It is recommended, on the first access to the Pages main tab in Fred4, to enable auto-detection of object borders related to snap to objects when editing a page.

When the auto-detection of object borders is enabled, the snap will act on the real external position of the object's border, and not in the middle of it - as it does when not enabled.

Default: disabled

Recommended: enabled

To enable auto-detection of object borders

1.On the Edit menu of the Pages main tab while not editing text, click Preferences.

2.On the Grid tab, under Grid snapping, tick Consider object borders.

3.Click OK to save the preference.

About saving preferences in database

When you click OK, the preferences are updated in the memory and applied right-on. GN4 will store the preference in the database when you exit application. Anyway, should your GN4 crash or exit in any other abnormal way, the preference will not be stored in database, and you will have to repeat the previously described steps.

This preference is stored in the Editorial_SystemUserConfig for the securityRef corresponding to the user name. To display that configuration, open EdAdmin4, click Client Applications, expand the search pane in the left sidebar, in the Name enter editorial, and in the securityRef select the name of the user. Double-click the Editorial_SystemUserConfig to open the content. Locate the preference by name.

See also

Select the stacking of page guides

Choose which guides to display and if locked by default

Select color and dashing for master and layer guides

Enable and configure snap-to zone (Grid snapping tolerance)