Arrange and position

Line up several elements and space them out evenly. Group them to move them together, or change colors, fonts, and sizes all at once.

Line things up by eye and they always look slightly off. Select several together and set the values, and everything looks much cleaner.

How do I select several? Drag across an empty spot on the edit screen and everything inside gets selected.
What can I do? Line things up · space them evenly · change several at once.

To select several at once

Shift-click to add items to the selection one by one

Hold Shift and click to add items one at a time.
Drag a box from an empty spot and everything inside it gets selected.
⌘A selects everything; Esc deselects.

Lining up and spacing evenly

Select several and the left panel shows Align and Spacing

Under Align, pick which way to line things up
- Horizontal ㅣ left · center · right
- Vertical ㅣ top · middle · bottom
- With one item selected, it aligns to the page; with several selected, they align to each other.
Even out the Spacing
- [Distribute horizontal/vertical spacing evenly] ㅣ keeps both ends in place and splits the gaps equally. Works with 3 or more items.
- [Custom spacing] ㅣ set the gap as an exact number, anywhere from 0 to 200.

To change several at once

Pick a color and everything selected changes at once, with no confirmation step

With several items selected, Bulk edit selection appears at the bottom of the left panel. Changes apply immediately, with no confirmation — if you don't like the result, press ⌘Z to undo.

Item	What it changes	When it applies
`Color`	Pick a color in use and swap it for another, everywhere at once	The moment you pick a color
`Text`	Font and size, all together	When you press `Enter` or click elsewhere
`Image`	The selected photos, swapped for another photo	The moment you pick a photo
`Bulk resize`	Width and height, all to the same size	When you press `Enter` or click elsewhere

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Mixing photos and text in your selection is fine. Changes apply only where they can. Select both and change the color, and only the text changes color — the photos stay put. Sizes change for both.

To change front-to-back order or lock things

This decides what sits on top when things overlap.

Move something forward a step or send it all the way to the front from Order in the left panel, or with a shortcut. The full list is in Shortcuts.

Lock anything you shouldn't touch by accident, like a background photo. Locked items can't be selected by clicking. You can also unlock them in Layer.

In this case	What happens
You lock a whole group	Everything inside gets locked too.
You lock only some items in a group	You can still move or resize the group as a whole. Anything that reaches inside — like changing colors in bulk — won't work.
You ungroup a group with locked items	It ungroups just fine. The locks stay on.

To nudge things or copy a look

Press an arrow key to move 1 pixel at a time, or hold Shift for 10 pixels. Use it when something is just barely off.
Flip things with Flip horizontal · Flip vertical.
⌘⌥C to copy a style, ⌘⌥V to paste a style — carries the colors and borders straight onto something else. See Copy style for the details.

To add a clickable link

Attach a web address to a photo or text and it becomes clickable in the preview and in html files. See Links for the steps and examples.

warning

Links can't be clicked in jpg or png image files. A picture is just a picture, after all. To keep links clickable, save as html in Download result.

Grouping and automatic spacing are covered in Groups and auto layout.

To select several at once​

Lining up and spacing evenly​

To change several at once​

To change front-to-back order or lock things​

To nudge things or copy a look​

To add a clickable link​