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Title: [SOLVED] Frame coordinates changing position and reference point
Post by: CycloneVonSleet on March 18, 2026, 12:38:48 AM
I've returned to a project after around a month's hiatus to find that my text frames on every page have shifted slightly on the x axis, which is annoying but not a big deal; however the y coordinate of each frame steadily increments each page, despite having the same visual position relative to the page it is on. I'm worried that while I was away, Scribus decided that every frame in my document should have its coordinates related to page 1, instead of the page the frame is contained within.

The Y value is incrementing in equal steps, and they appear to correspond to the page height plus the scratch area between pages vertically. For what it's worth, the X coordinates of every "right" page are also offset by the width of one page, but this is in addition to them also no longer being centered mathematically, despite visually still being centered. For reference, my pages are 8.4 inches wide, but an x coordinate for the center point of a text frame set to 4.2 inches is way off to the left. This is also new behavior.

This behavior wasn't happening when I last worked on this project, and I'm worried about what it means for the longevity and stability of my document. It's also very disruptive to my workflow as I manually position the bounds of each frame my manually editing the values under Geometry in the Properties panel. What can I do to fix all of this?

Using Scribus 1.6.2 on Windows 11 Pro 25H2.
Title: Re: Frame coordinates changing position and reference point
Post by: CycloneVonSleet on March 18, 2026, 12:52:17 AM
Back already- It seems at some point the option "View -> Measurement -> Rulers relative to page" was unchecked. I haven't manually updated the software since starting the project, but I'm not certain it never automatically updated. Checking it reverts my coordinates back to their previous behavior.

I couldn't find this topic discussed elsewhere, so hopefully this helps someone else in the future. Marking as "Solved"