positioning via nudging

[jen0dorf]

Hi is ther a way of moving an object slightly, I've tried the snap to grid but it doesn't look right I need to move it very slightly. In some software if you press shift while using the arrow keys it moves an object a fraction does xara have this

cheers

Ian

[glenngosack]

hold down the alt key and nudge... if you zoom in far enough, it amounts to one pixel per nudge. the shift key with the arrows are I believe 10 times what an alt/arrow key moves.

[jen0dorf]

The alt key, thanks a lot

Ian

[gwpriester]

This from the Xara Xone Tip of the Week 3

nudge factor set at x:
» arrow 1x
» ctrl-arrow 5x
» shift-arrow 10x
» ctrl-shift-arrow 0.2x

nudge distance (at zoom 100):
» alt-arrow 1 pixel
» alt-shift-arrow 10 pixels

The four x-factor nudges are independent of zoom; and one and ten pixels sound like set amounts, but with alt and alt-shift, the nudge distance changes in proportion to zoom -- the more you zoom in, the smaller the nudge. (Not mentioned in Help.)

alt-arrow nudge examples:
at zoom 10: 10.0 pixels
at zoom 100: 1.0 Pixel
at zoom 1000: 0.1 pixel
at zoom 2000: 0.05 pixel
at zoom 25000: 0.004 pixel

Gary

[Kiwi]

You can change nudge distance at "Utilities" (or R/click on page) - Options ...Change nudge size

[jen0dorf]

thanks yet again

Ian