The Fidget Drawer

Line Them Up

A tray of loose buttons, pebbles or glass marbles to arrange however you like: neat rows, spirals, colour gradients, little patterns. Lining things up is a familiar, comforting stim for many of us, and this gives it a home.

How to play

Drag an item to pick it up and move it. Let go to put it down; nearby items nudge out of the way, so nothing ever overlaps.
Snapping: Neat rows (the default) lines an item up with its nearest neighbour, joining an existing row at the same spacing or starting one across, down or on the diagonal. Grid snaps to a fine grid, and Free does not snap at all.
Buttons and pebbles can be turned: use the scroll wheel while holding one, or twist with two fingers.
Items chooses Buttons, Pebbles, Marbles or Mixed (a fresh tray). Pour more adds 10 (up to 120), Tip out scatters everything again, and Save picture keeps a copy as my-tray.png. Your tray is kept in this browser.
With the tray selected, the keyboard works too: arrow keys move a cursor (Shift for finer steps), Enter picks up the nearest item and puts it down, Q and E turn it, and Escape puts it back where it was.
With sound on, each kind has its own soft sound: a click for buttons, a clack for pebbles, a glassy tink for marbles. Calm mode moves things straight to their places, with no lifting or nudging.