Hi there, so I want to show my design progress to the client. Instead of exporting my artboards to pdf, I’d like to use the online version. What I ran into is the view settings. I notice that every artboard is shown with a different size. Seems like the default view mode is fit in the browser window. But for the review/presentation of my design it is better to show it on actual size. Now I have to set it to actual size manually each time I select an artboard. Is there a way to set the view mode to actual size? For me this is a reason to stick with the export/pdf setup… Thx!
To be clear; I create my designs locally in Sketch and then select the ‘View in browser…’ option in the menu bar. My question is about the view settings when viewing the design in browser (I’m using Safari on a Mac).
Thanks for your reply. The best option to always display in actual size is creating a prototype. Customers can navigate the artboards and leave comments too (they’ll need to create an account)
Zoom controls on artboard view (outside prototypes) default to Fit as you’ve seen and there’s a quick shortcut to display in actual size (⇧0), but it has to be done manually.
In this case, it is just me showing the progress to the client via an online meeting. So it is not the client accessing the online design. It will be an extra step for me creating a prototype, only to show the progress. It’s clear to me how to work with prototypes, as I’ve done it before. But, as I understand, there’s no other option for using the actual size view?
Correct, currently you’ll need to manually set the view to actual size.
If it’s an online meeting, you could also show the design from the Mac app, no need to switch to the web app, and then pan and zoom on the canvas as needed, no prototype either.
You can use the shortcut ⌘. (Cmd + period) to hide Sketch’s interface and focus on your artboards.