Possible to select two anchor points and align them in relation to one another?

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2023-03-06 15:37:37

If I am drawing a simple triangle, and I realize that the two anchor points that make up the "bottom" of the triangle are not exactly aligned horizontally, I would intuitively select the two "bottom" anchor points, then go to the "Align" buttons to the right, and select the "Align to bottom" button. This should take whichever anchor point is higher up, and snap it down to rest on the same horizontal plane as the other anchor point.

Is this not possible in Pixelmator?
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2023-03-06 21:40:53

Here it´ll snap automatically when meeting another node either horizontally or vertically.
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2023-03-06 23:04:37

Michael Perkins, That is not possible at this time. I made this request some years ago, but can't find it now. It seemed easy, to me, to re-purpose the Arrange > Align Layers > (top, bottom, left, right, etc) Bringing it up again.

I found that request: viewtopic.php?t=18458&sid=51238b2c77891 ... 965be501cd
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2023-03-07 07:25:00

Or like so:
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2023-03-07 16:22:59

That seems pretty easy with sharp points on a simple path, but how would you do it on this:

Oops! EllenM, how did you get your animated gif included above? I made 3 animated gifs but can't get it posted here.
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2023-03-07 16:32:08

The Hoster submitted the whole URL link for fora incl all the square brackets and code etc.
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2023-03-07 16:46:41

That seems pretty easy with sharp points on a simple path, but how would you do it on this:
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Converted to shape, I want to adjust length of letters to matching heights:
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Merged shapes are easy to change length if they start at same length:
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2023-03-07 18:51:47

I got snapping all the time:
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2023-03-08 15:05:41

@EllenM: good info; I will have to experiment with that... From your example I see that it would be good if alignment guides appeared when they 'snapped'. Thanks.