How to Move People and Auto-Arrange a Genogram

Rearrange a genogram in GenogramAI: drag a person and their lines follow; switch to Bulk Select, draw a box around a group and drag them together; or click Auto Arrange, choose a style (As is, Tidy or Compact) and apply it. Siblings go in birth order, oldest on the left. Press Ctrl/Cmd+Z to undo and Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z to redo.

How do you move people on a genogram, or tidy the whole thing up? To move someone, just drag them. The lines follow.

To move a group, switch to Bulk Select, draw a box around them, and drag them together. To tidy everything, click Auto Arrange, choose a style, and apply it.

Siblings go in birth order, oldest on the left. Don't like it? Press Command Z to undo, or Command Shift Z to bring it back.

The full genogram tutorial builds a four-generation genogram from a blank canvas in under three minutes. For symbols and notation, see the genogram symbols guide, or read how to make a genogram step by step.