Benjamin, lets hope they add this feature before we're all dead

I am but a humble illustrator, but I promise, once you add this to Illustrator, I will sing your praises till the day I die.

Another packaging designer here, looking forward to this feature being added. I'm asked by my fellow designers on a regular basis 'how do you rotate the the canvas?'. 'You can't' I tell them! They look at me in disbelief. 'Don't worry', I tell them 'Yogesh is picking it up shortly'.....

I've been waiting for this feature to be added for over 2 years. As a package designer for a leading pet product company in the US, the lack of having this feature has been a hindrance to working quickly and effectively with three dimensional retail boxes in Illustrator as I cannot rotate my artwork to work on the various panels. Please, please Adobe, we are praying for this soon!

Define shortly.

Brother Yog, you didn't forget about us loyal paying customers did you bro??

While we're at it, why not allow us to rotate our tablet and draw in portrait mode?

This feature used to be available prior to AI CC 2017, but Adobe removed it for some reason.

If you'd find this useful, please vote here:
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-feature-requests/suggestions/32000575-rotate-in-portrait-mode-on-surface-pro

Hey Elizabeth, it's not impossible as InDesign already has this feature. Rotating effects will be a challenge though.
The comments are amusing I agree, however I feel sorry for Yogesh copping the full brunt.
Come on Adobe get behind this.

It doesn't mean a couple of years, it means never. I think they believe we should feel lucky that they added a true drawing tool--but also it probably means they're having a **** of a time being able to rotate vectors which require a lot more translation coding than pixels...The complex code might break the program so the tradeoff to please us probably isn't worth it.

It's funny watching a comment on this board pop up every few weeks in my email...

Guys and gals, "shortly" in Adobe's terms means at least a couple of years, don't you know that already? Yogesh most likely has already moved on by now, lol.

Aye Yogestein! You ever try out that illustration on static paper?? I'll bet you're soooooooooooooooooo busy cracking this artboard rotation case you don't have time to respond. I noticed the latest update DOES NOT include artboard rotation. I'm SURE you didn't forget about us high paying customers AYE BROTHERR?!?

Hey Yogster, I got one for you. Try illustrating on good old fashioned paper. One catch. You're not allowed to rotate the paper... Let us know what you think.

Would it be fair to say that 317 votes for rotation of the artboard is worth:
$50/month X 12 Months X 317 = $190,000/year?

Granted that CC subscribers use more than just Illustrator, but I'm sure 317 votes represents a fraction of the people that would appreciate this feature.

nudge, nudge

Hey Yogmeister any updates bud? We rent your software by paying a monthly fee. So, consider me your tenant. I'll be sure to follow up regularly like I would a landlord.

What up yog? You still work for Adobe?

Any... like... news?

Hi Yogesh, what's up?

You must be soooooooo busy AYE YOGEEE??

Hey Yogesh PAL!! Time to pick it up BUUUUDD!! Do some effing work

I'm waiting this feature since a long time! It would be great and help us all to do precise gestures using a brush.
I can't wait to press "R" like on photoshop. That's on my X-mas list anyway :)