You can easily move an artboard in Adobe XD by clicking and dragging its title.
Moving artboards in Adobe XD is a fundamental action for organizing your design canvas. Whether you're rearranging user flows, grouping related screens, or simply tidying up, the process is straightforward and intuitive.
The Simple Method: Dragging the Artboard Title
The primary way to relocate an artboard is directly on the design canvas itself. Based on the provided reference, the process is as follows:
- Click on its title: Each artboard has a title at the top (e.g., "Home," "Product Page," "Login"). Click directly on this text title.
- Drag it: While holding down the mouse button, drag the artboard to your desired new location on the canvas.
- Release: Release the mouse button to place the artboard in its new position.
This method allows for quick visual rearrangement of your screens.
Practical Tips for Moving Artboards
Here are a few tips to make moving artboards easier and more efficient:
- Zoom Level: Adjust your zoom level. Zooming out gives you a better overview of your entire canvas, making it easier to place the artboard precisely where you want it relative to others.
- Smart Guides: Adobe XD often shows smart guides (pink lines) as you drag, helping you align the artboard with others or maintain consistent spacing.
- Selecting Multiple Artboards: You can select multiple artboards by holding down
ShiftorCtrl(Windows) /Cmd(macOS) and clicking on their titles, or by drawing a selection box around them. Once selected, you can drag any one of the selected artboard titles to move all of them together, maintaining their relative positions. - Arranging in Design View: While you can't numerically position artboards using properties panels in the same way you position elements within an artboard, the drag-and-drop method gives you full control over their layout on the infinite canvas.
Understanding this simple drag-and-drop mechanism via the artboard title is key to managing your project's layout in Adobe XD.
