Size & Metrics

Anchor point

This widget lets you set which point on the object the X/Y position fields are referring to.

Position & Size

There are fields for position (X and Y), and size (W for width, H for height).

The link button controls whether the size varies proportionally, or whether the W and H fields are independent.

Rotation

The object’s rotation in degrees.

Skew

Fields for horizontal and vertical skew values.

You can also adjust the skew graphically by choosing Arrange -> Skew and dragging the object’s handles.

Show Align Palette

This button opens the Align palette, letting you align and distribute objects.

The button here does the same thing as choosing Window -> Show Align.

Corner radius

Some shapes, such as rectangles or regular polygons, have a settable Corner Radius property.

You can also adjust corner radius by dragging the corner radius handles inside each corner.

Proxy target

A proxy is a view of one symbol variant that’s imported into another. Proxies live update when the variant they are proxying changes.

If you have a proxy selected, you can use the Proxies: popup menu in this inspector pane to choose which variant the proxy targets.

Polygon sides

The number of sides on a regular polygon.

Scale

For text, you can set the scale of the text object (a separate scale for each of width and height).

Ink smoothness

If your selected object is a freehand drawing from the Pencil tool, you can use this slider to adjust its smoothness, As well as the visual differences, if you subsequently convert your freehand drawing into a path, then higher smoothness values correspond to fewer Bézier control points.