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Align Objects not available

  • August 19, 2026
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I have turned on Align Objects from Preferences however it’s not showing on my Tool Bar ?

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Robert Johnson
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  • August 19, 2026

@Moya The board Main menu → Preferences → Align objects is what controls alignment features like the x/y/canvas and spacing indicators:

More on this here:

https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017730553-Toolbars#h_01HB8QAZVNYA0YF6W16FSNWB87

Align objects context menu action

The other Align objects feature (yes, confusing there are two of the same name) is visible on the context menu of two or more selected objects, e.g.:

More on this here:

https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017730973-Structuring-board-content#h_01ENWK1WP24XAY393ZCH94H7ZF

 

Does this help or was there something else you were expected/looking for?


  • Author
  • Beginner
  • August 19, 2026

@Robert Johnson - thanks so much for taking the time to answer Robert - it’s the ‘Align Context Menu Action’ that isn’t available when I select a number of objects. Cheers Moya


Robert Johnson
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  • August 19, 2026

@Moya A few questions:

  • Which object types?
  • How many?
  • Are they on the canvas or inside/on top of another object? E.g., the Align and Group options will not be available when the objects are inside of a Grid (formerly called Tables).

For example:

 


  • Author
  • Beginner
  • August 19, 2026

@Robert Johnson -  4 objects selected to horizontally align on the canvas and not grouped or in a grid (screenshot below)