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 top edges of the screen controls: Click the Align Top button.

    • To vertically align the centers of the screen controls: Click the Align Vertical Centers button.

    • To align the bottom edges of the screen controls: Click the Align Bottom button.

    • To align the left edges of the screen controls: Click the Align Left button.

    • To horizontally align the centers of the screen controls: Click the Align Horizontal Centers button.

    • 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:

    • 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.