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With one Objects on Path group of two or more objects selected, the Selection and Objects on Path tools show a square Space widget beyond the last object, ahead along the path. Dragging it moves the last object along the path, around its bends, as far as the pointer moves along it, and the objects between follow evenly while the first one stays. With Alt (Option on macOS) the objects spread from both ends toward or away from the center of an open path, or of the first anchor of a closed one. The distance between the objects shows next to the pointer in the document's units; the drag is one undo step, and Escape cancels it. - object.objectsOnPath.options takes spacing (points, or "auto", the default even spread) and start (points from the first anchor). A spacing the path has no room for is drawn smaller and kept, so a longer path brings it back. Older files read as Auto. - Moving the group, Pivot, Rotate, path edits, copies and saving keep the Space. Scaling, rotating or shearing the group keeps the first and last objects where the transform takes them on the new path, live shapes included; a value that cannot be kept that way scales with the path's length. - The Rotate All widget follows the first object when Space moves it. Behavior: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/manage-objects/arrange-objects/rearrange-and-edit-objects-on-a-path.html and https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/objects-on-path.html.