Arboards in navigator and rotation features

Question

When I work with multiple artboards that are large, it's annoying to see all of the artboards because then I can't focus on a few artboards or just one so that i can see how it looks like when it is small. It would be also cool to be able to rotate artboards as well. I know photoshop has the r hotkey to rotate, so a feature like that on Illustrator would be cool.

Alexander Ladygin · Answer

If I get you right, as for the rotation of the artboard, there is a solution:

// Artboards_Rotate_With_Objects.jsx for Adobe Illustrator

// Description: A script to rotate 90 degrees an active artboard with all the objects on it.

// Requirements: Adobe Illustrator CS6 and above

// Date: July, 2018

// Authors: Alexander Ladygin, email: i@ladygin.pro

// Sergey Osokin, email: hi@sergosokin.ru

// ============================================================================

// Installation:

// 1. Place script in:

// Win (32 bit): C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator [vers.]\Presets\en_GB\Scripts\

// Win (64 bit): C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator [vers.] (64 Bit)\Presets\en_GB\Scripts\

// Mac OS: <hard drive>/Applications/Adobe Illustrator [vers.]/Presets.localized/en_GB/Scripts

// 2. Restart Illustrator

// 3. Choose File > Scripts > Artboards_Rotate_With_Objects

// ============================================================================

// NOTICE:

// Tested with Adobe Illustrator CC 2017/2018 (Mac).

// This script is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

// Free to use, not for sale.

// ============================================================================

// Released under the MIT license.

// http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

#target illustrator

app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;

var scriptName = 'ARWO',

scriptVersion = '0.2';

try {

if (documents.length > 0) {

var doc = app.activeDocument,

currArt = doc.artboards[doc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex()],

currArtNum = doc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex() + 1,

lockedItems = new Array(),

hiddenItems = new Array();

// Create Main Window

var dlg = new Window('dialog', scriptName + ' ver.' + scriptVersion, undefined);

dlg.orientation = "column";

dlg.alignChildren = ["fill", "fill"];

// Target radiobutton

var slctTarget = dlg.add("panel", undefined, "What to rotate?");

slctTarget.orientation = "column";

slctTarget.alignChildren = ["fill", "fill"];

slctTarget.margins = 20;

var currArtRadio = slctTarget.add('radiobutton', undefined, "Active Artboard: #" + currArtNum),

allArtRadio = slctTarget.add('radiobutton', undefined, "All " + doc.artboards.length + " Artboards");

currArtRadio.value = true;

// Angle radiobutton

var slctAngle = dlg.add("panel", undefined, "Rotation angle:");

slctAngle.orientation = "row";

slctAngle.alignChildren = ["fill", "fill"];

slctAngle.margins = 20;

var cwAngle = slctAngle.add('radiobutton', undefined, "90 CW"),

ccwAngle = slctAngle.add('radiobutton', undefined, "90 CCW");

cwAngle.value = true;

// Buttons

var btns = dlg.add('group');

btns.alignChildren = 'center';

btns.margins = [0, 10, 0, 0];

var cancel = btns.add('button', undefined, "Cancel");

cancel.helpTip = "Press Esc to Close";

var ok = btns.add('button', undefined, "OK");

ok.helpTip = "Press Enter to Run";

ok.active = true;

cancel.onClick = function () { dlg.close(); }

ok.onClick = okClick;

dlg.center();

dlg.show();

//Start

function okClick() {

// Saving information about locked & hidden pageItems

saveItemsState();

// Rotate active artboard or all artboards in document

if (currArtRadio.value == true) {

rotateArt(currArt);

} else {

for (var i = 0; i < doc.artboards.length; i++) {

doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i);

rotateArt(doc.artboards);

}

// Restoring locked & hidden pageItems

restoreItemsState();

dlg.close();

}

} else {

throw new Error(scriptName + "\nPlease open a document before running this script.");

}

} catch (e) {

alert(e.message, 'Script Alert', true);

}

// Save information about locked & hidden pageItems
function saveItemsState() {
   for (var i = 0; i < doc.pageItems.length; i++) {
   var currItem = doc.pageItems;
   if (currItem.locked == true) {
   lockedItems.push(i);
   currItem.locked = false;
   }
   if (currItem.hidden == true) {
   hiddenItems.push(i);
   currItem.hidden = false;
   }
   }
}

// Restoring locked & hidden pageItems
function restoreItemsState() {
   for (var i = 0; i < lockedItems.length; i++) {
   var index = lockedItems;
   doc.pageItems[index].locked = true;
   }
   for (var j = 0; j < hiddenItems.length; j++) {
   var index = hiddenItems;
   doc.pageItems[index].hidden = true;
   }
}

// Main function for rotate artboard
function rotateArt(board) {
   var artRect = board.artboardRect,
   artWidth = artRect[2] - artRect[0],
   artHeight = -(artRect[3] - artRect[1]);
   deselect();
   doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();

   // Rotate artboard
   var newArtRect = [
   artRect[0] + artWidth / 2 - (artHeight / 2),
   artRect[1] - artHeight / 2 + (artWidth / 2),
   artRect[2] - artWidth / 2 + (artHeight / 2),
   artRect[3] + artHeight / 2 - (artWidth / 2)
   ];
   board.artboardRect = newArtRect;

   // Rotate objects
   for (var k = 0; k < selection.length; k++) {
   var bnds = selection.geometricBounds,
   top = bnds[1] - artRect[1],
   right = bnds[2] - artRect[2],
   left = bnds[0] - artRect[0],
   bottom = bnds[3] - artRect[3];
   // selection.rotate(90);
   if (cwAngle.value == true) {
   // rotate 90 CW
   selection.rotate(-90);
   selection.left = newArtRect[0] + bottom;
   selection.top = newArtRect[1] - left;
   } else {
   // rotate 90 CCW
   selection.rotate(90);
   selection.left = newArtRect[0] - top;
   selection.top = newArtRect[1] + right;
   }
   }
   deselect();
}

function deselect() {
   activeDocument.selection = null;
}

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