alignRefMethod

layout alignRefMethod cyclic { "center" | "top" | "bottom" | "left" | "right" | "origin" }

Description

Sets the values in the cyclic Use field when the Reference field on the Edit – Advanced – Align form is set to Object or Layer, based on whether Align Direction is set to Horizontal or Vertical, as shown in the table below.

Reference	Align Direction	Use list contains	Default
Object	Horizontal	Top Edge, Bottom Edge, Center, Origin	Center
	Vertical	Left Edge, Right Edge, Center, Origin	Center
Layer	Horizontal	Top Edge, Bottom Edge, Center, Origin	Center
	Vertical	Left Edge, Right Edge, Center, Origin	Center

The valid values are: top, bottom, center, left, right, and origin. You can set the Reference field with the alignReference environment variable, and the Align Direction field with the alignDirection environment variable.

The default is center.

GUI Equivalent

Command:	Edit – Advanced – Align
Field:	Reference – Object – Use Reference – Layer – Use

Examples

envGetVal("layout" "alignRefMethod")

envSetVal("layout" "alignRefMethod" 'cyclic "right")

Related Topics

alignReference

alignDirection

Align Form

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