@Tony Cleveland - Without a visual, I will assume that your objects are inside a swimlane object. If this is correct, they auto layout and alignment tools will disappear (same as when in a Kanban, user story map, or table):

I’d recommend adding this as an Idea in the Wish List category by following the guidelines here: Wish List: Everything You Need to Know.

If you do create a Wish List Idea post, I would also recommend that you post a link to it back here, so that future readers of this post can quickly get to and vote for your Idea.