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One of the nice features of Ipe is the possibility of having the mouse
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<em>snap</em> to other objects during entry or moving. Certain features on
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the canvas become "magnetic", and it is very easy to align objects to
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each other, to place new objects properly with respect to the present
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<p>Snapping comes in three flavors: <em>grid snapping</em>, <em>context
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snapping</em>, and <em>angular snapping</em>.
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<p>In general, you turn a snapping mode on by pressing one of the buttons
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in the <em>Snap</em> toolbar, or selecting the equivalent functions in
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the Snap menu. The buttons are independent, you can turn them on and
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off independently. (The snapping modes, however, are not
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independent. See below for the precise interaction.) The keyboard
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shortcuts are rather convenient since you will want to toggle snapping
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modes on and off while in the middle of creating or editing some
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Whenever</A> one of the snapping modes is enabled, you will see a little
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cross near the cursor position. This is the secondary cursor
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<em>Fifi</em>.<sup><a href="manual_44.html#id6">6</a></sup> Fifi marks the position the
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<li><a href="manual_23.html">6.1 Grid snapping</a>
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<li><a href="manual_24.html">6.2 Context snapping</a>
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<li><a href="manual_25.html">6.3 Angular snapping</a>
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<li><a href="manual_26.html">6.4 Interaction of the snapping modes</a>
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<li><a href="manual_27.html">6.5 Examples</a>
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