Text Right-Click Menu Options
Right-clicking on a text box will give you the ability to Duplicate, Cut, Copy, or Paste the text box.
Additional options are:
Paste in Place – This pastes the copied item into the exact same location as the original.
Dynamic Modes – The Dynamic Modes feature changes the way the text fits inside the text box. The Grow Text option allows the text box width to resize along with the text inside of it (text will not wrap). The Wrap Text option will leave the text box width the same size regardless of the size of the text inside (so text will wrap within the box).
Text Clipping Mask – Text can be used to clip images in the same way an image or shape can be used. To create a text clipping mask, right click on the text and select Make Clipping Mask. Once this feature has been enabled for the Text, simply click and drag the desired image you want clipped over the text mask until you see it appear inside the text mask. The image and text mask will then move and resize together on the canvas. Other tips:
- Editing Text – Text will remain editable by double-clicking on the text, or by clicking once on the text and using the Text Editor box in the right panel area.
- Adjusting the Image – The image being clipped to the text can be resized and adjusted by clicking on the small "image" icon button that appears above the text when selected:
- To replace the clipped image, drag the new image over the text and it will be automatically replaced.
- To release the image from the clipping mask, right-click and select Clipping Mask > Release Clipping Mask.
- To prevent a customer from being able to replace the image being used with the text clipping mask, but still be able to move, resize, or edit the text, right click and select Clipping Mask > Lock Clipping Mask.
- To turn off the clipping mask feature for the text after it has been released, right-click on the image and de-select the Make Clipping Mask feature.
Freeze – This feature “freezes” the location of an element so it can’t be moved, resized, and/or deleted while still allowing customers to select and change it. To freeze an item, right click on it and select Freeze > Frozen. Choose Frozen and Deletable if you want to allow the customer to be able to delete the item.
Download Options – You can use this feature to prevent text or images from downloading with the finished file. This can be useful for instructional images or text that you don’t want to be visible in the final download. To hide an element in the download, right click on it and select Download Options > Hide in Download.
Arrange – Use these options to move items forwards or backwards on the canvas. The Always on Top option will keep whatever item/layer that you apply this to at the very top of the layers list so that it can’t be hidden or covered up by another item/layer.
Align to Canvas – These options will align the selection to the Horizontal/Vertical center of the canvas, or the Bottom, Top, Left, or Right of the canvas.
Free Transform – This feature allows you to resize text by stretching the width or height of the text bigger or smaller. Text will keep its form after transformation and allow for editing. To return the text to its original size/shape, right-click and deselect the Free Transform option.
Transform – Use these options to flip or mirror the image. Choose from Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical, or Mirror.
When two or more items on the canvas are selected (text or images), you will also see the following options in the right-click menu:
Group – This feature appears in the menu when two or more elements are selected on the canvas. Clicking on the Group option will group the items together so they move and resize as one entity. Click Ungroup to release the items to individual elements again.
Align to Items – This feature will line up selected design elements on the canvas with each other. Choose to align the selected items by the horizontal edges, vertical edges, bottom or top edges, and left or right edges of the items.
Distribute – This feature appears when three or more items are selected on the canvas and allows you to evenly space out these elements on the canvas.