Move, align, resize and rotate
Drag elements into place, select several at once, rotate with a handle, resize, and use the alignment toolbar to line everything up and space it evenly.
Once your tables, rows, and other elements are on the canvas, these are the moves you will use most to lay them out.
Move
Click and drag any element to reposition it. Drop it wherever you want on the canvas.
Select more than one element
- Drag a selection box: click and drag on an empty part of the canvas to draw a box around several elements. Everything inside is selected.
- Shift-click: hold Shift and click each element you want to add to or remove from the current selection.
Rotate
Select an element and drag its rotate handle to turn it to any angle. Hold Shift while dragging to snap the rotation to 30-degree steps, which makes it easy to line up tables at clean angles like 30, 60, or 90 degrees.
Resize
Select a resizable element, such as an area, an image, or a text box, and drag one of its corner or edge handles to change its size.
Align and distribute a multi-selection
Select two or more elements and a small alignment toolbar appears above them with these options:
- Align left, right, top, or bottom lines up the selected elements against each other's edge.
- Center horizontally or vertically lines them up on a shared middle line.
- Distribute horizontally or vertically spaces the selected elements out evenly. Click it to either set an exact gap in cm or ft, or let SeatPlanning space everything equally based on where the outer elements already sit.
The same toolbar has a delete button so you can remove the whole selection in one click.
Where to go next
- Getting around the editor for the full tour of the canvas.
- Create your first seating chart if you are still building out your layout.
- Add guests manually once your tables are placed where you want them.