Easy way to center something in Design View?

[Etoimos]

Is there an easy way to center something in Design View? I have two labels one on top of the other that I would like to be centered on the page and centered to each other. There does not seem to be a simple way to center the first label to the page and then the second label to the first. Is this basic layout option missing from Access 2016, or am I just missing something?





Edited to correct my typos.

[davegri]

On the ribbon select Arrange. Highlight both labels and away you go!
Also checkout Format Painter on the ribbon Home tab.

[Micron]

In addition, make sure the control(s) are not part of a group. If you move one in a group, you'll move them all. You didn't say much about the difficulty you're having, so I thought that might be pertinent.

[Etoimos]

On the ribbon select Arrange. Highlight both labels and away you go!
Also checkout Format Painter on the ribbon Home tab.

There is nothing on the Arrange tab that will let me center anything. Maybe the option is just not on my ribbon?

In addition, make sure the control(s) are not part of a group. If you move one in a group, you'll move them all. You didn't say much about the difficulty you're having, so I thought that might be pertinent.

That's not my issue, but that is good info none the less. Thanks.

[davegri]

There is nothing on the Arrange tab that will let me center anything. Maybe the option is just not on my ribbon?

See this imageL

[Etoimos]

See this image

Yep, I've got that. But neither the Size/Space or Align have an option to center anything. Size and Space just controls the distance between the objects. Align gives the option of To Grid, Left, Right, Top and Bottom. No centering there either.

[davegri]

Yep, I've got that. But neither the Size/Space or Align have an option to center anything. Size and Space just controls the distance between the objects. Align gives the option of To Grid, Left, Right, Top and Bottom. No centering there either.

Well, if you're talking about centering of controls on the form, then no, there's no built in provision for that. If talking about centering text in controls, the Format Painter will copy the properties of one control to another.

[Etoimos]

Well, if you're talking about centering of controls on the form, then no, there's no built in provision for that. If talking about centering text in controls, the Format Painter will copy the properties of one control to another.

I am talking about centering controls (that's the correct term, not objects. I'm slowly learning the program and lingo), centering the text in controls is straight forward. I find it kind of odd that MS would leave this out considering it is just about every other Office product that they have. Thanks for looking into this for me.

[Micron]

Hmmm, interesting request. In all my years of Access, I've never had the inclination to center a bunch of controls. Usually they're right or left aligned with something. I guess the way I'd approach it is to select a pair (one of them being in the position that all others will compare to) and see what the misalignment of the center resizing handles are. Then depending on the amount, I'd either right or left arrow (assuming we're talking about horizontal movement) or Ctrl + arrow to move it a minor amount. IIRC, it's about 3 ctrl+arrows equals 1 arrow alone. With a bit of practice, you could move things around easier than you probably can by dragging with the mouse. I realize that's not what you wanted, but it might make movement easier than you're finding it to be with the mouse. Mouse movement seems to be influenced by the grid, whereas ctrl+arrow isn't.

[CJ_London]

you can centre a control on the form window with a bit of vba code in the form resize event

mycontrol.left=(insidewidth-mycontrol.width)/2

edit: missed the brackets

[Etoimos]

Hmmm, interesting request. In all my years of Access, I've never had the inclination to center a bunch of controls. Usually they're right or left aligned with something. I guess the way I'd approach it is to select a pair (one of them being in the position that all others will compare to) and see what the misalignment of the center resizing handles are. Then depending on the amount, I'd either right or left arrow (assuming we're talking about horizontal movement) or Ctrl + arrow to move it a minor amount. IIRC, it's about 3 ctrl+arrows equals 1 arrow alone. With a bit of practice, you could move things around easier than you probably can by dragging with the mouse. I realize that's not what you wanted, but it might make movement easier than you're finding it to be with the mouse. Mouse movement seems to be influenced by the grid, whereas ctrl+arrow isn't.

In this case, I simply want the name of the form (I created it as a label as I hate dealing with Headers) centered at the top and then another label centered right underneath it. The rest of the controls are laid out on the form is a manner to move logically down the form. The ctrl+arrow is a really good tip to know, so thanks for that one!

you can centre a control on the form window with a bit of vba code in the form resize event

mycontrol.left=(insidewidth-mycontrol.width)/2

edit: missed the brackets

Thanks Ajax, that's good to know as well.

[Missinglinq]

Make your Labels as wide as the Form itself...then set the text alignment of them to 'centered.'

Linq ;0)>

[Etoimos]

Make your Labels as wide as the Form itself...then set the text alignment of them to 'centered.'

Linq ;0)>

That's brilliant! So simple, why did we not all think of that! lol

[Micron]

So simple, why did we not all think of that!

Because we didn't know exactly what it was you wanted until you told us:

I simply want the name of the form (I created it as a label as I hate dealing with Headers) centered at the top and then another label centered right underneath it.

As soon as I read that, the same answer came to me before I saw Linq's post.

What matters is that your issue is solved and you learned a couple of things. Good luck with your project!