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Illustrator v29.6 - Arrange Artboards works differently

Forum|Forum|8 months ago
June 19, 2025
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As much as I love new updates I have had to revert back to the previous version due to a function that has changed. Purely because I am quite meticulous on structure and alignment. So it's not a breaking feature I might just be full of it.

With the new update the Arrange artboards function now works differentely.

Previously once you have set the Layout>Columns>Spacing and hit enter the pages would align centre to the canvas. Now with the new update once I hit enter it wants me to to place the selected artboards where I want them. Am I missing something as to how to centre this from here on or is this no longer vailable.

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Correct answer Arel

Hello @Arel,

Sorry to hear about the performance issues. Could you confirm the version of Illustrator currently installed, and if Illustrator behaves this way with specific files, so I can better assist you?

Also, try the suggestions shared in this help article (https://adobe.ly/4liMGUa) and share your observations.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

Hello,
An update is now available in my CC dashboard, so I did update Illustrator and the issue now seems to be resolved. Thank you — I appreciate your response!

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Elena_BCN

Participating Frequently

I´m adding another vote about this same issue to the UserVoice request. This new feature should be an option to choose and the previous default way to rearrange artboards should still be availble.

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Thanks for reporting this, @hopedivisionza. I'm checking with the product team regarding the change in the "Rearrange Artboards" behavior in v29.6. I'll share an update here as soon as I hear back. Appreciate your patience!

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Abhishek

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defaultd26wm1405pgo

Participant

Yes please either revert to the previous way the "rearrange artboards" worked, or give the option to have the "legacy" behaviour, my workflow has been completly disrupted - it often involves working on 20-30 artboards at a time and then moving them into a different order, previously this was really simple but now with the manual click it is actually unusable!

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

I haven't personally tested yet, but it's possible that the new behaviour broke some workflows. Please add your vote and comments here:

Allow legacy behavior for "Rearrange Artboards" – Adobe Illustrator

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FourtyTwo

Participant

While I'm sure some people welcome Illustrator's new features for rearranging the artboards, I have found it to be finicky and weird. There should be an option that defaults to the center of the work area, like it used to do automatically. This new behavior, of having to select where the artboards go just complicates a once simple process.

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @FourtyTwo,

I understand that this functionality is important to you. Would you mind creating a UserVoice for this feature request (https://adobe.ly/4l7XC7X) and adding your comments there? Doing this will help us prioritize this request, and you will be notified of any updates.

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

Anubhav

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