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Centering an object on a page

  • February 15, 2019
  • 9 replies
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Kelly C

Wow. I've used just about every drawing program under the sun and only illustrator is as unintuitive. But at least their help and tutorials actually are helpful.

I put a text box (title) at the top of my page. I want to center it on the page. I select Arrange (logically enough) and would select Align Objects but I can't because it is grayed out. Because it seems you can only align objects relative to objects not the page. I've tried several different ways of asking Help how to do this with no success. 

Another disappointment.

Best answer by Flavia D

Hi Prahlad 

Thanks for continuing this thread! What exactly isn’t working when you try centering a shape? Are you unable to see the crosshairs lines showing that the shape is at the center of the page? As an alternative you can create your own vertical and horizontal lines guide to help you position your objects on the page. To do so follow these steps:

1. Toggle on the “Show Guides” and “Snap to Grid” switches in the page settings panel at the right-hand side of your editor.


2. Right-click on your canvas and select "Create Horizontal Guide" or "Create Vertical Guide" from the drop-down menu that appears. 



For more information on how to adjust your page settings and on how to position align and rearrange objects on your canvas please take a looks at our Page and Document Settings and Diagramming Basics: Manage Object Layout articles from the Lucidchart Help Center and let me know if you have any questions. Hope this helps!

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Andrew D
  • Andrew D
  • Lucidite
  • February 20, 2019

Hi Kelly

Thanks for reaching out in the community. When you drag an object or text box to the center of the page you will see cross heirs appear that will show that the shape or text box is center on the page. I have attached a GIF to show you how to center an object on the page.

Renee M
  • Renee M
  • May 29, 2019

This solution only works temporarily.  If I resize or make any change to my org structure the title ends up off center.  Very very frustrating program.

Prahlad K
  • Prahlad K
  • April 7, 2020

I'm having issue to center a shape.  Sometimes it works and some other it doesn't work.

 

Flavia D
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  • Flavia D
  • Lucid support team
  • Answer
  • April 7, 2020

Hi Prahlad 

Thanks for continuing this thread! What exactly isn’t working when you try centering a shape? Are you unable to see the crosshairs lines showing that the shape is at the center of the page? As an alternative you can create your own vertical and horizontal lines guide to help you position your objects on the page. To do so follow these steps:

1. Toggle on the “Show Guides” and “Snap to Grid” switches in the page settings panel at the right-hand side of your editor.


2. Right-click on your canvas and select "Create Horizontal Guide" or "Create Vertical Guide" from the drop-down menu that appears. 



For more information on how to adjust your page settings and on how to position align and rearrange objects on your canvas please take a looks at our Page and Document Settings and Diagramming Basics: Manage Object Layout articles from the Lucidchart Help Center and let me know if you have any questions. Hope this helps!

Daniel K102
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Amazing that it has been 5 years since this post and the programmers feel that this is not a needed feature because there are work arounds in most situations.

FYI - Lines themselves can't center. 

Centering is a heavily relied upon feature. Please figure out how to add the centering on page alignment when a single object is selected. 

Ambar D
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  • Ambar D
  • Lucid community team
  • January 15, 2025

Hi ​@Daniel K102, thank you for your post here! If you would like to leave feedback on Lucid’s Guide Settings, I suggest creating an idea that will be posted to the Product Feedback space of this community. Our support team actively looks at customer feedback within that space! 

Please let me know if you have any more questions about centering objects or the use of our Guide Settings and I would be happy to help further.

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  • GGatFTC
  • September 3, 2025

This program is useless without the ability to center objects on the page.  I’m beginning to believe the reviews I read that said this is a scam.  What graphics tool doesn’t provide an option to center objects without having to mess with snap to grid? That’s graphics 101.

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  • ikalu
  • Lucid support team
  • September 5, 2025

Hi ​@GGatFTC ,

I hear your frustration. At this time Lucid doesn’t have a single-click “align to page center” option. The best workaround is to use the crosshair alignment guides or enable Show Guides and add vertical and horizontal guides from the page settings.

If this feature is important for your workflow, I recommend adding it to the  Product Feedback space here in the community so our product team can review it.

 

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  • AlibekLucid Legend Level 1
  • Lucid Legend Level 1
  • September 11, 2025

I just draw on page without borders and center all the picture if needed.

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