The third grid option is 'magnetic snap'.

Here, each moveable object is 'attracted' to another once it comes close to it, so that if you put it down in approximately the right place, it will jump to fit.

This makes it easy in screens like 'Blocks' and 'Tiles' to fit shapes exactly together.

This is possible because the corners of each frame (and the vertices of vector files) have, by default 'magnetic points' attached to them. It is actually these points which snap together.

As you move the mouse pointer over a magnetic point in a selected frame, you will see it change to a + shape. You can now drag the point or, by right-clicking on a frame, you can bring up a menu allowing you to add and delete magnetic points.

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