Align Window
Intro
Align and distribute the bounding boxes of Shapes or align a Path's points.
UI
This window is context aware depending on whether the Select or Edit Shape tool is enabled.
Select tool
To align or distribute Shapes to a selection of other Shapes, simply select more than one Shape and choose from the options below.
Holding the Option/Alt key while clicking the options below will align or distribute Shapes to the Composition.
Edit Shape tool
To align Points to a selection of other Points simply select more than one Point and choose from the options below.
Holding the Option/Alt key while clicking the options below will align Points to the Composition.
Holding the Shift key while clicking the options below will also align a Point's handles.
If only one Shape is selected then the Alignment options will default to being based on Composition.
Options
Alignment
- Left Align - Horizontally align the left edges of all selected Shapes/Points.
- Centre Align - Horizontally align the centre of all selected Shapes/Points.
- Right Align - Horizontally align the right edges of all selected Shapes/Points.
- Top Align - Vertically align the top edges of all selected Shapes/Points.
- Middle Align - Vertically align the centre of all selected Shapes/Points.
- Bottom Align - Vertically align the bottom edges of all selected Shapes/Points.
Distribution
- Horizontal Distribution - Distribute all selected Shapes horizontally.
- Vertical Distribution - Distribute all selected Shapes vertically.
- Even Distribution - Distribute all selected Shapes evenly (horizontally and vertically).
The distribution options are only supported for affecting Shapes with the Select tool.
- Shapes are distributed between the first and last selected Shapes.
- When distributing Shapes based on selection, a minimum of three shapes are required. If only two Shapes are selected then Horizontal or Vertical Distribution will be applied based on the Composition (as if Option/Alt was held).