Align and distribute screen controls – Apple MainStage 3 User Manual
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Chapter 7
Work in Layout mode
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Resize the text display area of a screen control
1
Select the screen control in the workspace.
2
Drag the inner resize guide to increase the area of the text display.
3
Drag the outer resize guide to increase the overall size of the control.
Drag the inner resize
guide to resize the
text area.
Notice that when you resize the text display area, the rest of the screen control becomes smaller.
You can first resize the overall control, and then resize the text display area using the inner
resize guide.
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:
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To align the top edges of the screen controls: Click the Align Top button.
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To vertically align the centers of the screen controls: Click the Align Vertical Centers button.
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To align the bottom edges of the screen controls: Click the Align Bottom button.
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To align the left edges of the screen controls: Click the Align Left button.
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To horizontally align the centers of the screen controls: Click the Align Horizontal Centers button.
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To align the right edges of the screen controls: Click the Align Right button.
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:
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To vertically distribute the screen controls: Click the Distribute Vertically button.
•
To horizontally distribute the screen controls: Click the Distribute Horizontally button.
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.