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Section 4.2.4 · Chapter 4: Designing Screens

Aligning Objects

To arrange the selected objects on a screen, you need to select a reference object from within the selection and then press the icon on the toolbar or click the menu item listed as below. To do a multiple selection, use Shift + Click. To select a reference object from the selection, use Ctrl + Click.

Use the Align commands on the Edit menu to arrange objects/drawings on a screen. Select an object or drawing by single-clicking on it, then hold down the Shift key while clicking on the other objects or drawings to be aligned with it. When all of the objects or drawings to be aligned are selected, choose one of the commands in the Align submenu or directly click a specified icon in the Edit Toolbar.

The following table describes each property in the Cell page of the Table dialog box. To make the buttons available, you need to select a row. To select a row, left-click the (Row, Column) column.

Icon

Menu Item

Description
Align Left Align the left sides of selected objects to the left side of the reference object. All the objects move horizontally so their left sides are in line with the left side of the reference object.
Vertical Center Align the vertical centers of selected objects to the vertical center of the reference object. All the objects move horizontally so their vertical centers are in line with the vertical center of the reference object.
Right Align the right sides of selected objects to the right side of the reference object. All the objects move horizontally so their right sides are in line with the right side of the reference object.
Top Align the tops of the selected objects to the top of the reference object. All the objects move vertically so their tops are in line with the top of the reference object.
Horizontal Center Align the horizontal centers of selected objects to the horizontal center of the reference object. All the objects move vertically so their horizontal centers are in line with the horizontal center of the reference object.
Bottom Align the bottoms of selected objects to the bottom of the reference object. All the objects move vertically so their bottoms are in line with the bottom of the reference object.
To Grid Select or deselect the option of aligning objects to grid points.
Nudge Left Nudge the selection left. When the Snap to Grid option is not selected, all objects of the selection move one pixel left. When the Snap to Grid option is selected, each object of the selection moves left to where its upper-left corner aligns to the nearest grid point.
Right Nudge the selection right. When the Snap to Grid option is not selected, all objects of the selection move one pixel right. When the Snap to Grid option is selected, each object of the selection moves right to where its upper-left corner aligns to the nearest grid point.
Up Nudge the selection up. When the Snap to Grid option is not selected, all objects of the selection move one pixel up. When the Snap to Grid option is selected, each object of the selection moves up to where its upper-left corner aligns to the nearest grid point.
Down Nudge the selection down. When the Snap to Grid option is not selected, all objects of the selection move one pixel down. When the Snap to Grid option is selected, each object of the selection moves down to where its upper-left corner aligns to the nearest grid point.

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Source.Section 4.2.4 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.

Text and figures are the manufacturer's and may describe features your panel or software version does not have. For a plain-language introduction read the PM Designer guide; for help with a specific panel contact TSL Automation.