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Porkkana
Porkkana
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October 24, 2017
Question

"Move/Copy artwork with artboard" feature not working in Illustrator CC 2018

  • October 24, 2017
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In Illustrator CC 2018.... in document setup/edit artboards.... When the "move/copy artwork with artboard" is selected, it is working fine.... but when I click the feature off.... it still does move the artwork with the artboard.  Very annoying....!! 

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angelesa80603887
Participant
November 29, 2022

For anyone who has trouble moving the artboard: It could be the file. In my case I had the typical spinning wheel on my mac, so i couldn't move the artboard in illustrator. That was solved when I created a new file.

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Danc-7ehfiS
Participant
February 4, 2018

Same problem here. Latest illustrator is installed on Windows.

- Bug 1: If 'Move Artboard with Artwork' is unchecked, it still moves the artwork if you use the keyboard.

- Bug 2: Also, moving the artboard with the mouse does not snap to the grid.

- Bug 3: The only work around is to position the artboard on the grid by using the scaling handles. But this doesn't work either since the scaling handles no longer accurately snap to the grid. Instead of snapping to 64 pixels, they'll snap to something like 63.67 pixels.
- Workaround: So I need to type in the dimensions for the artboard by hand and hope to god it doesn't move my artwork.

Since I export a lot of game art on a grid, this has made my workflow much worse.

Porkkana
PorkkanaAuthor
Participant
October 26, 2017

What have I done so far....  reinstalled twice Illustrator 2018 without any previous settings.

And still it moves the artwork with artboard.... no matter if the feature is on of off.

Don't know anymore what check....  

Nitish Agarwal
Adobe Employee
Nitish Agarwal
Adobe Employee
October 26, 2017

Porkkana​ are you trying to move artboard with keyboard increment.? If yes, you can try moving artboard using the mouse cursor.

Porkkana
PorkkanaAuthor
Participant
October 26, 2017

In 2017 version it did work fine both with mouse and keyboard.... now it does not work with keyboard anymore.

And that is what I use most in my work.

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 24, 2017

I can turn the option on or off in the Properties panel or in the Control bar (and it works fine for me).

I do not see that in Document Setup.

Nitish Agarwal
Adobe Employee
Nitish Agarwal
Adobe Employee
October 24, 2017

Hi,

Can you please share the video of what you are doing after clearing your preferences. This might help us reproduce the issue as it seems to be working fine for us.

Thanks & Regards

Nitish Agarwal

Porkkana
PorkkanaAuthor
Participant
October 24, 2017

Sorry, but I don't have time for that.

When I have time I will try to install Illustrator again.

Dan Rodney
Community Expert
Dan RodneyCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 24, 2017

I'm seeing the normal expected behavior on macOS High Sierra. Have you tried resetting preferences?

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Porkkana
PorkkanaAuthor
Participant
October 24, 2017

Yes, did reset preferences as in so many place was said that it would solve the problems.... but did not in this case.

I work with PC and Win 7 Professional. 

I wish that I would not have updated this new version as all the odd bugs really does slow down my work.

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