Objects alignment and distribution layout

1. A method of objects alignment and distribution layout in an object layout interface as implemented in a digital environment performed by a layout module implemented at least partially in hardware of a computing device, the method comprising:

displaying the object layout interface that includes objects displayed for selection and manipulation;

receiving a reposition input that repositions a selected object in the object layout interface;

determining a distribution layout of the objects based on the reposition input of the selected object;

positioning, based on the determined distribution layout of the objects, the selected object equidistant between at least two of the objects or at a distance from a closest one of the objects, the distance being an equivalent distance of a space between the at least two objects; and

displaying the space between the selected object and the at least two objects as positive space that visually indicates the equidistance between the selected object and the at least two objects.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying a distance measurement that numerically indicates the equidistance between the selected object and the at least two objects.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said receiving the reposition input as one or more keyboard arrow keys inputs, and the method further comprising:

displaying a distribution indication of the space between the selected object and the at least two objects based on a keyboard arrow key input that positions the selected object the equidistance between the at least two objects or at the distance from the closest object.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the positioning includes moving the selected object the equidistance between the at least two objects or at the distance from the closest object subsequent to the received reposition input.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein said moving the selected object not more than a predefined number of pixels subsequent to the received reposition input.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an alignment layout of the objects based on the reposition input of the selected object, wherein at least one edge of the selected object is aligned with an edge of at least one of the other objects; and

wherein the alignment layout is determined subsequent to the distribution layout, the selected object being distributed and then edge-aligned with the at least one other object.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 , wherein:

the edges of an object include vertical edges, a vertical center, horizontal edges, and a horizontal center of the object; and

the selected object is edge-aligned with the at least one other object based on any one or more of the edges of the selected object being aligned with any one or more of the edges of the at least one other object.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a group reposition input that repositions a selected object group of the objects displayed in the object layout interface;

determining the distribution layout of the selected object group based on the group reposition input of the selected object group; and

positioning, based on the determined distribution layout of the objects, the selected object group equidistant between at least two non selected objects or at the distance from a closest one of the non-selected objects, wherein the space between the selected object group and the at least two non-selected objects is displayed as the positive space.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying an additional object layout interface that includes additional objects displayed for selection and manipulation; and

said determining the distribution layout of the objects based on the reposition input of the selected object within the object layout interface only, disregarding distribution with the additional objects displayed in the additional object layout interface.

10. A method of objects alignment and distribution layout in an object layout interface as implemented in a digital environment performed by a layout module implemented at least partially in hardware of a computing device, the method comprising:

displaying the object layout interface that includes objects displayed for selection and manipulation;

receiving a reposition input that repositions a selected object in the object layout interface;

determining an alignment layout of the objects based on the reposition input of the selected object;

positioning the selected object in alignment with multiple ones of the objects based on the determined alignment layout of the objects, at least one edge of the selected object being aligned along an axis with an edge of each of the multiple objects; and

displaying an alignment indication for each instance of the selected object being aligned with the edge of each of the multiple objects, at least one of the alignment indications indicating an alignment of a border edge of the selected object being aligned with a vertical center or a horizontal center of one of the multiple objects.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein:

the alignment indication for each instance of object alignment is an edge line extending along the axis of the at least one edge of the selected object and the aligned edge of each of the multiple objects; and

the method further comprising minimizing display items on the object layout interface by combining overlapping ones of the edge lines.

12. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein the alignment indication for each instance of object alignment is a distance measurement that numerically indicates a distance between the selected object and each of the multiple objects along the axis of the aligned edges of the respective objects.

13. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein:

the alignment indication for each instance of object alignment is an edge line extending along the axis of the at least one edge of the selected object and the aligned edge of each of the multiple objects; and

the alignment indication including a distance measurement that numerically indicates a distance between the selected object and each of the multiple objects along the axis of the aligned edges of the respective objects.

14. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein:

the edges of an object include vertical edges, a vertical center, horizontal edges, and a horizontal center of the object;

the border edge of the selected object is one of the vertical edges or one of the horizontal edges of the selected object; and

the selected object is edge-aligned with the multiple objects based on any one or more of the edges of the selected object being aligned with any one or more of the edges of the multiple objects.

15. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein said receiving the reposition input as one or more keyboard arrow key inputs, and the method further comprising:

displaying the alignment indication for each instance of the selected object being aligned with the multiple objects based on a keyboard arrow key input that positions the selected object into the alignment layout with the multiple objects.

16. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein the positioning includes moving the selected object into the alignment layout with the multiple objects subsequent to the received reposition input.

17. The method as recited in claim 16 , wherein said moving the selected object not more than a predefined number of pixels subsequent to the received reposition input.

18. The method as recited in claim 10 , further comprising:

displaying an additional object layout interface that includes additional objects displayed for selection and manipulation; and

said determining the alignment layout of the objects based on the reposition input of the selected object within the object layout interface only, disregarding alignment with the additional objects displayed in the additional object layout interface.

19. A computing device implemented for objects alignment and distribution layout in an object layout interface, the computing device comprising:

a display device configured to display the object layout interface that includes objects displayed for selection and manipulation;

a memory and processor system configured to execute a layout algorithm as a computer application that is implemented to:

receive a reposition input that repositions a selected object in the object layout interface;

determine a distribution layout of the objects based on the reposition input of the selected object;

position, based on the determined distribution layout of the objects, the selected object equidistant between at least two of the objects or at a distance from a closest one of the objects, the distance being an equivalent distance of a space between the at least two objects; and

display the space between the selected object and the at least two objects as positive space that visually indicates the equidistance between the selected object and the at least two objects.

20. The computing device as recited in claim 19 , wherein the layout algorithm is further implemented to:

determine an alignment layout of the objects based on the reposition input of the selected object;

further position the selected object in alignment with the multiple ones of the objects based on the determined alignment layout of the objects, at least one edge of the selected object being aligned along an axis with an edge of each of the multiple objects; and

display alignment indications for each instance of the selected object being aligned with the edge of each of the multiple objects.