Using the Snap command

Snapping helps with precise placement of selection edges, cropping marquees, slices, shapes, and paths. However, sometimes snapping prevents you from correctly placing elements. You can enable or disable snapping using the Snap command. You can also specify different elements to which you want to snap when snapping is enabled.

To enable or disable snapping:

Choose View > Snap. A check mark indicates that snapping is enabled.

To specify what to snap to:

Choose View > Snap To, and choose one or more options from the submenu:

• Guides to snap to guides.
• Grid to snap to the grid. You cannot select this option when the grid is hidden.

See Using guides and the grid for more information about guides and the grid.

• Slices to snap to slice boundaries. You cannot select this option when slices are hidden. (See Viewing slices.)
• Document Bounds to snap to the edges of the document.
• All to select all Snap To options.
• None to deselect all Snap To options.

A check mark indicates that the option is selected and snapping is enabled. A dot (Windows) or a dash (Mac OS) indicates that the option is selected but snapping is disabled.

To enable snapping for one Snap To option:

1. With the Snap command disabled, choose View > Snap To.
2. Choose an option. This automatically enables snapping for the selected option, and deselects all other Snap To options.