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In Illustrator, for whatever reason, when I try and draw a straight line with the pen tool it jumps from where it is anchored.
It seems as though it's even on the same pixel, but it's not anchored in the same place.
When I do other angles it works fine (mostly). Align to Pixel Grid is unchecked.
This seems to be caused by a snapping tool.
To fix:
Go to View and make sure that
Snap to Grid (Shift+Ctrl+")
Snap to point (Alt+Ctrl+")
Are toggled off
The fix is:
That’s two spots to uncheck or it will keep doing it.
Well, my friend actually solved the problem and I will go ahead and write it up here to help anyone who is losing their mind as I was before. I am currently running Illustrator CC 2018, so I'm not sure where this is located on other versions.
But if one goes to the "Essentials Classic" workspace view (different than just "Essentials"), you will see an icon with a column of three boxes and an old school magnet. This button should NOT be depressed! Meaning that if it looks like this photo, you will have trouble, so unselect it!
