Changing Snapping Behavior

The snapping choices included with uDig are as follows:

No Snapping Snapping is turned off by default.
Selected Features Snap to a vertex in a selected feature.
Current Layer Snap to a vertex in the current layer
All Layers Snap to a vertex in any layer
Grid Snap to the nearest grid intersection

There are three different ways to change the snap behavior:

  • In the which can be found in the Window ‣ Preferences menu.

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  • While an edit tool is active press CTRL + SHIFT + S. This will cycle through the available snap behaviors. A small pop-up will display the new behavior.

  • You can see a short cut of the tool snapping options in the tool options along the bottom of the map.