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augenstein
January 9, 2026
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Illustrator 30.1 - Artboards: Can't just click and drag them anywhere else anymore - ANNOYING

  • January 9, 2026
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So, I don't know why, but since Illustrator 30.x I'm not able to just natively click on an artboard and drag or resize it.  And therefore to activate the artboard-tool by itself by just clicking on an artboard. 

 

Now I'm forced to activate and use the artboard-tool first by clicking on it.  If I wanna move an artboard I just want to click on its name (like before) and do it. That's just super annoying now and does not bring any benefit to me?!

 

Can't find a way to change it in preferences - would be nice being able to bring back the former behaviour.

And: Now we can even LOCK an artboard (which is nice btw :)), so anyone who is annoyed by accidentally moving an artboard can lock it. There's no need to lock artboard-movement in general in my opinion.

Correct answer augenstein

In previous Illustrator versions (e.g.29.8.x) there was no preference option to show artboard names on the scratch area. One had to explicitly activate the Artboard tool to see their names.

 

So, I'm still not sure what your request is about.


Ok, I just looked it up on my old Macbook with an older version of it running - and I was wrong. Sorry for confusing! Don't know which of my synapses where connected that shouldn't have. Anyway: Thanks for your replies and case closed!

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Kurt Gold
Community Expert
Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 10, 2026

Are you saying you were able to click on an artboard on the scratch area with the Selection tool and that immediately activated the Artboard tool?

 

I don't remember any version of Illustrator that could do that.

 

Can you clarify in case you meant something different?

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augensteinAuthor
January 11, 2026

Exactly, I'm saying that. There's ever been the name shown of the artboard, that's not new. What's new now: you can edit the artboard-name right know by clicking on it. But now it's gone, that you can activate the artboard(-tool) by doing this and move it or edit it. Now you just can edit the name of the artboard by clicking on it. 

Kurt Gold
Community Expert
Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 11, 2026

In previous Illustrator versions (e.g.29.8.x) there was no preference option to show artboard names on the scratch area. One had to explicitly activate the Artboard tool to see their names.

 

So, I'm still not sure what your request is about.

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