GraphiteEditor/Graphite

Alignment button options (align to artboard)

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#1,720 opened on Apr 1, 2024

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Description

This popover menu is currently "coming soon".

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We'd like to have a checkbox (off by default) called "To Artboard" which makes the alignment of all selected layers work in relation to the artboard rather than their collective bounding box.

There has also been a request for letting the user choose a specific layer's bounding box to align all other layers to (meaning that chosen layer doesn't move, but the others do).

Potentially one more feature that would be handy is a way to choose between "deep" and "shallow" treatment of nested layers, where only the selected folders get aligned vs. each of their contents get aligned.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of RustFamiliarity with Graphite's node systemUI component knowledge
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
Review the existing alignment popover in the UI codebase (likely in the editor's frontend). Understand how artboard objects are represented in the document tree. Check the Discord discussion (link in issue) for additional context on the 'align to specific layer' request. Investigate the layer selection and nested layer handling to plan the deep/shallow treatment implementation.