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Lock, hide, deactivate artboards

An option to lock, hide or deactivate one or several artboards would improve working with multiple versions of graphics — especially when you you need to return to an earlier iteration.

When saving to an AI-file you have to erase the artboard (with the graphics floating in space) to get rid of the page.

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Mattias Hemström shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
Split (Comments Closed)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded  · 

In 30.0 version the team added a Lock column in the Artboards panel, that allows to 'Lock all objects on an artboard instantly to prevent accidental edits'.

While it adds a really useful ability, it doesn’t really match the original intention this request was about — to make artboards themselves (not objects on them) unexportable, unprintable, disabled for navigation, etc. The request was thus split and merged into a separate entry — Option for Artboards to be non-printing and non-exportable (inactive)

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  • Ian commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes, yes and, er, yes..
    This request is still important Adobe!
    (I'm assured by a software programmer that the code tweak would be minimal!)
    Why? A designer's eye needs to temporarily swtich off and on an alternative design to be able to intuitively see things that are not immediately apparent just by having them lined up above / below / left / right of each other.
    Some may say, hey, use layers / contact sheets. This misses the point of intuitive design.
    Thanks

  • Adam Sandfoehr commented  ·   ·  Report

    Mainly here because I want a hide artboards function.

    Maybe that way I could link guides to individual artboards and hide them all with one option (without effecting guides on other artboards)

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree, it would be extremely helpful to add the ability to hide, lock, or deactivate Artboards in AI. I work in a custom paint production facility, and this would be extremely helpful to us in showing Clients their Paint Mockups versus our versions of it without having to create separate files.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I second the motion (or is it 6th it?)
    Would be great to see some firecracker of a CEO who focuses strongly on just bug crushing, etc for a few years.
    Imagine all the long-standing legacy stuff we might get resolved! :)

  • Jim McIlwaine commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please ADD the ability to Hide/d'activate artboards!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    100% agree with this comment! Would be nice to be able to see a clean working space with one or two artboards "active" while hiding others that are not currently in use.

  • Amanda Wright commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yeah I would really like the ability to hide the art boards I am not currently working on like you can hide layers in Photoshop.

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