Randomly order artboards.

Okay I'm still curious why you need to shuffle the artboard order, so feel free to give me a hint if you can. 🙂

Here's a script that will do what you want I think.

- Mark

UPDATE: you can find an improved version of my script here.

/*

    Shuffle artboards
    for Adobe Illustrator

    by m1b
    here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/randomly-order-artboards/m-p/12692397
    
    (Fisher Yates algorithm: sorry I can't find a source for this but not my code)

*/

if (!Array.prototype.shuffle) Array.prototype.shuffle = (function (Object, max, min) {
    "use strict";
    // fisher-yates shuffle method
    return function shuffle(picks) {
        // randomises order of an array
        if (this === null || this === undefined) throw TypeError("Array.prototype.shuffle called on null or undefined");
        var p = picks === null || picks === undefined || picks == 0 ? this.length : picks;
        var i = this.length, j = 0, temp;
        while (i--) {
            j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));
            // swap randomly chosen element with current element
            temp = this[i];
            this[i] = this[j];
            this[j] = temp;
        }
        return this.slice(0, p);
    };
})(Object, Math.max, Math.min);


var doc = app.activeDocument,
    _artboards = [],
    indices = [];

// make an array of existing artboards
for (var i = 0; i < doc.artboards.length; i++)
    _artboards.push(doc.artboards[i]);

// copy the array for later
var deleteMeLater = _artboards.slice();

// shuffle using fisher yates method
_artboards.shuffle();

// add the artboards and match to existing
var a;
while (a = _artboards.pop()) {
    var b = doc.artboards.add(a.artboardRect);
    b.name = a.name;
    b.rulerOrigin = a.rulerOrigin;
    b.rulerPAR = a.rulerPAR;
    b.showCenter = a.showCenter;
    b.showCrossHairs = a.showCrossHairs;
    b.showSafeAreas = a.showSafeAreas;
}

// delete the original artboards
while (a = deleteMeLater.pop())
    a.remove();