joe_l Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 I have to apologize in advance for being Monk or maybe my genes are to blame, but I HATE positioning of elements when there are too many decimal places at the position. Scenario: Document with baseline grid enabled (Display treshold at 90%), Snapping is set up properly for margins and baseline grid. Workflow A: I move the text frame with the mouse to the top left corner of a column (x 16 mm, y 16 mm). Result: Several attempts to get the element to the exact desired position. And I mean x 16 mm / y 16 mm and not x 16 mm / y 16,1234 mm. Workflow B: I zoom a bit out and position the text frame by moving the text frame handles to the desired position. Result: Monk-perfect position at the first attempt. Workflow C : Positioning via Transform panel. Yes, but sometimes I am faster with the mouse instead of typing x and y position into the Transform panel. A problem could be that there are too many snapping options like margins, baseline grid etc., as elements always tend to snap to the wrong direction. A preference to snap either top or bottom would be useful in my opinion. Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 You could set up a millimeter grid, and just use Snap to Grid, perhaps? You can save different Snapping presets, which might help. Regarding your suggestion: If that were implemented, snap to top or bottom of what? The choices seem myriad: Page, Canvas, Artboard, Frame, Column, ... joe_l 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_l Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 44 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: You can save different Snapping presets, which might help. One of the reasons why I like this community: Asking a "stupid" question and someone gives a helpful answer. Don't know why I did not found out myself. walt.farrell 1 Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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