Rotate canvas in Illustrator

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November 3, 2020
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Hi Adobe,

Some great new CC updates. Still can't rotate the canvas in Illustrator though, why is that one so difficult? Photoshop, check, InDesign, check, Illustrator, nope, not important.

Arg.

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Correct answer rama_ai11751598

If you do not want unintended rotation of the artboard, you can revert the same by pressing Esc. key

If you do not use Rotate Canvas in your workflow then you can disable the preference to Rotate the canvas through track pad with Edit > Peferences > General and uncheck "Trackpad Gesture to Rotate View". This preference is available in AI 25.4 and above

rama_ai11751598

Community Manager

This feature is now part of Illustrator 25.3.1 release available in Creative Cloud Desktop from 21 June 2021 - https://helpx.adobe.com/in/illustrator/using/rotate-view.html

stacys94042621Author

Participant

Finally! woot! So happy this is finally here, it's such a game changer for packaging. Still some bugs to work out but well done.

K

Kathleen Scully

Participant

I totally understand this can be helpful for package designers, but is there a way to turn this off. I've again just wasted time trying to understand what I accidentally touched to rotate my canvas back, and now I don't know how to make it exaclty at 0 degrees without re-doing a bunch of work from my previously saved document.

Myra Ferguson

Community Expert

The good news is the Illustrator Team is working on it. You can upvote and add your comments to the feature request here: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-feature-requests/suggestions/19196641-illustrator-rotation-of-the-artboard. There's also an update about it there from Avinash Singh Kotwal, Senior Product Manager for Adobe illustrator.

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