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What about this; no dialogue box, but one (not nine) icons on the selector options bar.

It would be similar to or the same as the 'Select origin' icon on the selector bar.

The sequence would be;

1/ You would select your objects.

2/ Then click on the icon to choose which parts of the selected objects will be aligned (top edges, bottom edges, top and centre, Bottom and centre etc. or one of the corners)

3/ Then click anywhere on the screen or on an object in the selection, this last click is where everything will be aligned to.


If you click off (just outside) an edge of the document, the parts of the objects chosen will be aligned to that edge of the document.


The centre selection of the main icon can be selected at the same time as an edge (top and centre, left and centre etc.) or when selected alone would align centres both vertically and horizontally.


Perhaps the centre selector can toggle between aligning vertical, horizontal or both centres or maybe it would be simpler to have separate icons for aligning vertical and horizontal centres?



For distribution;

1/ Select objects.

2/ Click distribution extents on the main icon (left and right edges, top and bottom edges or top left and bottom left corners etc. or even opposite corners).

3/ Click in the document or in the selection for distribution to document or selection extents.

This might work, you would only choose opposite edges or corners for distribution, not alignment, so the same icon could work for both alignment and distribution.



Would adding a spacing profile (like the one in the blend tool) to this function be going to far?