### 6.20. Canvas Interaction Snapping Behavior

Figure 15.91. Snapping Behavior Preferences

This page allows you to customize the default settings for snapping in an image. These settings can be set separately for working in normal mode and in fullscreen mode.

All settings in this section can be overridden by the commands in the View menu.

#### 6.20.1. Activating the Dialog

The preferences dialog can be accessed from the main menu, through Edit → Preferences.

#### 6.20.2. Options

The following snap settings can be adjusted. We link to the documentation in the View menu for details about each setting.

- Snap to Guides. This is the only type of snapping enabled by default.

- Snap to Grid.

- Snap to Canvas Edges.

- Snap to Active Path.

- Snap to Bounding Box.

- Snap to Equidistance.

Snapping distance is the activation distance of snapping, in pixels. That is, how close an object needs to be for snapping to happen. The default value is 8 pixels, allowed values are in the range of 1-255.

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