Rulers

Canvas displays rulers at the top and left that allow you to easy scale the elements of your project. As you move your cursor over the canvas, you can read its horizontal and vertical positions from the status bar of the application window.

You can set the rulers to be displayed in one of the four units: Inches (in), Pixels (px), Centimeters (cm), and Millimeters (mm). The units appear in the upper left corner where the rulers meet. To change units, select Canvas from the Edit menu and check the desired units in the Canvas dialog.

To hide/unhide rulers, select Canvas from the Edit menu and check/uncheck Show rulers checkbox in the Canvas dialog.