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Workspace/interface turned white, it will not change back to grey in preferences interface panel.

New Here ,
Sep 19, 2015 Sep 19, 2015

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In Illustrator (most recent up to date version), I did a shortcut and accidentally turned my workspace to white.  I went to preferences ->user interface ->brightness and changed the color.  It changes the interface except for the workspace color, it remains white. However; if I open a new document it does change to the appropriate color.  I just don't want to copy and paste all my work to a new document.  This happened at work on a PC. When I brought the file home I opened it on a IMAC with the same issue. 

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New Here , Mar 03, 2017 Mar 03, 2017

Problem solved guys!

Go to View > Pixel Preview > work space goes to normal

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New Here , Jul 28, 2018 Jul 28, 2018

Worked = Ctrl+Shift+H

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New Here , May 11, 2022 May 11, 2022

And on a Mac it's Command + Shift +H. THANK YOU!

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New Here , Aug 13, 2023 Aug 13, 2023

Worked=Ctrl+Y

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New Here ,
Sep 28, 2021 Sep 28, 2021

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Control click (Mac) and choose dark grey or whatever color you prefer

 

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New Here ,
Sep 25, 2023 Sep 25, 2023

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Go into User interface in preferences, then go to change canvas color.  Sometimes when toggling overprint the canvas color defaults to white.  Please note this is not the same as user interface color.

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 04, 2021 Aug 04, 2021

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CMD + Shift + H or View > Hide Artboards

 

All that this feature does is hide all the artboards and makes the background white. It's a useless feature for 99% of people. Go to Edit > Keyboard shortcuts to disable this. 

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New Here ,
Aug 06, 2021 Aug 06, 2021

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A solution if none of those options work is tho check the resolution of your project if its has been changed to a larger width/height zoom out of your project to see the edges and see if that's the problem. If that's the issue you then go to file new find the resolution of the current project ur working on open new project then close and reopen ur previous file it will go back to normal

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New Here ,
Sep 28, 2021 Sep 28, 2021

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I found that control clicking and choosing the usual color solved the issue.

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New Here ,
Jan 06, 2022 Jan 06, 2022

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thank you so much! 

 

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New Here ,
Apr 04, 2022 Apr 04, 2022

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ctrl+shift+h = hide/unhide artboards

it works!! Thanks Guys!

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New Here ,
May 31, 2022 May 31, 2022

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I had the same issue and I found it!!

Go to View > Trim View and it should go back to normal

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New Here ,
Jan 11, 2023 Jan 11, 2023

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FIXED!

Pressing preview with *whatever* did not end up working for me, so what I ended up doing was exporting as an ai file and opening it again! Worked for me I hope this helps!

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 31, 2023 Mar 31, 2023

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Hallelujah!!!! I finally got it to work!!!

Solution:  Ctrl + Shift + H................. boom!!! I mean it took forever.. but thank you who ever said that

 

 

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New Here ,
Jul 05, 2023 Jul 05, 2023

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None of these worked for me! I have the same problem. Please help

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New Here ,
Aug 13, 2023 Aug 13, 2023

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Worked=Ctrl+Y

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 19, 2024 Feb 19, 2024

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It's 2024 and this still works on the latest Adobe Illustrator. Thank you! ❤️

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Mar 10, 2024 Mar 10, 2024

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You are a lifesaver!

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