Clip to Artboard [similar to Figma/XD]
Can we please get a "Clip to artboard" Option in Illustrator, acting similar to the one to be found in XD or Figma? This would help a lot when working with multiple style frame inside one document.
Andreas Gaschka
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Andreas, on the other hand, while these two are definitely connected, they will allow users to approach this topic from two different ends.
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Andreas Gaschka
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Hello Egor,
thanks for your response. Interesting take, that this behavior needs to be connected with a hierarchical dependence of the objects to the art board. This makes sense.
Funny nobody asked for it earlier, as I run around with this thought for years. I used to either use clipping masks to achieve the effect or simply create a blind object by subtracting two rectangles from each other.
The emergence of Figma/XD/sketch showed how easy this can me. I like the idea of merging art boards into the layer panel the Figma way. If this is not feasible, perhaps the objects could check if they touch an artboard or not then apply the clipping when activated. This should work for trans-artboard objects as well.
Feel free to merge it, as both ideas are a great improvment.
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Finally someone asked for it!
Well, it’s not as easy as it might think. Illustrator’s model does not treat artboards the same way as Figma deals with frames. Artboards are not frames or pages, they are more like viewports. Objects on canvas can belong to many artboards at once, and currently there is now way to have layers IN artboards — while Figma is built with this in mind.
So this is basically the same request as this one: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/31133392-artboard-specific-layers
Andreas, do you persoanlly think these two can be merged as a single idea, or are you against it?
