Align and distribute screen controls

MainStage includes controls for centering, aligning, and distributing screen controls in the workspace.

Align screen controls

  1. Select the screen controls in the workspace.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To align the left edges of the screen controls: From the Layout Action menu, choose Align > Align Left.

    • To horizontally align the centers of the screen controls: From the Layout Action menu, choose Align > Align Horizontal Centers.

    • To align the right edges of the screen controls: From the Layout Action menu, choose Align > Align Right.

    • To align the top edges of the screen controls: From the Layout Action menu, choose Align > Align Top.

    • To align the bottom edges of the screen controls: From the Layout Action menu, choose Align > Align Bottom.

    • To vertically align the centers of the screen controls: From the Layout Action menu, choose Align > Align Vertical Centers.

You can also align and distribute screen controls by Control-clicking the selected screen controls and choosing commands from the Align and Distribute submenus in the shortcut menu. The Distribute shortcut menu contains additional controls for distributing the space between screen controls.

Distribute screen controls evenly

  1. Select the screen controls in the workspace.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To vertically distribute the screen controls: From the Layout Action menu, choose Distribute > Distribute Centers Vertically.

    • To horizontally distribute the screen controls: From the Layout Action menu, choose Distribute > Distribute Centers Horizontally.

You can also align and distribute screen controls by Control-clicking the selected screen controls and choosing commands from the Align and Distribute submenus in the shortcut menu. The Distribute shortcut menu contains additional controls for distributing the space between screen controls.