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Aligning Groups of Components -- The Alignment Tool
The Alignment Tool enables you to position objects with respect to each other and to adjust the spacing between selected objects. The specified alignment operations apply to all components that are selected when you press the Apply button.
| Note To select multiple components, they must be contained in the same figure, panel, or button group. |
The alignment tool provides two types of alignment operations:
Both types of alignment can be applied in the vertical and horizontal directions. Note that, in many cases, it is better to apply alignments independently to the vertical or to the horizontal using two separate steps.
Align Options
There are both vertical and horizontal align options. Each option aligns selected components to a reference line, which is determined by the bounding box that encloses the selected objects. For example, the following picture of the layout area shows the bounding box (indicated by the dashed line) formed by three selected push buttons.
All of the align options (vertical top, center, bottom and horizontal left, center, right) place the selected components with respect to corresponding edge (or center) of this bounding box.
Distribute Options
Distributing components adds equal space between all components in the selected group. The distribute options operate in two different modes:
Both modes enable you to specify how the spacing is measured, as indicated by the button labels on the alignment tool. These options include spacing measured with respect to the following edges:
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