What is Grid Spacing?
Hello Storyline developers,
Does anybody know, what the setting Spacing in the settings dialog 'Grid and Guides' does? After changing it, it's not really clear to what changes or what exactly happens.
- Verhoeckx
Forum Discussion
The grid and guides are to help with layout. Here's more info:https://community.articulate.com/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-set-grid-guide-ruler-preferences
Is read that page, but it doesn't describe what is meant with the spacing of the grid.
When I change the value (and save it) not much seems to happen.
The grid spacing refers to how many pixels are in between the dots.
For example, here's the grid set to 8 px:
Here's the grid set to 20 px:
If you only make a small change, it might not be as noticeable.
Ah, thanks!
Then, I think it doesn't work/behave properly, because at display grid of 2px and a zoom level of 100% I would expect to see an almost straight line, but instead I see dots half a centimetre from each other.
I probably won't use the function, so I will let it go. I was just curious.
I see what you describe if I set it to 2, 3, or 4 px. At 5 px, it shows as expected:
My guess is that they require at least 5 px of spacing because you're supposed to be able to count the dots to help with alignment. If the dots are so close together that they look like lines, that's not possible.
Personally, since they added the X and Y coordinates to the Size and Position area of the Format ribbon, I rely on those for exact alignments. Or I add my own Guides.
I solved my original problem the following way:
Btw: thanks for thinking along!
