Distribute button

[qwz]

Is there an option to include Distribute Horizontally and Distribute Vertically commands as buttons (into Align Panel)?

[firstdefence]

Which App are you using?

You can right click on the top toolbar and choose customise toolbar, there you will find icons you can drag onto the toolbar, so, in Affinity Photo v2 you would see something like this...

[qwz]

Thank you, found it. But after I close the Customize window - it appears blank...

[GarryP]

When you say “it appears blank”, what is the “it” and what do you mean by “appears blank”?
Which part of your screenshot is showing us this?

To try and be clear, when you have multiple layers selected, to distribute them you need to press the Alignment button on the Toolbar and then choose the appropriate functionality from the pop-up (or you can do similar things from the “Layer → Alignment” menu but you don’t have as much control over what happens).

[qwz]

 

this buttons. but already discovered, that I have to choose at least three objects to make it active

[GarryP]

Thanks for making that clearer.

Yes, you can only distribute multiple layers – it would make no sense to distribute a single layer.

You might also be interested in the Alignment Handles – see attached image.
They can’t be used for distribution but they are useful for aligning layers in a different way.

[qwz]

Thank you, Garry!

By the way, I always feel a little confused with objects called 'layers' there.

[GarryP]

You’re welcome.

If something can be seen in the Layers Panel and/or it can be manipulated via the Layer menu then I call it a layer, but the terms ‘layer’ and ‘object’ can often mean the same thing; even Serif uses both at different times.