Placing new artboards Illustrator CC

[Ameddou]

Hi!

I recently upgrade my illustrator to CC, and I came across new functionality, and thats awesome, I'm yet to learn a lot from it; but I got used to some other functions that made my work easier. In this case it has to be with the creation of new artboards. Before, I used to select a specific artboard with specific size and the click on the top bar for new artboard. This gave me an new artboard the size of the preselected one and I could place it wherever I wanted. Now, that button automatically place it next to the preselected artboard, not giving me the chance to place it wherever it fits to me.

Have any ways to disable that function? or enable the function I'm detailing?.

[Srishti Bali]

Hi Ameddou,

I have checked this in 3 different versions of Illustrator. It's working the same way. Would you mind sharing some screenshot of the issue?

Regards,

Srishti

[Kurt Gold · Accepted solution]

What you are describing isn't available anymore in the latest versions of Illustrator, Ameddou.

It is available in older versions of Illustrator that support multiple artboards.

Srishti,

in case you want to reproduce the issue, open Illustrator CS5 (for example) and follow the instructions Ameddou provided in his initial post (by "top bar" he meant the Control palette while the Artboard tool is active). Compare that to the behaviour of recent CC versions of Illustrator. You will immediately see the difference.

[Srishti Bali]

Thanks Kurt, but I may not be able to do this in CS5, but I tried it yesterday on CS6 version, they were all behaving the same way. Would you mind sharing a screenshot if you were able to reproduce it?

Regards,

Srishti

[Larry G. Schneider]

Which version of CS6 did you use?  the 16.0.x series or the 16.1.x? It may make a difference.

[Kurt Gold]

Yes, below is a screenshot (AI CS5, but also available in CS6) that shows what is missing in the latest versions of Illustrator.

Steps to reproduce:

- Create a new document in AI CS5 or CS6.

- Grab the Artboard tool in the Tools palette.

- In the Control palette, click the New Artboard button (see yellow mark in the screenshot).

- Drag around the cursor (don't click).

You will see a virtual artboard next to the cursor.

- Drag it to any place you want.

- Left click with your mouse to place the artboard at the desired position.

In recent Illustrator versions you cannot do that anymore. Artboards are now placed in a static manner (as it works when using the Artboards palette to add new artboards).

May not be desired by all users.

[Srishti Bali]

Hi Kurt,

Thanks for sharing the detailed workflow. I was able to reproduce it.

It was a nice feature which I never noticed in CC versions. Ameddou if you like this feature, please share a feature request here at our Adobe Illustrator Feedback form. This is the best way of communicating with the Engineering and Product Management teams regarding issues and suggestions so they can be implemented in future releases.

Regards,

Srishti