rectangle marquee snapping

[ianrb]

 will the rectangle marquee tool snap to the grid?

I cannot get the tool to start/stop on the line as happens when moving images --- great part of Affinity photo btw 
(yes; I have forced alinement off ) 

Any tricks or tips would be appreciated 

[walt.farrell]

No, the rectangular marquee tool won't snap to the grid (or to objects).

As a workaround, you could place guides, which will snap, and then use them to align your selection. Or you could draw a rectangle with the Rectangle tool, which will snap, and use that to align the selection.

Easiest, in the 1.6 version of Photo, may be to draw a rectangle, then use the menu Select > Selection from Layer. Once you have the selection you can delete the rectangle from the Layers panel.

In the 1.7 beta it's a bit easier, as you can draw the rectangle and then use Select > Selection from Layer and Delete, which deletes the rectangle after the selection is made.

[ianrb]

Thank you @walt.farrell; I would have saved myself so much time  if I asked earlier 
will keep your thoughts mind for next time 
 

So much for ticking "notify me of replies"   

Cheers

[ianrb]

or  this work around
New layer >select all (click the icon) >have grid on >snapping on >grab the move tool >drag the marching ants to suit >>select/outline >form outline thickness + position to suit > fill with color ( I use the flood fill tool (bucket icon)  
Somewhere in there it would pay to ''save selection''
I'm sure there are other ways to do much of it; but the above worked for me --- worked spot on actually 
I can go to   bed tonight knowing I have learnt something new today ------ whether I remember it tomorrow or next week is the unknown  

[ianrb]

was fiddling with this -- actually re-editing to get the strokes better
2nd image the raw image
questions welcome