I'm trying to create consistent spacing between vertically stacked rectangles...

Hi Christopher

I use the guides in the View tab.  I add them where I want them and work out the space between the left guide and right guides or top and bottom guides then create other guides that will centre an object - fiddly but it works.

Here is a tutorial for more info

https://community.articulate.com/series/4/articles/setting-grid-guide-and-ruler-preferences

If you want me to do a sample let me know.

That's great, thank you!

Just a quick follow up: can you create or "add" a series of, for example,
horizontal guidelines
lines? Or are you limited to one horizontal guide and one vertical guide?

appreciatively,

Christopher

Go forth and create as many as you need.

Click one of the guides then hold down the control key until you see a + sign.  You can then move this to wherever you want.

Hi, Christopher -- Sounds like Wendy's answer was just what you needed, and in case you are interested on taking a look at a great article on the many benefits of proper spacing, here are 3 Ways to Effectively Use Space in E-Learning Layouts. Please let us know if you need anything else! :)

Thank you very much

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Hey There, I found the grids and ruler to be quite fiddly (smile @ Wendy) when trying to achieve this, what was helpful for me was first, Aligning Objects Vertically and getting that near where I wanted.  From there, I expanded out Size and Position on the Ribbon and viewed the Position section. This will tell you exactly where your objects are by pixel. Once you get the set pixels you want then you can manually enter the pixel metrics for the rest of objects that need to follow suit. I love how the Position window overlays your objects and you can just click an object and adjust its pixels right there. Saved me hours of dev time.  Hope this helps too! 

Hello there, Kristal!  Thanks so much for sharing your tips.  I know those will be helpful for folks working with spacing and layouts.  

Thanks for keeping the community great! 😊

I am having the same issue.  I have all of my shapes selected.  I've aligned them horizontally.  But, when I click distribute vertically, nothing happens.

Hi there Teresa! 

Happy to help! First, what version of Storyline are you using? Could you also share a screenshot or a screen recording of your slide?

I had the same issue, so I subtracted the Y/vertical coordinates from the shapes above and found that, despite having used Distribute Vertically, some shapes were 42 pixels apart and some were 41. So I just manually moved them so all the math was consistent between shapes. Fairly easy fix.

Thanks, Amy for that tip! If you run into some oddness again it would be great to see what you're working with and our team can look at other options!