Nudge distance is not accurate.

[th_studio]

Hi there. Not sure if someone else noticed it before. My nudge distance is set to 1 pixel but this doesn't work as it should do. I'm getting decimal values all the time which is very disappointing. Is this a bug or I'm the only person who is experiencing this? Looking forward to your opinion friends.

[firstdefence]

Your object is probably located at a non-integer point i.e. X: 12.3 px so if you nudge it to the right it will now be 13.3 px

Setting the object to an integer number i.e 12 px will nudge it to 13 px

Nudge me.afphoto

 

[th_studio]

19 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

Your object is probably located at a non-integer point i.e. X: 12.3 px so if you nudge it to the right it will now be 13.3 px

Setting the object to an integer number i.e 12 px will nudge it to 13 px

Nudge me.afphoto

 

Thanks a lot for your comment. I've understood what you're talking about. But my object is located at an integer point. I always keep my eyes on the transform panel. Do you get accurate result when nudging an object?

[Pšenda]

6 minutes ago, th_studio said:

Do you get accurate result when nudging an object?

Document in pixel? - yes.
Document in milimetres? - no.

[th_studio]

@Pšenda my unit is set to pixel. So there is no reason to get decimal value.

PS: I'm an advanced used of Adobe Illustrator. And I'm always concerned about the settings

[firstdefence]

36 minutes ago, th_studio said:

Do you get accurate result when nudging an object?

Yes, maybe make a video of your problem?

[th_studio]

37 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

Yes, maybe make a video of your problem?

Here you go!

[GarryP]

Can you try changing your number of decimal places for pixels to be more than 1, maybe 3 or 4 or more? It’s a setting in Preferences / User Interface.
That might show what the problem is, or maybe not but it’s worth checking.

[th_studio]

@GarryP thanks for your suggestion. Fortunately this worked! I set the value for the pixel to 0 and now nudge distance is working perfectly. Not sure why it is so complicated  However, thanks a lot finding me a solution

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[firstdefence]

As Haakoo has said we think you have masked the problem not solved it, If you change the pixel value to 1 again does it nudge to 309.8?

Also in Snapping Manager: View > Snapping Manager... there is a preset for Pixel Work.

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, firstdefence said:

there is a preset for Pixel Work.

However, this should still move one pixel - not 0.8.

 

2 hours ago, GarryP said:

or maybe not

Even if the decimal part is hidden, it should be hidden even after the nudge. So increasing the number of visible decimal places should only specify - how much the nudge is wrong (!= 1px).

[GarryP]

I suggested increasing the number of decimal places so we could see what the exact numbers were (if possible), rather than them being rounded away by the UI.
If we can see that the number is not an integer then the “Force Pixel Alignment” function might not be working properly (it seems to be active in the video).
If we can see that the number is an integer then the Nudge function might not be working properly.
Either way we would have more information about what is going on.

[firstdefence]

I've tried all ways and it nudges by 1px when set to do so, integer number or not.

Pšenda: Was just trying to eliminate snapping settings from interfering so the less you have the easier it would be to diagnose.

[th_studio]

Thanks everyone for your comments. But all I want to say is this is too complex. I'm so disappointed  This is not how nudge or keyboard increment works. Creating pixel perfect icon is a big challenge. I turned the Force Pixel Alignment option on and still it nudges to decimal points 

[GarryP]

Here’s an interesting little ‘feature’ (see attached GIF).
Try this:
* change the number of decimal places for Pixels to 4 or higher (so you can see what’s happening);
* change the nudge value to 1.00003 (the UI rounds this to 1);
* add a new layer and keep nudging it.
The X/Y value is nudged by 1.00003 each time (not always noticeable) but the UI (in preferences) says it is nudging by 1. The nudge value in the preferences doesn’t always show you the exact value so this could be part of what’s happening, perhaps.
@th_studio Can you try manually entering the value 1 into the nudge field and see if anything starts working?

[th_studio]

@GarryP thanks a lot for all your effort. I've just found the solution (hopefully). I once set the nudge distance to point (unit) and then set it back to pixel. Now everything is working perfectly. It's moves one pixel each time I hit the keyboard arrow. Please give this a try and let me know if you have the same result

[walt.farrell]

Also, make sure you have Move by Whole Pixels in the Snapping options set off. If it's on, and you have something misaligned, it will remain misaligned when you nudge it. If it's off, and you have something misaligned, it will snap to a whole pixel when you nudge it.