[Ipe-discuss] Equal space

[Jan Hlavacek]

Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to arrange some textboxes with equal vertical space between
> them. How can I do that? Using the grid didn't really work, because
> either the upper or the lower border doesn't coincide with a
> gridline..

This is what I would do:

First I would create a "spacer" rectangle, with height exactly equal to 
the space I want between the textboxes.  Put a copy of the rectangle 
somewhere on the side.

Insert the first textbox.  Press ^L to run LaTeX on it.  Then go to 
Ipelets->Goodies->Insert bounding box.  That will create a rectangle of 
the exact same size as your textbox.

Duplicate the spacer rectangle, and with snapping to vertices on, place 
one copy directly below your textbox.  It will snap to the bounding box 
rectangle.

With snapping to vertices, place another textbox directly below the copy 
of spacer rectangle.  Repeat the whole process.

At the end, select all the rectangles (spacers and bounding boxes) and 
set the line style to void.

Of course once you edit any of your textboxes, you will have to re-align 
everything manually again.


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