Align and distribute objects
Line up edges and space multiple objects evenly.
Line up or evenly space a group of objects.
Align
- Select 2 or more objects.
- In the inspector's Move tab, use the align buttons: left / center / right (horizontal) and top / middle / bottom (vertical).
Alignment is edge-aware, not anchor-point aligned: it computes each shape's half-extents (scaled) and lines up the actual visual edges, so a wide rectangle and a small circle aligned "left" get their left edges flush, not their center points. Rotation is ignored — extents are the axis-aligned approximation, so a heavily rotated shape aligns by its unrotated bounding box.
Distribute
- Select 3 or more objects.
- Choose distribute horizontally or distribute vertically.
This evenly spaces the objects' centers along that axis — the leftmost/topmost and rightmost/bottommost objects stay put, and everything between is spread at equal steps.
Via the command palette
Every align/distribute action is also searchable: open CtrlK and type "align" or "distribute".
Locked objects are excluded from the selection these operations act on.
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