There are 4 main ways to align objects in BioRender to make sure that everything on your canvas is perfectly spaced.
Grid Lines
In order to view the grid overlay:
Click the grid button on the right toolbar on your canvas page
Click the "+" or "-" buttons to increase or decrease size of grid
Align objects using the grid paper
Guidelines
Click the ruler button on the right toolbar on your canvas page
Once ruler is visible around canvas, click on the ruler to lay down guidelines
Align objects on canvas using guidelines
3. To remove guidelines, right click on the guideline and select delete guideline
Enable Alignment Feature
Click View from the top toolbar on your canvas
Select "Enable Alignment"
When moving objects, you will see purple lines showing distance between objects and red lines for alignment
Align/Distribute Tool
To align objects horizontally or vertically:
Select all objects/icons you would like to align
Click Align from the top toolbar on your canvas page
Select how you would like to align objects
To adjust spacing between objects evenly:
Select the collection of objects you wish to adjust by either:
a) Clicking and dragging across objects to select them, or
b) Holding Shift and click on each object to add it to the selection.Select one of the Distribute functions (center vertical, center horizontal, edge vertical, edge horizontal).
Check out our video in our Learning Hub on aligning and distributing objects!
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