Aligning & Arranging Elements
Multi-select layers and use the Arrange panel to align, distribute, flip, and tidy them up.
A polished design comes down to clean alignment. The Arrange panel is where you nudge multiple layers into perfect rows, columns, and centers.
Multi-Selecting Layers
Two ways to select more than one layer:
- Shift+click another layer on the canvas (or in the layers panel) to add it to (or remove it from) the current selection.
- Marquee — drag from empty canvas to draw a selection rectangle. Every layer the rectangle touches is added to the selection.
Once two or more layers are selected, the right sidebar shows the Arrange panel. If the selection includes text layers, a batch text editor appears above it.
Z-Order Buttons
At the top of the Arrange panel is a row of four buttons that re-stack the selection:
- Send to Back
- Send Backward
- Bring Forward
- Bring to Front
These are the same actions you get from the right-click Layer Order sub-menu.
Align to Canvas
The Align section gives you six alignment buttons:
- Align Left, Align Center, Align Right — Horizontal alignment.
- Align Top, Align Middle, Align Bottom — Vertical alignment.
All alignment is relative to the slide canvas. With one layer selected, the button moves that layer. With more than one selected, a small dropdown picks the scope:
- As Group — Treat the selected layers as a single block and move the block to the canvas edge or center. Relative positions inside the block are preserved.
- Individual — Align each selected layer to the canvas separately (e.g., every selected layer snaps to the left edge).
Tip: Centering a single layer on the slide is just one click: select it, then Align Center + Align Middle.
Space Evenly
The Space Evenly section requires three or more selected layers. It has three buttons:
- Horizontally — Equalize the horizontal gaps between layers (keeping the first and last positions).
- Vertically — Equalize the vertical gaps between layers (keeping the first and last positions).
- Tidy Up — Run both horizontal and vertical even-spacing in one click.
Space by Gap
With two or more layers selected, a Space by Gap control appears. Type a pixel value, then click Horizontal gap or Vertical gap to lay the layers out left-to-right (or top-to-bottom) with that exact gap between them.
Flip
Right-click a single image, shape, or icon layer for the context menu, then choose Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical. This mirrors the layer in place.
Batch Text Editing
When the multi-selection includes one or more text layers, the right sidebar shows a batch text editor above the Arrange panel. Font family, size, weight, color, alignment, line height, transform, and background settings can all be changed in one go. Mixed values show as Mixed — change them to unify the selection.
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