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title: "Digital Signage Layout Customization"
description: "Learn how to customize layouts for your digital signage playlists. Follow our step-by-step guide to create dynamic and engaging displays!"
url: https://easysignage.com/help/playlists/digital-signage-customize-layout/
---

# 4 - Layout Customization

## How to Customize a Layout

1.  In the left sidebar, select **Playlists**, then open a playlist.
2.  The **Layout preview** shows how the layout is divided into layers. In this example, the layout has 2 layers: a 1920x960 layer and a 1920x120 layer.
3.  To customize the layout, click **Edit Layout**.

![Layout preview with the Edit Layout button](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/edit_layout/layout-editor-1.webp)

The **Layout Editor** opens. The editor saves your changes automatically.

![Layout Editor](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/edit_layout/layout-editor-2.webp)

### Add Layer

1.  Click **Add Layer**.
2.  Click one of the preset layer sizes to add it to the layout.

A layout can have up to **6 layers**. Layers can sit on top of each other and support transparent content.

![Add Layer](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/edit_layout/layout-editor-3.webp)

### Position

![Alignment buttons and position fields](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/edit_layout/layout-editor-4.webp)

-   Click a layer on the canvas, or in the **Layers** list, to select it.
-   Drag the layer to move it, or type values in **X** and **Y**.
-   Use the alignment buttons to center the layer horizontally or vertically, or align it to the left, right, top or bottom.
-   **Snap to grid**: when selected, the layer moves in fixed steps instead of pixel by pixel.

### Width and Height

![Width and height fields](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/edit_layout/layout-editor-5.webp)

-   To resize a layer, drag its handles, or type values in **W** (width) and **H** (height).

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**Important**: the first time you resize a layer, a warning explains which content types you can use. Not all content can be used in custom-sized layers:

![Resize warning](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/edit_layout/layout-editor-6.webp)

Resizing a layer limits the content you can add to **images, videos and websites** (web URL). Other content in the layer is removed.

Click **Yes** to continue, or **No** to cancel.

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### Layer Order and Delete

![Layers list](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/edit_layout/layout-editor-7.webp)

-   **Layer order**: drag a layer **up** in the **Layers** list to bring it to the front, or **down** to send it to the back.
-   **Delete**: click the trash icon next to the layer, then click **Yes** to confirm. All the content in the deleted layer is removed.

### Layer’s Size

Click the arrows button next to the alignment buttons to read about layer sizes. The layer size (for example 1920x1080) is a design guide, not a limit on quality: your content always plays at its original size and quality.

![Layer’s Size note](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/edit_layout/layout-editor-8.webp)

Click **Back** to return to the layout preview.

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