Align items on a Freeform board on Mac

You can use alignment guides to help you place items precisely. When guides are turned on, they appear as you drag an item on a board in alignment with, or equidistant to, another item. You can turn the guides off and on as needed.

In the Freeform app on your Mac, choose View > Guides, then select any of the following (a tick next to the item indicates it’s on):

• Centre Guides: Guides appear when an item’s centre aligns with another item’s centre.

• Edge Guides: Guides appear when an item’s edges align with another item’s edges.

• Relative Sizing: Guides appear when an item matches another item’s size in a particular dimension (for example, height).

• Relative Spacing: Guides appear when three or more items are placed equally apart in a line.

• Haptic Feedback: As you move items using an Apple trackpad or Magic Mouse, you feel tactile feedback when the items are correctly aligned (according to any of the above methods).

You can align items on your Freeform board so they’re evenly spaced.

1. In the Freeform app on your Mac, click a category in the sidebar, then double-click a board to open it.

   If you can’t see the sidebar, choose View > Show Sidebar.

2. Select multiple items.

   If an item is locked, you must click the Unlock button before you can align it.

3. Do any of the following:

   • Align multiple items vertically or horizontally: Choose Arrange > Align Objects, then choose an option.

   • Equally space three or more items: Choose Arrange > Distribute Objects, then choose an item.

   Tip: You can also click the Arrange Inspector button to align and distribute items on the board.