: How to get handles on the starting anchor point of a path with out leaving pen tool in illustrator? How to get the handles on the starting anchor point(starting point of the path) without

@Connie430

It seems like this is a very difficult question to discuss verbally.
Illustrator also seems to treat the end-points on a path differently than points with a line segment on either side.

You can Option/Alt Click-and-drag from your end point to get access to the handle that comes after the point. (This is the Convert Anchor tool discussed in SOIA's answer - but it will only create one control handle)

If you Option/Alt Click and drag from the line segment it will rubber-band edit that curve, giving access to the handle before the end point.

The cursor will look like this:


This will also edit the handle on the previous point, but it is the only way I have found to create/access the control handle on that side of the end point without switching away from the Pen tool.

I hope this has added some clarity and not just more confusion to an already difficult situation.

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@Turnbaugh909

You've worded things really confusingly. A corner point is an anchor point. So, you can't evert convert something to what it already is.

So... I assume you mean convert a symmetrical smooth point to a non-symmetrical corner point...

Hold the Option/Alt key down and click (not click-drag) the end anchor to convert it to a non-symmetrical corner point.

Same as in Photoshop here: Make all Pen points straight by default regardless of the previous point in the path

The Option/Alt key is an on-the-fly way to use the Convert Anchor tool. You can hold the Option/Alt key and click-drag a Bezier handle to break symmetry as well. If you want a smooth point, you just click-drag on the end anchor point, no modifiers are needed.

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