P: Add even spacing align (distribute space) like Illustrator

I would also appreciate this thing built into Photoshop. Especially in the horizontal menu items in web design.

I have an extension panel that works with PS CC and 2014 that distributes layers based on the spaces. You can get it here:

https://creative.adobe.com/addons/pro...

I need this in Photoshop, really time saver!

I think Photoshop should have the ability to space layers evenly. Simply add the "Space evenly" function from Illustrator or Fireworks into photoshop. Its annoying having to eyeball menu items, in webdesign

I wouldn't change them because sometimes this behavior is desired and I don't want this functionality to become more complicated. I would add a new button "align with fixed distance" - next to the buttons you showed in your screenshot - and open a dialog where you can enter the number of pixels that should be between all objects + the orientation (horizontally/vertically). [ OK ] and done.

Yes, you can do it manually but the needed time increases with the number of objects you want to align. Plus you have to repeat it every time you change the content. E.g. when you change the text of a horizontal navigation bar.

​With the Move Tool selected, the horizontal and vertical sorting tools "Distribute vertical centres" & "Distribute horizontal centres" do exactly that, they distribute distances or sort objects in relation to their centre. This works fine if you have objects that have​​ equal proportions and size, but breakes down when you try to distribute distances between object with different ​withs and heights.
​The result of distributing objects with different proportions​ is practically unusable and ugly, and often times you get overlapping objects.
Those tools can be enhanced to calculate the edges of each object, figure out their size, and then distribute equal amount of distance between the selected objects. Bottom line... make them smart.

In InDesign there is a very nice feature called "Distribute Objects", which means: ID will distribute objects (horizontally or vertically) depending on the space in-between those objects. Unfortunately PS does not get this, although there is a feature with the same name, but it only distributes layers according to their center/left or right side. The result: gaps between objects that do not have the same width. This feature would come in so handy! Why hasn ́t anybody thought of it yet?

Great - thanks for the link Paul! I must have missed it the first time you posted it ...

Oh, this is fantastic, I was searching for it a lot. Thank you very much!