"Fit To Selected Art" option doesn't work well

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June 15, 2026
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I tried resizing my artboard to match my object's size and it seems they don't match.

My square object is 50 px x 50 px, and the arboard size is 60 px x 60 px. How to solve this? I didn’t struggle with this issue before.

Attaching the evidence. Thanks for replying and sharing your solutions

Problem or error

Correct answer Kurt Gold

I guess the square is filled with a Freeform gradient.

If so, the reason for the issue is that Freeform gradient objects have extended bounding boxes for some reason (you can usually see it by turning on the Use Preview Bounds option in the Align panel).

You are facing this (mis-)behaviour since the bounding boxes are the basis for the "Fit to" commands.

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @davormr

Sorry for the late reply. I hope the suggestions our experts shared earlier helped resolve the problem. If not, kindly confirm the version of Illustrator installed and share a sample file, so we can investigate further.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

davormrAuthor

Participant

Hello Anubhav,

I want to say that my question was already answered. Thanks for checking in!

Kurt Gold

Correct answer

Community Expert

I guess the square is filled with a Freeform gradient.

If so, the reason for the issue is that Freeform gradient objects have extended bounding boxes for some reason (you can usually see it by turning on the Use Preview Bounds option in the Align panel).

You are facing this (mis-)behaviour since the bounding boxes are the basis for the "Fit to" commands.

davormrAuthor

Participant

Yes, I think this was the “issue”. I tried with a solid color and the resize artboard matches perfectly with the size of my selected object. Thanks for explaining.