Right, yes there is this functionality in CS4 - what the OP, myself, and many others want is a way to make it more automatic - like a keyboard shortcut to snap the artboard to selected art, all art, or what have you. If it's in Fireworks, why not have it in Illustrator. At least, if nto a shortcut, a way to script it, or put it in an action would be nice.

wow, such an old post, all the OP and others requests are now possible with CS5.

here you go, for you and other CS4 users

#target Illustrator
 
//  script.name = shrinkABtoFitArt_CS4.jsx;
//  script.description = resizes active artboard to fit the the Art (+ margins);
//  script.required = one document with at least one piece of art;
//  script.parent = carlos canto // 5/3/11;
//  script.elegant = false;
 
if (app.documents.length > 0)
    {
        //alert("more than 0");
          var idoc = app.activeDocument;
          var pageItemsCount = idoc.pageItems.length;
        if (pageItemsCount>=1)
            { 
                    var msg = "Enter Artboard Margins \n";
                    msg += "\nEnter negative numbers to cancel";
                    
                    var margins = Number(Window.prompt (msg, 10, "CS4 Shrink Arboard to Fit"));
                    if (margins>=0)
                         {
                              
                              var activeABindex = idoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex();
                              var newAB = idoc.artboards[activeABindex];
 
                              var iartBounds = idoc.visibleBounds;
                              
                              var ableft = iartBounds[0]-margins;
                              var abtop = iartBounds[1]+margins;
                              var abright = iartBounds[2]+margins;
                              var abbottom = iartBounds[3]-margins;
                              
                              newAB.artboardRect = [ableft, abtop, abright, abbottom];
                              
                              var myZoom = idoc.activeView.zoom;
                              idoc.activeView.zoom = myZoom+.01;
                              idoc.activeView.zoom = myZoom;
 
                         }
                    else
                         {
                              alert("nos vamos");
                         }
             }
         else
            {
                alert("there is no art in the active document");
             }
     }
 else 
    {
        alert ("there are no open documents");
    }

Out of the blue!!!  Thank you! I'll bug my boss about upgrading to CS5.

you're welcome

#target illustrator

function fitArtboards() {
    
     if (app.documents.length == 0) {
         
          alert('Open a document before running this script');
         
               return;
              
     } else {
         
          for (var i = 0; i < documents.length; i++ ) {
              
               app.activeDocument = documents[i];
              
               app.activeDocument.artboards[0].artboardRect = app.activeDocument.geometricBounds;
              
               redraw();
              
          }
     }
}

fitArtboards();

Hi, I've been following this thread and have a similar issue.  I'm working in CS4.  I believe I have the right script to shrink the artboard to fit my content--thanks, everyone!--but now I'd like to automate the whole thing so that it will open, run the script and save.  I've got a few hundred very similar images here and obvs running the script on each individually is overwhelming.  I'm not clear why running a script cannot be a recordable action, but so it goes. 

Can someone please explain the basics of getting a code to do this?  I don't even know--would I run it in Script Editor?

Advice?

Thanks!

Trevor

Hi Mark,

I'm a dummy compared to this forum--So If I drop the code above into ExtendScript and run it, that will perform the task of the script I've identified...?

Thanks so much.        Trevor    

Document setup - Edit Artboard - then double click on image.

ALWAYS state the version you are using.

You are resurrecting a thread that started almost 5 years ago. In the current version (16), there is a command for fitting the artboard to artwork. That did not exist back then.

JET