Preferences

Guidelines

Both vertical and horizontal guidelines can be positioned on any page or dialog on your project. As well, project guidelines can be created that exist on every page or dialog in your project. This feature can be used to help align objects on your page or dialog with precision.

Visible

Show or hide the guidelines.

Draw over objects

If checked, guidelines will be drawn over any non-windowed objects on the page or dialog, instead of being drawn directly onto the page or dialog surface.

Note: Guidelines will not appear over 'windowed' objects, such as input objects, web objects, video objects, etc.

Snap threshold:

The proximity in pixels that an object must be in relation to a guideline in order for that object to 'snap' to that guideline.

Note: Objects will only snap to guidelines when the guidelines are visible. Hiding the guidelines disables the snapping feature.

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

Page/Dialog Guideline Colors

Normal:

The color that you want to use for each guideline on your page or dialog.

Locked:

The color that you want to use for each locked guideline on your page or dialog.

Project Guideline Colors

Normal:

The color that you want to use for each project-wide guideline in your project.

Locked:

The color that you want to use for each locked project-wide guideline in your project.