Path Edit type tool

[Rhyannon]

I am attempting to fix the path I made for text and I can not seem to select it. I made a path, I used to type tool to type along the path, I notice the type is not exactly placed how I want, but if I go to choose path tool to edit the line/points, the path disappears. I go to the type tool and the path line reappears once I click anywhere in the text but I am not able to click on any of the path points to edit it.

How would I do that?

Thanks

[Ronald Keller · Accepted solution]

You need the Direct Selection Tool (white arrow)

[michaelh96676916]

Nope. I've tried that over and over. Direct Selection tool, Group Selection Tool, regular Selection tool, back to Direct Selection tool. Cannot edit the path once there is type on it. I'm running latest version 23.0.6 on a Mac. I've created type on a path in the past and could do this, but now it simply doesn't work. Either they changed something, or something else is wrong. I've restarted the program, re-started the computer - nothing works. I notice these answers are from 2017 - it's now 2 years later and I don't see any newer discussion of this. It's all very frustrating

[michaelh96676916]

Even worse ... now I've found that if I hover over the text - sometimes with the regular Selection Tool and sometimes with the Direct Selection tool! - I get some of the little handles to show up and can actually move the text but only very erratically and I can never actually grab the handles. Sometimes I have to put one of these selection tools ON the text to get this to happen, in other moments I have to hover to get the handles to show up. It's wild and there seems to be no actual procedure going on here. I've done this in older versions of Illustrator and it was difficult, but not like this.

[davescm]

See the attached on how to edit paths

Edit paths in Adobe Photoshop

Dave

[Rhyannon]

thank you so much Ronald, appreciate it, it was the Direct Selection tool I needed, appreciate the answers. That link is nice too think you Dave

[Ronald Keller]

You're welcome!