# Margin / Padding & Others Increments

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/margin-padding-others-increments/44051>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Elements\
**Created:** [August 2, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/margin-padding-others-increments/44051 "2024-08-02T01:02:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bill](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bill/32/107_2.png) [@Bill](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bill)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/margin-padding-others-increments/44051/1 "2024-08-02T01:02:19Z")

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I was thinking about the click & drag controls for setting margin / padding & there might be others controls like that as well.  
Currently it increments by 5px (when theme setting is turned off).

- Thinking about precise control, it would be nice to have 1px increments.
- Thinking about matching tailwind unit spacing, it should be in 4px increments.
- Thinking about basic users comfort level, it would probably be in 5px increments.

Maybe a simple selector to set increment to: 1px/4px/5px

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**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/margin-padding-others-increments/44051/2 "2024-08-02T08:33:31Z")

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If you hold down shift when dragging any spacing control you will get 1px increments 🙂

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**Author:** ![Bill](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bill/32/107_2.png) [@Bill](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bill)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/margin-padding-others-increments/44051/3 "2024-08-02T15:39:06Z")

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Ok, what about Option + drag for 4px increment?

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**Author:** ![trinube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@trinube](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/trinube)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/margin-padding-others-increments/44051/4 "2024-08-02T22:26:19Z")

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> [@ben](#):
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> If you hold down shift when dragging any spacing control you will get 1px increments

How do you initiate the drag resizing? I accidentally ended up there once but I can’t work out how I got there. I’ve tried clicking, long clicking and all the different modifier keys - it’s well hidden 🙂

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/margin-padding-others-increments/44051/5 "2024-08-03T07:49:05Z")

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You need to switch it from theme to manual, you can do this by clicking the little “theme/mask” icon. Then you can click on the number and drag up and down. Give that a go…

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**Author:** ![trinube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@trinube](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/trinube)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/margin-padding-others-increments/44051/6 "2024-08-03T08:35:05Z")

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Ah thanks. When I clicked that button I thought it was a way to preview changes because it toggled everything back to 0,0,0,0.