Rebuild Layout

The Rebuild button tells fotobuch to recalculate the layout for the selected pages. Each page in the Central Panel also has a small ↻ button in its HUD — clicking it rebuilds that single page directly without selecting it first.

Targeted rebuild — pages selected

Select one or more pages in the Nav Bar or Central Panel, then press R (or click Rebuild in the toolbar). fotobuch recalculates the arrangement of photos already on those pages. Photo assignments between pages are not changed.

The button label shows how many pages will be rebuilt.

Full rebuild — nothing selected

Click the Rebuild button in the toolbar with no pages selected and confirm when prompted. fotobuch redistributes all photos across pages from scratch, then recalculates the arrangement for every page. Use this to create the initial layout after adding photos, or to start fresh.

Note: The R keyboard shortcut only triggers a rebuild when at least one page is selected. With no selection, use the toolbar button to open the confirmation dialog.

Note on results

Rebuild may produce the same layout as before if the current arrangement is already a good fit for the given photos and settings.