Page 1 of 1

Nudge points or objects up, down, sideways via the keyboard?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:46 pm
by SpaceBoy64
Most other drawing programs have the ability to use the keyboard to nudge things one little bit at a time. Can I do this in AS8?

I am frustrated by having to use one tool to select points, then another tool to move points via the mouse. Quite often my points are accidentally unselected before I can move them. :x

Can I select some points, and then later decide to select more, one at a time? I don't want to drop the points I already have selected. In other programs, I hold down the shift key to add to selection. I'm frustrated that this doesn't work in AS.

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:01 pm
by sbtamu
The shift key does allow you to select and deselect points if you are using the select points tool.

Also if you want a group of points to be easily selected again, create a group for them. You can always select that group and hold the shift key down and add more points.

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:29 am
by neeters_guy
Right. And for nudging points, use the translate points tool, hold down the ctrl key and use the arrow keys (Windows).

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:42 pm
by SpaceBoy64
Thanks for the answer!