: How to control alignment with a reference layer? I am attempting to align the horizontal centers of background box here with the bookmark icon and associated text (all three are on separate

@Megan533

This worked:


If you want to center the elements to the centerline of your canvas, hit Ctrl+A
If you want to center to an off-center element make a marquee selection, PS will use its center point to align (vertical or horizontal, depending on what you're trying to center
Now, Ctrl+Click (or Shift+Click) the elements you want centered.
Press V to get the Move Tool and click the align button up top that you want (vertical or horizontal)
Your elements should be centered according to where your marquee selection's center point is.


Cheers!

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@Nimeshi706

To align a set of layers horizontally where you want one layer to be the reference point (in your case icon / text) and the other layers to adjust horizontally to that you have to tell Photoshop that this specific layer should not move. To do that you simply select the layers you want to align, Ctrl + Click on the layer thumbnail of the layer you don't want to move (e.g. icon layer in your case) to make a selection, and then you click the Align horizontal centres button. Now all layers will move horizontally to correspond to the horizontal centre of the icon.

If you want to align something with respect to several layers at once (without grouping, merging etc.) it is also possible to Ctrl + Shift + Click on the thumbnails.

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