Shrink Artboard to fit content

CS5: select artboard > objects > Artboards > Fit to artwork bounds

ALWAYS state the version you are using.

You are resurrecting a thread that started almost 5 years ago. In the current version (16), there is a command for fitting the artboard to artwork. That did not exist back then.

JET

wow, such an old post, all the OP and others requests are now possible with CS5.

here you go, for you and other CS4 users

#target Illustrator
//  script.name = shrinkABtoFitArt_CS4.jsx;
//  script.description = resizes active artboard to fit the the Art (+ margins);
//  script.required = one document with at least one piece of art;
//  script.parent = carlos canto // 5/3/11;
//  script.elegant = false;
if (app.documents.length > 0)
    {
        //alert("more than 0");
          var idoc = app.activeDocument;
          var pageItemsCount = idoc.pageItems.length;
        if (pageItemsCount>=1)
            { 
                    var msg = "Enter Artboard Margins \n";
                    msg += "\nEnter negative numbers to cancel";
                    
                    var margins = Number(Window.prompt (msg, 10, "CS4 Shrink Arboard to Fit"));
                    if (margins>=0)
                         {
                              
                              var activeABindex = idoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex();
                              var newAB = idoc.artboards[activeABindex];
                              var iartBounds = idoc.visibleBounds;
                              
                              var ableft = iartBounds[0]-margins;
                              var abtop = iartBounds[1]+margins;
                              var abright = iartBounds[2]+margins;
                              var abbottom = iartBounds[3]-margins;
                              
                              newAB.artboardRect = [ableft, abtop, abright, abbottom];
                              
                              var myZoom = idoc.activeView.zoom;
                              idoc.activeView.zoom = myZoom+.01;
                              idoc.activeView.zoom = myZoom;
                         }
                    else
                         {
                              alert("nos vamos");
                         }
             }
         else
            {
                alert("there is no art in the active document");
             }
     }
 else 
    {
        alert ("there are no open documents");
    }

Right, yes there is this functionality in CS4 - what the OP, myself, and many others want is a way to make it more automatic - like a keyboard shortcut to snap the artboard to selected art, all art, or what have you. If it's in Fireworks, why not have it in Illustrator. At least, if nto a shortcut, a way to script it, or put it in an action would be nice.