Ladrillo is a menu-bar utility that arranges objects on Keynote slides: swapping two objects' positions, cycling or reversing several, aligning and distributing a selection, copying one object's position and size onto others, and setting opacity and rotation.
Getting started
Open Keynote. Ladrillo's panel appears at the edge of the screen whenever Keynote is frontmost.
The first time you use it, macOS asks permission for Ladrillo to control Keynote. Allow it — the app cannot do anything without it.
Select two objects on a slide and click Swap. They exchange positions.
Press ⌥⌘K to show or hide the panel at any time, or click the menu-bar icon. Right-click the icon for options.
Common questions
The panel doesn't appear.
It shows only while Keynote is the frontmost app. If it still doesn't, click the menu-bar icon, or check Settings → Behavior.
Buttons are greyed out.
Each tool needs a particular selection — Swap needs exactly two objects, Distribute needs three or more. The line at the bottom of the panel tells you what's missing.
Nothing happens when I click.
Check that permission was granted: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Automation, and make sure Keynote is enabled under Ladrillo. Locked objects are also skipped by design — unlock them in Keynote first.
Undo doesn't put everything back.
Keynote records each object's move separately, so a swap takes two presses of ⌘Z. Use the Revert button at the bottom of the panel instead — it restores the last action in one click.
Does it work with grouped objects, or lines?
Groups are treated as single objects. Lines aren't supported yet — Keynote describes them by their endpoints rather than a frame.
Privacy
Ladrillo collects nothing and has no network access at all. See the privacy policy.