Ruler Tool Disappears when starting another Tool

[Don_Pl...@adobeforums.com]

Is there a way to have the ruler tool remain visible once it has been created and you proceed to use another tool, e.g. I would like to use the ruler to tool as a guide to place lines, but when I select the brush tool to draw the line, the ruler "line" becomes invisible. Any ideas?

[Phosąfour dots]

I assume you're talking about the Measure Tool (grouped in the Toolbox with the Eyedropper and Color Sampler Tools).

What you hope for can't be done.

One workaround would be to pull out guidelines that intersect at both ends of the measurement you've made.

This points to another good reason the Guidelines functions could use a some enhancements.

<http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1exwETuWfpywn5iqE1N0dGwXrWMwpk>

[Don_Pl...@adobeforums.com]

Thanks for the info!

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Have you tried Free Ruler?

<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13607>