Tips using the Geometry Inspector

The Geometry Inspector provides a good alternative to sizing and positioning objects by hand.

There are a few tips that are helpful when using this inspector:

Like all inspectors that take numeric entries, you can use the up/down arrow keys to increment/decrement the value that has keyboard focus. Shift+Up/Down Arrow increments/decrements that value by 10.

Likewise, the fields accept mathematical expressions. So if you want to half the current width of 250px, just enter 250px/2.

Also, even if the ruler units of your current canvas are set to - say - pixels, you can enter any other unit into the X, Y, Width, and Height fields. (E.g., "2 in")

Holding the Shift key while spinning the Rotation knob sets rotation to the nearest 45 degree increment.