Align Element

Indicates the alignment of a shape with respect to the guide or guide point to which the shape is glued. The Align element appears only for shapes that are glued to guides or guide points.

Syntax

<Align
    [Del]>
</Align>

Attributes

Del

Optional boolean. A flag indicating that the element is deleted locally.

Element properties

Property

Value

Name

Align

Minimum Occurrences

0

Maximum Occurrences

1

Element information

Parent elements

PageSheet

Shape

StyleSheet

DocumentSheet

Child elements

AlignLeft

AlignCenter

AlignRight

AlignTop

AlignMiddle

AlignBottom

The Align element is relevant only when contained in a Shape element. It is ignored when contained in a DocumentSheet , PageSheet , or StyleSheet element.

Example

The following example of the Align element and its child elements describes a square that is glued to GuideX. The formulas contained in the F attribute for the AlignLeft and AlignMiddle elements are edited for purposes of this example.

See also

Alignment section