How to drag polygon edges perpendicularly?

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I have many complex polygons (in my case all edges are axis-aligned), which I need to manually align with script-generated guides (purple) further away in the other direction, so it ends up at the end of the blue arrow:

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When I drag the midpoint of an edge, in v6.0 it used to only drag in the perpendicular direction (blue arrow), but in v7.0 it drags freely. I turned on “Contrain actions to H, V, 45 degrees”. At least it’s better, but doesn’t do what I want. As seen in the image, when I drag the edge (circular dot) to my guide (via green dotted line), it snaps to the closest 45° line (brown) instead of the end of the blue arrow where I need it to be.

Is this permanently changed behavior or is there a setting that I can flip?

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When i set the step angle to 90° in the settings, it doesn’t move 45°. See image
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If this options does not work, you can set the cursor to a window filling cross. This way you can see when it is aligned even when the cursor is only moved horizontally (so the polygon is only extended horizontally).

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Already have that on, but with my grid of 0.05mm it’s difficult to align. Still, it’s what I’m doing now since I don’t have any other option.

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you can left click with the mouse and the move using the arrows (you’ll need to hands for this)

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Hmm… it sounds like you’re looking for a “Constrain actions to H,V” setting which is distinct from “H,V, 45”. We don’t currently have that.

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I’m not sure if it is what you want, but switching off “Constraint actions to H,V,45” should avoid snapping at the 45° line.
Shift+Space is default hotkey for it and I use it frequently when editing my complicated zones.

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Similar thread . . . “might” help a little.

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