Comment 1 for bug 767822

> Expected behavior: (…)

If you take a closer look at the dialog, you will notice that the 'Relative to:' selector is within the section of 'Align', and not of 'Distribute'.

Linking as duplicate to
Bug #569096 “"distribute" does not honor "relative to"”
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/569096>

Please add a comment here and revert the duplicate status if you don't agree and think these are different issues.