Preferences

Grid

The page grid consists of vertical and horizontal lines that are drawn on each page or dialog. This feature can be used to help align objects on your page or dialog with precision.

Visible

Show or hide the grid.

Snap

Make objects (according to their bounding box) snap to grid cells when moved around the work area. This feature can be used to precisely position your objects.

Note: You can disable snapping temporarily by holding the Shift key while you drag an object.

Top Left

Snap the top left corner of objects to the top left corner of grid cells.

Top

Snap the top of objects to the top of grid cells.

Top Right

Snap the top right corner of objects to the top right corner of grid cells.

Right

Snap the right side of objects to the right side of grid cells.

Bottom Right

Snap the bottom right corner of objects to the bottom right corner of grid cells.

Bottom

Snap the bottom of objects to the bottom of grid cells.

Bottom Left

Snap the bottom left corner of objects to the bottom left corner of grid cells.

Left

Snap the left side of objects to the left side of grid cells.

Colors

Cell color:

The color that you want to use for each grid cell.

Block color:

The color that you want to use for each block surrounding the cells.

Static

Cell size (pixels):

The size (in pixels) you want to use for each cell in the grid.

Block size (cells):

The height and width (in cells) you want to use to create the blocks in the grid.

Style

Lines

Use solid lines to draw the grid.

Dots

Use dotted lines to draw the grid.