Move elements

After you create elements, you can move them to the location you want.

You can move elements or groups by dragging them to the new location or you can open the properties for the element or group and change the X and Y properties.

If you turned on snap to grid, moving an element or group with the mouse snaps the element or group to the grid.

If you move an element or group by specifying X and Y coordinates, it does not snap to the grid.

You can move an element or group vertically or horizontally using the keyboard.

To move an element or group using the mouse

1. Select the element or group to move.

2. Drag the elements or group to the new location.

To move an element or group by specifying the X and Y properties

3. Select the element or group to move.

4. In the Properties Editor, expand Appearance.

5. Do the following:

   • In the X box, type the new X location.

   • In the Y box, type the new Y location.

6. Click in the canvas or press Enter.

To move an element or group vertically or horizontally using the mouse

7. Shift + click to select the element or group to move.

8. Drag the elements or group to the new location.

To move an element or group vertically or horizontally using the keyboard

9. Select the element or group to move.

10. Do one of the following:

    • Press the Up or Down arrow keys to move the element or group vertically by one unit in the grid.

    • Press the Left or Right arrow keys to move the element or group horizontally by one unit in the grid.

You can move the element or group by two units in the grid by also pressing the Shift key, by four units by also pressing the Ctrl key, and by 10 units by pressing both keys.

To move multiple elements or groups

11. Select the elements and/or groups.

12. Move them as you would with one single element. The elements are moved together and maintain their spatial relationship when moving.