Comment 1 for bug 192619

> this is caused by the fact that you re trying to align nodes within
> group, if you ungroup those, all works fine

not confirmed that it is caused by working inside a group (tested with 0.46, 0.47 and 0.47+devel r9456): following the steps detailed in bug #402613 “Align and distribute dialog is broken for nodes” the 'Align and Distribute' dialog correctly switches to the 'Node Align' mode even when editing paths inside a group.

Linking as duplicate to the more recent bug #402613 - please add a comment and revert the duplicate status if you don't agree and think this was done in error.