It would be great in the next version on Illustrator if they included a rotate canvas function like in Photoshop. I use that function so much when I need the right angle to do my work.

Yes, I've also called to ask about this feature. If you have time to kill I highly recommend reaching out.

Just for reference, if you were paying for JUST illustrator CC (with its regular industry standard updates) you would have paid £619.07 / $759.20 while waiting for them to update this massively desired feature in there software

If you want further proof how little they care (because they have your money) contact them to ask for an update on this feature

Hahahahaha any updates! That's a good one. Adobe has ignored this thread since Nov 2017. Thanks Adobe!

Would still love to see this. Any updates?

I need this for drawing with a tablet in Illustrator. Just as I would turn a sheet of paper when inking over a drawing, such as when cross-hatching, I would like to do this in Illustrator. But found another vector illustration program that does this quite easily and on sale for $35 Canadian dollars. A great deal. I won't mention the name but I'm sure most can guess what I'm talking about. Adobe needs to get kicked in the butt by another company, so they stop taking their customers for granted.

This should be implemented, this would be great doing some linearts

Absolutely agree. They have no sense of urgency to implement art board rotation anytime soon. Affinity Designer already has this feature and at a much more competitive price point. Also running really good deals right now. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/

In case anybody wants the final nudge to move to an alternative software, try contact Adobe support for this issue, their nonchalant response will convince you to move on from CC.

COME ON ADOBE! PLEASE!!!!

There are millions of wasted hours of all the packaging and layout designers in the world who have had to work around this issue over the years.

This isn't a feature, it's a right!

Yes, being able to rotate the view would be great. I don't mean by fixed 90 degree angles, I mean rotating the view like we can rotate an object - pick an origin point, then rotate with snapping.

When drawing maps with blocks that are angled, this feature would let me rotate my view ACCURATELY and work at that angle, rather than rotating the objects themselves.

User ktoheb's comment below is a separate issue - rotating the UI for the device for portrait/landscape screen. The request I'm asking for is to just be able to rotate the view freely.

@Pia Backhausen I know this is not really what you want but it exist a tips for that.
Just make a symbol of your elements (like vertex group who constitute all elements of a face).
Clic and drag your group in "symbol" tool window.
Rotate it and place it where you need.
Double clic on it to open and modify it, it automatically return to initial position.
Save it.

This would be so nice for package design 😭

We have to believe they are incapable of implementing this feature based on lack of updates or acknowledgment. Which is very concerning being that they are "industry standard". It goes to show exactly how they feel about their loyal customers who pay overpriced monthly subscriptions. Actions speak louder than words.

Anyway, they will NEVER add this function, which is essential for drawing on the graphics tablet ... Given the age and the number of requests, if they were able to implement this functionality, they would have done so a long time ago. I really believe that their software is too badly designed at the base and that today they unfortunately do not have the possibility of coding that. Obviously, they will never recognize it, but that is the only consistent explanation. Unless they really have nothing to do with their customers...

Well 11 emails later between me and Adobe's customer service and this is the best response we're getting. They won't even acknowledge the delay there's been for an update.

When they added the rotation tool to Photoshop I thought it would be added to Illustrator in their next version. No joy! It's my number one need.

It seems they're in no rush everyone, nor very apologetic about it.

Pathetic.

Been waiting for this for years. Can we define shortly? Seems a pretty simple update given the latest cut and paste of art boards. Where's the stumbling block on this one?

As a package designer, the inability to rotate an art board is, well, infuriating.