Konspaul Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Hello, I want to align an object to specific object. How do I do that? I'm talking about the feature that Illustrator has: Select two object you want to align, click the one you want to keep still and press alignment buttons. http://blogs.adobe.com/adobeillustrator/2009/03/post.html Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
000 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/2138-can-affinity-align-objects-top-bottom-right-left/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konspaul Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 This doesn't answer my question. When aligning I need to choose an object which will stay still and all objects will align to that specific object. I simply can't find a way to do this in Affinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 19, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 19, 2014 Konspaul, 1. First enable snapping and adjust your snapping preferences if needed (in the Snapping Manager) 2. Make sure Show snapping candidates is checked. This will create a purple outline around the objects you will snap to. 3. Mouse over the object you want to align to for a few seconds. This will turn it in a snapping candidate to which you will be able to align your object. 4. Move your original object. It should now align to the object you defined as a snapping candidate. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyrosBrother Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hello, I am a new user of this software and like it. I understand how to align objects by moving each one individually But how could I align severals with refering another without this one moves ? In illustrator, I select all object to align, press Alt key and tell illustrator wich one will be the reference one and then clic the alignement button I want to. With AD, all my objects are left aligned on the top left one or similary on the right of the most right one. That's not what I want ! Hope you will understand what I want to and give me the way... Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 22, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hi PyrosBrother, Welcome to Affinity Forums. Currently it's not possible to align objects relative to a chosen reference in AD. Those improvements may come later. You can check the Feature Roadmap to see what's being worked on at this point. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyrosBrother Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hi MEB, Thank you for your answer... I can wait (I know there is a lot of work to do on several subjects) even if I hope this will not so long to be included (because it seem to me a relative simple functionality to develop). With transform panel I use a workaround. I could give it here if needed for anyone else : Select the object you want another to align with. On transform palette, select the reference point you want (ex a left one if you want to align the objects on the left border with the reference one) Copy X (or Y if you want to align vertically) position in clipboard Select all objects you want to align Align them as needed (for my previous example on left side) then Let the objects selected and in transform panel, paste the clipboard in X (or Y as needed) value and you've got it... It's a little bit boring but it does the job :) ! Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesele Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I thought that locking one object before aligning might do the trick but the locked object moves also. Jesper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 26, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 26, 2014 If you lock an object it will not be selectable anymore, and will not be considered for alignment actions. It also shouldn't move from its original place. Can you post a sample file where the locked object moves when you perform an alignment? This shouldn't be happening... Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesele Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 It's still selectable from the layers panel. Create two objects, lock one of them, select both from the layers panel and do align. Jesper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 26, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 26, 2014 I was referring on the canvas only (sorry for not being clear :( ) Currently it is possible to select locked objects on the layers panel. This is by design, because when you select them through the layers panel it's usually a deliberate action (you may want to adjust their position slightly without having to lock/unlock the objects every time), contrary to the canvas where you can accidentally drag them while working. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesele Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 But then wouldn't it be smart to use that to align all the non locked objects to the locked one? Jesper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 26, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 26, 2014 It's not a question of being smart, it's more a question of having time to implement/improve features. There's a long list of feature requests and improvements to full fill. Some were already on our roadmap, some are user suggestions but all need time to be worked on. We usually launch a new beta every week with improvements, bug fixes etc. Soon enough all those things will be ironed out. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggerspaniel Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 so when I use the align tool it's aligning to the pasteboard/canvas (or somewhere way off of the canvas), ie it disappears. I'm just selection a few objects and whether i use center/top/etc it goes way off into the distance where I can't see where it went. I think this is a preference, but I can't seem to find where to to find this. Or is this just a bug and happening to me only? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 10, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 10, 2014 You can define if you want to align to selection bounds (the area occupied by the selected objects), the entire spread (the entire canvas area), or the margins (if defined in the document setup dialog). You can change this in the Alignment panel (Arrange icon in the top toolbar). Check the dropdown immediately below the alignment buttons. Regarding the objects disappearing after performing the alignment, that seems a bug to me. Can you post the file to be looked at? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggerspaniel Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 So here is the document and links/screenshots (I couldn't find the links palette nor could i find how to embed them either) Test_Alignment.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 11, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thanks for posting the file and raising this issue @puggerspaniel. Yes, this is a bug. I will log it to be looked at. puggerspaniel 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konspaul Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 Hi, Why Align to and Auto distribute are grayed out? How can I use these features? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted December 12, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 12, 2014 Hi Konspaul, Just choose one of the alignment types first (i.e. align left, centre, etc) then the options for alignment will be available :) Thanks, Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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