# Tile rotation query

**URL:** <https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/tile-rotation-query/1321>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [May 2, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/tile-rotation-query/1321 "2016-05-02T02:04:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jscoll1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Jscoll1982](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/Jscoll1982)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/tile-rotation-query/1321/1 "2016-05-02T02:04:59Z")

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is there a way you can rotate tiles?

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**Author:** ![bjorn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/bjorn/32/1599_2.png) [@bjorn](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/bjorn)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/tile-rotation-query/1321/2 "2016-05-02T08:59:06Z")

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Tiles on a tile layer can be rotated by 90-degree increments by pressing Z (or Shift+Z) before placing them.

On an object layer, tile objects can be freely rotated by selecting them and clicking them again to switch the resize handles to rotation handles.