Rulers, the grid, and guides

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polymechmanasdsafafsfa wrote:
I want to know how to specify a guide position AFTER changing the origin. I have moved zero, yet every time I drag or specify a guide, it shows or places in the reference to the original origin. NOT what I expected! CS6.
That bugs me, too. Thankfully, the X,Y coords in the Info Panel are relative to the rulers origin, but having to watch that defeats the purpose of the pointer coords display.
Other problems with coords...
The pointer coords display doesn't show when dragging the origin.
"View > Snap To > Layers" and "View > Snap To > Document Bounds" are ineffective when dragging the origin
"View > Snap To > Layers" is ineffective when dragging guides.
For some objects being dragged, the Info Panel coords will go blank when the pointer goes off the canvas.
When a transformation pivot is being dragged, the Info Panel coords do not update. The pointer coords display does update, but as noted above, that does not honour a non-default origin.
(Note to self: stop whatever I'm doing and report these problems as soon as they're noticed.)

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