Aligning shapes in Affinity Designer helps you arrange multiple objects precisely on your canvas or relative to each other. Based on the provided reference, there are two primary methods to achieve this alignment after selecting the shapes you want to arrange.
Steps to Align Shapes
To align shapes, you must first select all the shapes you wish to align. Once selected, you can use either the Toolbar or the Layer menu.
Method 1: Using the Toolbar
The Toolbar offers a dedicated Alignment panel for quick access.
- Select multiple objects. This is the essential first step for both methods.
- On the Toolbar, click the Alignment option.
- From the pop-up panel that appears, set the Align To option. This determines what the objects will align relative to (e.g., the canvas, the selection bounds, the first selected object).
- Select an Align Horizontally or Align Vertically option. These buttons control how the selected shapes will align along the chosen axis (e.g., align left, right, center, top, bottom, middle).
- Click Apply to perform the alignment.
Method 2: Using the Layer Menu
The Layer menu also contains alignment options, offering another way to access these functions.
- Select multiple objects.
- From the Layer menu, navigate to the Alignment submenu.
- Select an alignment option directly from this submenu. Options typically include various horizontal and vertical alignment commands.
Both methods require selecting the objects beforehand and offer ways to align them either horizontally or vertically relative to a specified point or area.
