alignMethod
layout alignMethod cyclic { "top" | "bottom" | "left" | "right" | "center" | "origin" | "upperLeft" | "upperRight" | "upperCenter" | "lowerLeft" | "lowerRight" | "lowerCenter" | "centerLeft" | "centerRight" | "centerCenter" }
Description
Sets the values in the cyclic Use field for Object or Layer in the Align Using section on the Edit – Advanced – Align form, depending on how the Reference and Align Direction fields are set, as shown in the table below.
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Reference
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Align Direction
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Align Using
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Use list contains
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Default
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Point
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Horizontal or Vertical
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Object
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Upper Left, Upper Center, Upper Right; Center Left, Center Center, Center Right; Lower Left, Lower Center, Lower Right; Origin
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Lower Left
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Layer
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Upper Left, Upper Center, Upper Right; Center Left, Center Center, Center Right; Lower Left, Lower Center, Lower Right
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Lower Left
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Object
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Horizontal
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Object
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Top Edge, Bottom Edge, Center; Origin
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Center
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Layer
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Top Edge, Bottom Edge, Center
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Center
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Vertical
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Object
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Left Edge, Right Edge, Center; Origin
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Center
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Layer
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Left Edge, Right Edge, Center
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Center
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Layer
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Horizontal
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Object
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Top Edge, Bottom Edge, Center; Origin
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Center
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Layer
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Vertical
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Object
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Left Edge, Right Edge, Center; Origin
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Center
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Horizontal
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Layer
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Top Edge, Bottom Edge, Center
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Center
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Vertical
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Layer
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Left Edge, Right Edge, Center
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Center
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You can set the Align Using field with the alignUsing environment variable and the Reference field with the alignReference environment variable.
GUI Equivalent
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Command:
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Edit – Advanced – Align
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Field:
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Align Using – Object – Use
Align Using – Layer – Use
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Examples
envGetVal("layout" "alignMethod")
envSetVal("layout" "alignMethod" 'cyclic "top")
envSetVal("layout" "alignMethod" 'cyclic "centerLeft")
Related Topics
alignUsing
alignReference
Align Form
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