anto Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Publisher 2.4 Alignment to a key object does not work. Windows 10 2024-03-28 08-48-45.mp4 2024-03-28 08-52-29.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrother Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 @anto To honour the key object when aligning, you must to set the "First Selected" option in the "Align to:" drop-down. This is mandatory (by design) when you use the Align drop-down panel in the toolbar. See video below. APub_Align_to_key_obj.mp4 anto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4dimage Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 @anto I guess this is not a bug. The difference is, that you use the additional alignment functions and options from the dropdown. These do exactly what the option "Align to" ("Ausrichten an") say. There is no explicit option "Align to anchor object". Therefore i customized my symbols with all alignment functions directly availlable. If you then choose an anchor (key) object (ALT + click on Windows), the alignment works like expected: 2024-03-28_publisher-alignment-with-anchor_001.mp4 Customize Symbols and Toolbar via view menu: anto 1 Quote Hardware: Windows 11 Pro (23H2, build 22631.4317, Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1041.0), Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900K, 32 Core@3.20 GHz, 128 GB RAM, NVIDIA RTX A4000 (16GB VRAM, driver 551.61), 1TB + 2TB SSD. 1 Display set to native 2560 x 1440. Software: Affinity v1 - Designer/Publisher/Photo (1.10.6.1665), Affinity v2 (universal license) - Designer/Publisher/Photo, v2 betas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 28 Staff Share Posted March 28 Hi @anto, Set the "Align to" parameter to First Selected when you want to align using a key object. anto 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anto Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 4 hours ago, bbrother said: To honour the key object when aligning, you must to set the "First Selected" It was not obvious to me that the "First selected" option should be enabled. I selected this object last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrother Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, anto said: It was not obvious to me that the "First selected" option should be enabled. You're not the only one. This was done in a non-intuitive way for that Align drop-down panel in the toolbar. No one will associate "key object" with "first selected", because a key object is usually selected after all the objects you want to align are already selected. @MEBThere should be a separate option for "Key object" in the "Align to:" drop-down menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anto Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 On the other hand, if I choose a key object, it goes without saying that I want to align to it, so why choose it if it's not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.