Arranger

Honeycomb Layout 

1. General

• You need to select at least two objects.
• The transformation point (pivot point) for each object is top left.
• Order of objects is defined by the Sublayers from top to down.
  If you need to change the order please change the sublayers in the Sublayers menu directly.
• The units will be taken from your document. If your document has pixels as units than a gutter width of 10 applies 10 pixels width. If you have inches than gutter width of 10 is 10 inches….you get it.

2. Columns

• Set the maximum number of columns. Every other row will be shorter to achieve the honeycomb layout.
• Lowest number of columns is 2. Zero and negative numbers are not possible.

3. Offset

• Offset is the most important value to achieve honeycomb layouts.
• x: you usually want this to be half the width of an item.
• y: this works the same as „x“ but just for height.
  BUT: most of the time y needs to be negative to move up between the objects of the row above.

4. Layout

• The first (default) option is symmetric layout. This is similiar to center a textfield. Rows are layout by their center.
• The second option is asymmetric layouts. That means the rows are aligned on the left side.

5. Alternate Rows

• By default each row starts with the long row. After that comes the short row and so on.
• Here you can change that order and start with the short row.

6. Spacing

• In „Grid“ this is called gutters. This defines the distance between object on x and y axis.
• Important for hexagons: if you have hexagon objects you need to adjust spacing additionally to offset.

7. Position

• Define the position at which the layout patterns should start.

8. Random Order

• With this option the order of objects will be randomized.
• If you uncheck it then it will reset to your default order defined by layers.
• Note: The new random order is just „virtual“. This real order in layers is not changed.