: Copy, paste, move colored squares - but keep them aligned to the grid I am developing a word game for iOS and would like to use an SVG file as the gaming board. The SVG file (author: Denelson83,

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I am developing a word game for iOS and would like to use an SVG file as the gaming board.

The SVG file (author: Denelson83, Wikimedia Commons) is almost perfect for my game - except for displaced colored squares.

My question is:

How could I please copy such a colored square (is it a Group?), then paste it and move the new square to a new spot - but still keep it aligned to the grid?



As an Inkscape newbie I have already found out, that I can jump to the "original" with Shift-D.

And I can hold CTRL key to move objects horizontally or vertically.

But I still don't understand how to keep the moved square aligned to the grid (which also seems to be in a separate layer - so how did the author manage to keep all squares aligned to the grid?)

And also I can't find some view/dialog/toolbar, which would show me the coordinates of the object being dragged by me (I only see the coordinates of the mouse pointer at the bottom right). If I could see/change those coordinates, then I could (in a tiresome way) calculate and set the coordinates for the new squares...

UPDATE:

I've toggled Snap to grid and also enabled showing the grid:



but the square doesn't snap to the grid when I drag it.

And also the grid is too small and I can't find how to make its cells broader.

UPDATE 2:

I have found where to set the grid size (15 x 15) and offset:



But while the grid looks ok now and snaps too - it snaps in the wrong places as shown below.



Why doesn't the grid snap at the square's borders?

Is this maybe a bug in Inkscape? How to workaround it please?

UPDATE 3: I've received an offline advice to hold ALT while dragging a square

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