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description: In Collaboard, you can activate a background grid. This is useful when preparing the board because you can align objects according to the grid.
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# Grid

## In Collaboard, you can activate a background grid. This is useful when preparing the board because you can align objects according to the grid.

### Use the grid

To activate the grid, click on "Settings".  
![](https://help.collaboard.app/hubfs/image-png-May-08-2023-07-08-57-1728-AM.png)

Click on the "Activate grid" toggle to show and hide the background grid.

![image-png-May-08-2023-07-05-58-5850-AM](https://help.collaboard.app/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-08-2023-07-05-58-5850-AM.png?width=447&height=61&name=image-png-May-08-2023-07-05-58-5850-AM.png)

Use SHIFT+G to toggle the grid!

Here is an example of what it looks like when the background grid is activated.

![](https://help.collaboard.app/hubfs/image-png-Sep-17-2022-02-59-28-80-PM.png)

### Snap to grid

To facilitate object alignment easily objects can snap to the grid. 

Toggle *snap to grid* ON and any object or object selection you move on the canvas will snap to the next grid line. Red alignment lines will show and you will experience a slight snapping to these lines.

![](https://help.collaboard.app/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-28-2025-09-43-42-8608-PM.png?width=688&height=265&name=image-png-Mar-28-2025-09-43-42-8608-PM.png)

**Shortcuts**

 ALT/ Option + drag = temporarily enable snap to grid

 

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