Feature Request: Set Ruler Origin Location in Photoshop

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January 8, 2020
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I'd love to see an option in preferences under Units and Rulers to set the Ruler Origin (0,0) to be in a different location than the top left corner of the artboard, either on a document by document basis, or as a default - maybe with a toggle. A 3x3 grid of radio button selections such as top left, middle left, bottom left; top center, middle center, bottom center; top right, middle right, bottom right would be ideal, but a drop down list would work also. This would save having to zoom waaaaayyy in to the appropriate location and dragging the corner box of the ruler to (hopefully) line up with the exact pixel you're aiming for on each new artboard/file.

If there's already a simple way to do this that I'm unaware of, I'd love to know what it is!

Thanks!

mscureman

Correct answer mscureman

Thanks for the feedback, kstohlmeyer! I knew about dragging the upper left corner, but didn't know about the Shift key modifier. Helpful!

Also, I submitted this as an "Idea" on the feedback forum here:

Set Ruler Origin Location in Preferences, New Document Dialog or Menu

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

A similar topic here: Feature Request: Set Origin Point

mscuremanAuthor

Inspiring

I'd love to have an option to set where the 0,0 point is for the X and Y axes. Top Left is fine for many projects, but it'd be nice to have, perhaps, a radio button-style interface, either in preferences or in the document properties (or both!), where you had a 3x3 grid of buttons so you could choose to set the reference origin point at the:

Top Left, Top Middle, Top Right

Middle Left, Center, Middle Right

Bottom Left, Bottom Middle, Bottom Right

See attached photo

Jeff Arola

Community Expert

If you not already aware you can change the point of origin if you have View>Rulers enabled.

Grid, Guides, and Ruler Shortcuts in Photoshop

You can make a feature requst over here:

Adobe Photoshop Family

mscuremanAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks, Jeff. Yes, I'm aware of the feature to drag the origin point on the rulers, but that's the shortcut I'm looking for. I want a way to set that simply either as a default preference, or as a one-click solution on a per document basis. One of the major drawbacks to clicking and dragging is the need to zoom in to a high level in order to precisely set 0,0 at the exact corner.

Also, I realized that I posted this request in the feedback forum you linked to about a year ago. I'd forgotten that I'd done that, but the need keeps cropping up for me, so I posted again.