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    48 comments  ·  Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests » Documents and Artboards  ·  Admin →
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    Completed (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    As you probably know, Illustrator today allows to change this behavior with a dedicated option in Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display section.

    However, it’s not that accessible, especially when you are already move and copy your artboards.

    If you wish this option to be more exposed, consider upvoting this request: Display Move Locked and Hidden Artwork with Artboard option in Control panel and Properties while using Artboard tool / mode

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    Shawn Zhang commented  · 

    Guys, I have a work-around.

    1. unlock the layer that you want to "lock";
    2. drag the entire layer away from any art board, for example, way up on the canvas
    3. rearrange your artboards
    4. select that layers again and drag the entire selected layer back to art boards.
    5. lock the layer and carry on.

    HTH

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    Shawn Zhang commented  · 

    This is very frustrating. Adobe please change this back. If I lock a layer, don't move it.

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