Systems and methods for automatically grouping design elements

A computer processing system comprising:

• at least one computer processing device;
• a communication interface;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by the at least one computer processing device, cause the at least one computer processing device to:
• receive, via the communication interface, a request to automatically group a plurality of design element on a design page;
• generate two or more sets of groups, each set of groups including one or more groups into which all of the plurality of design elements are grouped, each group including one or more of the design elements;
• calculate set cohesion metrics for at least two of the sets of groups, the set cohesion metric calculated for a given set of groups being based on spatial positions of the one or more groups that are included in the given set of groups and providing a measure of how well the given set of groups has grouped the design elements on the page;
• determine, based on the set cohesion metrics, a final set of groups;
• and
• assign the design elements to groups according to the one or more groups defined by the final set of groups to perform one or more operations.