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Shortcut to toggle hide artwork outside of artboard?

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October 26, 2016
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Is there a shortcut to toggle hiding/showing artwork outside of artboard?

I often have artwork extending outside the artboard and need to view a "preview" of the final piece from time to time. A sort of workaround I've been using is a clipping mask but that's clunky.

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Correct answer barbara_a7746676

Interesting workaround, thank you Barbara. My favorite thus far.

It's unfortunate that we all must get so creative, as the demand is clearly there for such a preview.

Totally agree.

Maybe if enough of us request an enhancement Adobe will implement it:

Illustrator Feature Request/Bug Report Form

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LUCARiO

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Shift F

Switch to presentation mode!

dorinciorescu

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Is View > Trim View what you are looking for?

Doug A Roberts

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If he's still looking 3 years later, it might well be.

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vincents58517756

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I found it! on mac it is cmd + shift + h!

Doug A Roberts

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that just hides the artboards. it doesn't hide objects outside of artboards.

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dixtracted

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In Illustrator CC 2018, you can hide everything outside the art board by going to View–Screen Mode–Preview or View–Screen Mode–Presentation (Sft-W).

Doug A Roberts

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i think you're thinking of InDesign there. this hasn't been implemented in illustrator yet.

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dixtracted

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Oh geeez... You're right! Get with it, Illustrator!

Doug A Roberts

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for anyone still looking for this: expect it in a subsequent version

Bleed View - a view mode that shows just the artwork – Adobe Illustrator Feedback

Ray Yorkshire

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Why bother starting a thread with a fake question..

Is there a shortcut to toggle hiding/showing artwork outside of artboard?

As it's apparent you already knew the answer is no.

To be honest there's lots of things I'd rather Adobe spent their time on, rather than this-

for example a dedicated Undo/Redo button

Kurt Gold

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Certainly I'm a bit slow-witted from time to time, but right now – of sound mind – I don't understand the point of your somewhat bitchy comment, Mr. Yorkshire.

Kurt Gold

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Another common workaround is to create a rectangular layer clipping path with the same size as the artboard. This clipping path can be shown or hidden in the Layers palette.

If you are working with multiple layers, you would first have to move them into a single master layer (so that they become sublayers), then create the layer clipping path for the master layer.

Ray Yorkshire

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I open the navagator and drag it out to fill the screen, then toggle that on and off

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ed3333Author

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Thanks for the suggestion, but that's clunky too. (no offence )

A google search tells me people have been asking about this for years, only to receive a myriad of suggested workarounds.

Seems like such an easy feature to add - Adobe can we get this added or at least comment as to why not?

barbara_a7746676

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Here's another clunky suggestion for you.

What I do is draw a gray rectangle that extends outside the artboard, a smaller rectangle inside that is the same size as the artboard. Then subtract the artboard-sized rectangle from the larger one, basically making a gray frame around the artboard. That frame can be on a separate layer, and the visibility toggled on/off.

If you want to use the frame for multiple files, you can save it as a symbol and drag it out of the Symbols panel any time you need it.