Moving both handles of a bezier curve simultaneously in Adobe Illustrator?

Question

I would like to be able to move the two handles for the bezier curve with the direct select tool the same way they are moved on initial creation of the anchor point. When a new anchor is created, moving the mouse both extends the bezier handles and rotates them. When selecting an anchor point's handle with the direct select tool, both handles rotate, but only the select one extends. Is there a way to extend both of them simultaneously without creating a new anchor point?

Answer 1

Seems like a reasonable thing to want to do, but no, Illustrator CC currently can’t do that.

It's possible, though:

1) InDesign has a Pathfinder button that will equalize the handle lengths on a selected smooth point, which would achieve the same thing—symmetry on both sides.

2) Astute Graphics™ makes plugins for Illustrator that can do this and lots of other similar path-editing tricks. They have a demo available.