CS5 - how to delete artboard AND the art on it

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Hello!

Is there a way to delete an artboard and everything on it with one command?  I always have to do <shift><o> and <delete> for the artboard, then <esc> and select the art to delete it.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

Artboard and art are independent from each other, so no, there's no way.

But you could first delete the artwork and then chosse "delete empty artboards" in artboard panel. Could be useful if you want to do this to more than one artboard.

[CarlosCanto]

it's doable with a script, but still 3 clicks away...I don't know if it is more productive for you.

#target Illustrator
/* CS5 Only. Deletes the active artobard
    along with the contents. Select something before running.
*/
var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var activeAbIndex = idoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex();
idoc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
app.cut();
idoc.artboards.remove (activeAbIndex);