Is there a way to change the canvas color?

[Stokestack]

30 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

Then I don't understand, why you're talking about them!

Because other people suggested them as a workaround to not being able to change the color of the canvas! It's in the title of this thread.

[Pšenda]

4 minutes ago, Stokestack said:

Because other people suggested them as a workaround!

No, you use them in your first post.

[Stokestack]

18 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

No, you use them in your first post.

So what? I listed the things I had already tried, in order to head off ineffective suggestions and save time. I also mentioned the document setup, but for some reason you're ignoring that:

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I can't find any way to do this. The artboard background grey level doesn't appear to do anything. I did find "transparent background" in Document Setup, which helps a bit.

Translation: Here are two things I tried, and they didn't do the job.

More importantly: Why are you quibbling about that, when the title of the post tells you everything you need to know?

[R C-R]

8 minutes ago, Stokestack said:

More importantly: Why are you quibbling about that, when the title of the post tells you everything you need to know?

Hasn't that been already been answered? What more do you want?

[Pšenda]

20 minutes ago, Stokestack said:

So what?

Unfortunately, you still do not understand, that the Artboard can change the color directly - so what in the title of the post you require. And it doesn't matter if there are one or more of them in the document.

But do it the way you want, like "practical" inserting rectangles.

[lacerto]

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[Stokestack]

10 hours ago, R C-R said:

Hasn't that been already been answered? What more do you want?

No. People are still floating ideas for workarounds, and then discovering that they might not work after all. I can't control the process that other people undertake.

I didn't say I wanted anything; I was answering a question from someone else.

[Stokestack]

4 hours ago, Lagarto said:

didn't you read my most recent post where this is simulated by making the bottom rectangle as non-exporting?

Actually I did, but then after reading other posts hurriedly, I couldn't remember which ideas panned out and which didn't. I will try what you suggest.  Thanks again!

[R C-R]

7 minutes ago, Stokestack said:

People are still floating ideas for workarounds, and then discovering that they might not work after all.

Which of the suggested workarounds don't work for you?

[Stokestack]

5 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Which of the suggested workarounds don't work for you?

This, for one:

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Preferences > User Interface > Artboard Background Grey Level
 

And then Legarto discovered that his suggestion didn't work after all.

The others that involved drawing objects behind the others weren't what I was asking for either.

In the end, the artboard color strikes me as the best one; but it still requires you to use artboards.

[Stokestack]

On 10/24/2019 at 7:08 AM, Pšenda said:

Why not change artboard color directly?

That does seem like the best workaround so far. Thanks.

[Chris Hawkins]

Sorry unclear - how do I add color to the background or canvas, (now like a PNG, transparent?)  Sorry, coming from a Fireworks background, seems there ought to be a place for that.  Creating a white rectangle seems silly..

[Pšenda]

Document Setup, untick Transparent background.

[Move Along People]

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[Stokestack]

Ah, platitudes. So helpful.

[Move Along People]

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