Manual Positioning

Text and image objects can be freely positioned on a page, simply by dragging them to their desired location. Objects may even overlap.

To assist the web designer with the proper alignment of objects, StudioLine offers margins, rulers and guidelines.

Margins

Margins are a visual aid to judge the appearance of a page in common screen sizes.

By looking at the margins, you will be able to see how your page will fit into a particular screen size. For details regarding margin options see the online help or the reference chapter on “Margins ”.

Rulers & Guidelines

Rulers display a pixel counter across the top and left of the StudioLine workspace. Guidelines can be pulled on the workspace to assist with positioning objects in perfect columns or rows.

Choose Guides from the Page Context menu to review advanced options, including the ability to save or reuse a set of guidelines. See online help or the reference chapter “Guides ” for details.

Position Indicators

To learn the exact position of a guideline, or the distance between guidelines, move the cursor over it. A set of up to three numbers will appear:

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The absolute position of the guideline.

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The distance to the next guideline in the direction of the arrow.

Position indicators are valuable, if accurate spacing between guidelines is essential.

Spacing and Alignment Tool

The toolbar offers a tool that assists in perfect alignment or even spacing of multiple objects.

image\ebd_Ebd43.gifLocking Positions

An intricate page may have several objects in very close proximity. Some may even overlap one another. It is foreseeable, that sooner or later objects could be moved accidentally. This can be prevented by locking objects in place:

To unlock objects, access their context menu and choose Unlock Position.