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Snapping and line widths
The Scale line widths control on the Selector
Tool
InfoBar affects whether snapping happens to the
bounds of objects including their outlines.
The above example shows a shape with a very thick gray outline. It also shows (thin black line) the
outline of the shape itself (you can see the thick outline is drawn equally on either side of the center line so
that it partly overlaps the inside of the shape and partially goes outside).
With scale line widths on, the width of the outline is deemed to be important and so 'snap to grid' will
snap the bounds of objects, including outlines, to the grid. Snap to objects will allow you to snap using
the bounds or the outline center lines. If the outlines as they appear on screen are small, so there is little
difference between these two snapping positions, bounds snaps are favored. So zoom in if you want to
snap outline centers in this case.
With scale line widths off, 'snap to grid' and 'snap to objects' will snap the center lines of objects, ignoring
the outline widths.
Because snapping honors the Scale line widths switch it means that the bounds used by snapping are
always the same bounds that are reported in the Selector Tool
infobar.
Magnetic object snapping (snap to objects)
Magnetic object snapping makes it much easier to accurately position objects relative to each other or
relative to the page center or edges.
So, for example, if you want several lines to start at exactly the same point, or want a line to exactly join
the edge of a circle, then using "magnetic object snap" is useful.
You can even use this to align the centers of objects, or align objects to the center of the page, or align
them horizontally and vertically anywhere in the middle of the page.
Magnetic snapping works when either moving or scaling objects using the Selector Tool
.
Magnetic snapping to objects is enabled by default in web
documents. To toggle it on and off, click the Snap to Objects button
in the top toolbar. Alternatively right click the pasteboard and choose
"Snap to" > "Snap to Objects", or use the menu option "Window"
> "Snap to objects
". You can also toggle it on/off during dragging by tapping 's'.
Click and drag on the object you want to snap. As you drag, Web Designer Premium displays a magnet
icon, blue lines and red points whenever you are near a "point of interest" that it has snapped to.
Snap indicators
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