Positioning Elements With Snapping; Use Snapping - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

Positioning elements with snapping

Use snapping

Use snapping
Snapping helps with precise placement of selection edges, cropping marquees, slices, shapes, and paths. However, if snapping prevents you from
correctly placing elements, you can disable it.
Enable or disable snapping
Choose View > Snap. A check mark indicates that snapping is enabled.
To temporarily disable snapping while using the Move tool, hold down Ctrl.
Specify what to snap to
Choose View > Snap To, and choose one or more options from the submenu:
Guides Snaps to guides.
Grid Snaps to the grid. You cannot select this option when the grid is hidden.
Layer Snaps to the content in the layer.
Slices Snaps to slice boundaries. You cannot select this option when slices are hidden.
Document Bounds Snaps to the edges of the document.
All Selects all Snap To options.
None Deselects all Snap To options.
A check mark indicates that the option is selected and snapping is enabled.
If you want to enable snapping for only one option, make sure the Snap command is disabled, and then choose View > Snap To and choose
an option. This automatically enables snapping for the selected option, and deselects all other Snap To options.
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