Rulers and guides can help you precisely control the position and size of layers and align them on a larger scale. # **Rulers** ## **Show/Hide rulers** Rulers are not displayed by default. You will need to enable rulers in the following ways: * Open the main menu on the toolbar and select **View** - **Rulers**. * Open the zoom/view options on the right side of the toolbar, and click **Rulers**. * Shortcuts: Shift + R !['Rulers.png'](https://static.motiffcontent.com/public/resource/cms/image/00fwebzzd.png) # **Guides** ## **Create a new guide** Click on rulers and drag toward the canvas to create a new guide. * If the guide is placed on the canvas, it will be visible across the entire canvas. * If the guide is placed on the top-level frame, it will be displayed within it. ![Create a new guide](https://static.motiffcontent.com/public/resource/cms/video/bbfcf730-d88c-4ba7-94fd-ce4c7ad5f3a7.mp4) ## **Move the guides** Drag the guide to move its position. To move the guide more precisely, you can use shortcuts. After selecting the guide: * Press the arrow keys ↑ , ↓ , ← , → to adjust the position by 1px per movement. * Hold Shift and press ↑ , ↓ , ← , → to adjust the position by 10px per movement. ![Move the guides](https://static.motiffcontent.com/public/resource/cms/video/1c43ab3f-6be8-482d-83bf-e5bfddcd5387.mp4) ## **Remove guides** To remove guides from the canvas, you can do any of the following: * Click and drag the guide back to the rulers. * Select a guide, then press Delete to remove it. ![Remove guides](https://static.motiffcontent.com/public/resource/cms/video/fd565917-b32a-44f4-8f2f-d8988ecff860.mp4) ## **Show/Hide guides** When you need to preview your design, you can hide the guides to avoid information interference. Guides and rulers can be shown/hidden synchronously. The method to show/hide them is the same as for rulers. ## View distances After selecting a layer, hold ⌥ Option / Alt and hover over the guide to see the distance between the selected layer and the guide.