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cristib1
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February 4, 2020
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How can I deselect the HOME artboard in Prototype mode?

  • February 4, 2020
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Hey guys,

How can I deselect the HOME artboard in the Prototype mode? I'm asking because I need to be able to share all artboards, but if I'm crazy enought to click the HOME icon for an artboard, I can only share that selected artboard.

 

Not sure who came up with this UX, but man it's terrible... 

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    Correct answer Peter Villevoye

    Well, there you have it !!

    The new version of Adobe XD (27) will ease the pain of creating a set of artboards for just viewing:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-xd/adobe-xd-27-is-now-live/td-p/10917146

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    Peter Villevoye
    Community Expert
    Peter VillevoyeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    February 13, 2020

    Well, there you have it !!

    The new version of Adobe XD (27) will ease the pain of creating a set of artboards for just viewing:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-xd/adobe-xd-27-is-now-live/td-p/10917146

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      loulovespixels
      Participant
      February 13, 2020

      Hurrah!

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      Peter Laudermilch
      Participant
      February 7, 2020

      I've found a workaround for this. The problem is once you set the homepage for prototyping purposes, you can't un-set it which would allow you to share all of the artboards. I'm sure Adobe will update this eventually, but for now:

       

      1. Create a new XD document.
      2. Select each of your artboards in your old XD document one by one by shift + clicking on its name.
      3. Once all artboards are selected, Copy them.
      4. Paste them in the new XD document.
      5. Delete all artboards out of the old document.
      6. Copy and paste all of the artboards from the new document back into the old one.
      7. The "home" page is no longer set.
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        loulovespixels
        Participant
        February 13, 2020

        Hey

        This work around works thanks! I don't have to re-create all my character styles or components and the home art board is deselected. Awesome 🙂

         

        Cheers

        Louise

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        mhiremat@adobe.comCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        February 4, 2020

        Hi cristian_banu,

        Thank you using Adobe XD, Please share the following information, 

        > XD version,

        > Win/Mac.

        The select/deslect of home art-board  will be seen in Upcoming releases, very soon you will get excited features from Adobe XD, till that stay tuned to Adobe XD.

        Regards,

        Ashwini M Hiremath.

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        cristib1Author
        Known Participant
        February 5, 2020

        Hi Ashwini

        XD version: 26.0.22.5

        Windows

         

        Please stop releasing features that don't work properly, it's crazy, we're depending on this product more than you think 🙂

        I love XD, man I love it so much, but sometimes it's like the CEO's 5 year old is being listened to when new features are created. This one, which is a total disaster, the GRID view feature, when it replaced the FLOW view... What were you guys thinking? 🙂

         

        Cheers,

        Chris

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        Chethan GirishCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        February 4, 2020

        Hi,

         

        Thank you for reaching out and sorry to hear that you're facing issue with  Adobe XD Share mode.

        To diselect simply click the home icon associated with the home artboard It turns from blue to grey indicating that its no more home artboard. To view all the artboards after publishing, you should ensure to link all the relevant artboards.

        Please check in the below link to know more single artboard publishing in Adobe XD:

        https://helpx.adobe.com/xd/help/create-prototypes.html

        https://helpx.adobe.com/xd/help/share-designs-prototypes.html

         

        Please let us know if that helps.
         
        Thanks,
        Chethan

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        loulovespixels
        Participant
        February 4, 2020

        This does not work, our team are also facing this challenge and it's extremely frustrating.

        I don't want to share my file as a  linked prototpe therefore I have put no wires between artboards. I'm sharing for developers, accidently clicked on an artboard which has selected it as home. I'm now unable to share all my artboards. I can create a new file and copy all my artboards but now I have to recreate all my character styles.

         

        Does anyone else have a fix they can share?

         

         

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