7. Wade_Zimmerman,

May 17, 2012 9:35 PM in reply to Gustavo Del Vechio

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As Gustavo states there are ways to obtain a smaller or larger increment based on the preset.

But there is actually no way to change the actual increment unless it is accessible via the preferences which you probably do not want to mess with though some of the users here sometimes do it.

Perhaps a script might maske it workable.

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8. CarlosCanto,

May 17, 2012 11:09 PM in reply to Wade_Zimmerman

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the increment amounts can be changed as needed in the prefs dialog (then using the up/down keyboard arrow keys)...but the OP wants the same behavior when clicking on the up/down arrows next to the edit boxes in the control panel.

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9. Dlux Printing,

May 21, 2012 1:39 PM in reply to Gustavo Del Vechio

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Apologies for the delay getting back to this, been tied up with computer upgrades for a few days. Thanks to everyone for the input and information - it's not a huge issue but more of a minor annoyance. I had a feeling there was something I was missing, and Gustavo is absolutely right - holding down Ctrl and clicking the arrows in the Control panel boxes gives a 1/16" movement.

Clicking shift or control in addition to the arrows never occured to me - thanks for the tip

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