Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 77)

Xpanel User Manual 4-43
Building and editing panels
Positioning objects using the Align commands
Use the A LIGN commands to place objects on the canvas so that they are vertically,
horizontally, or center-aligned in relation to other objects on the canvas.
Figure 4-17. Xpanel’s Align menu commands and toolbar buttons
To align objects using the Align commands:
1.
Select a group of objects, making sure that you select the primary object last.
The primary object is the one that you would like all others aligned with, and its
selection lines appear in blue, whereas those of others appear in red. You can change
the primary object by clicking a selected object.
2. Select one of the following commands from the F ORMAT >A LIGN menu, or select one of
the icons from the A LIGN toolbar on the Xstudio interface.
Menu item Icon What it does
A LIGN L EFTS Aligns all selected objects with the left edge of the primary object.
C ENTER
H ORIZONTALLY
Aligns all selected objects with the horizontal centre (y-axis) of the
primary object.
A LIGN R IGHTS Aligns all selected objects with the right edge of the primary object.
A LIGN T OPS Aligns all selected objects with the top edge of the primary object.
C ENTER
V ERTICALLY
Aligns all selected objects with the vertical centre (x-axis) of the
primary object.
A LIGN B OTTOMS Aligns all selected objects with the bottom edge of the primary object.
C ENTERS Menu
command
only Aligns all selected objects with both the horizontal and vertical centers
of the primary object.