Paul Round Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Hello! Is there a way I can select an object in a group to be the object that will be the thing that will snap or align on a page while still keeping the other objects in the group in the positions relative to that key object. i.e if I have a text box with an image etc next to it but want to centre that text box on a page while keeping that image in the same position in relation to the text box Sorry for my convoluted sentence structure! Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I'm assuming you are using publisher from the page reference. From what I understand, wouldn't dragging the group do what you want? if the text file is bigger e.g. longer than the centre of the group will be the centre of the text frame, the only way it wouldn't work would be if the image was bigger than the text frame, so that the group centre would be the centre of the image. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Take a look at the Point Transform tool in Designer or the Vector persona of Publisher. https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_pointTransform.html Paul Round 1 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Round Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 I'm probably explaining myself badly. The upload image gives you example, it is a group that consists of text boxes, shapes etc. I want the text box to be centre on the page (for example) but at the moment it uses the whole group as it's point of reference rather than the text box. Is there a way in publisher you can nominate an item in a group to be the thing it uses for such operations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 44 minutes ago, Paul Round said: it is a group that consists of text boxes, shapes etc. I want the text box to be centre on the page (for example) but at the moment it uses the whole group as it's point of reference rather than the text box. I would just include in the group a rectangle that is the width of the page and set its fill and stroke to clear. Arrange the various items as you like. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 group move.mp4 firstdefence, thomaso, Paul Round and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Round Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 Thank you! That's exactly the info what I needed ☺️ Just to clarify, what is that first step where you have a small circle? Sorry for the noob question 1 hour ago, lepr said: group move.mp4 1.92 MB · 0 downloads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 21 minutes ago, Paul Round said: ... Just to clarify, what is that first step where you have a small circle? Sorry for the noob question Took me a while to figure it out. That is the Control key being held down when the four way arrow is shown close to the "centre" mark. Look at the bottom left of the window and you'll see a bunch of useful options. Paul Round 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Round Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 41 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Took me a while to figure it out. That is the Control key being held down when the four way arrow is shown close to the "centre" mark. Look at the bottom left of the window and you'll see a bunch of useful options. I haven't even got to that point, I'm stuck at that bit right at the start. What's that circular thing that's clicked on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 30 minutes ago, Paul Round said: I haven't even got to that point, I'm stuck at that bit right at the start. What's that circular thing that's clicked on? That's called the Transform Origin, When you click on a shape, like the rectangle you will get a context menu just above the workspace, from that menu you can enable the transform origin. Paul Round 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 One further option that could be used in certain situations: temporarily hide the object(s) or object group(s) that you do not want to have effect on alignment: alignvisible.mp4 UPDATE: Also works for snapping! Paul Round, thomaso and Oufti 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 5 hours ago, Aammppaa said: Take a look at the Point Transform tool in Designer or the Vector persona of Publisher. Did you investigate Point Transform tool as suggested? It is by far the fastest and easiest way to do what you asked... Point Transform to Align Groups.mp4 lepr, Paul Round and dominik 3 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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