7 Replies Latest reply: Jun 14, 2010 5:16 AM by BobLevine RSS

    Align Tool Still Missing Key Object  :o(

    bpylant Community Member

      I was hoping they might finally add this feature to InDesign, but sadly not in CS5... it works great in Illustrator, and would be so useful in InDesign as well... much more efficient than locking an object first, and then having to go unlock it afterwards...

       

      I guess I'll put in another feature request (at least the fourth time for this particular suggestion).

       

       

       

      For those who don't use Illustrator: if you want to align one or more objects to a specific object, keeping that target object unmoved, you can specify it as the key object so everything else aligns to it. You select everything you wish to align and the key object, then click once more on the key object. (Starting in CS4 the key object also gets a special highlight; strangely, in previous versions there was no visual indication). Then select the align option of your choosing and everything else will align to the key.


      Very simple, elegant, efficient (although CorelDRAW's method is even better IMO: the last-selected object is automatically the key object). InDesign's method of locking the key object first is cludgy at best, even knowing the appropriate key commands.