Moving icons Aligning icons to the grid If you can't move an icon Locking icon positions Moving icons You can move an icon in the following ways: drag it Once you start to drag an icon, its horizontal and vertical position (number of pixels from the top and left side of the window pane) are displayed in the status bar. move it one pixel at a time Select the icon, then press Control-Shift (Windows, Linux) or Option (Mac) while using the arrow keys. As is the case for dragging, the icon's horizontal and vertical position is shown in the status bar. specify its horizontal and vertical position Open the icon's object properties, then update the "Horizontal" and "Vertical" position fields. Top Aligning icons to the grid You can tidy up icons by aligning them to an invisible grid. To do this: 1       Click the window pane. 2       Choose View > Line Up Icons to Grid. Top If you can't move an icon If you can't move an icon, check whether: •       your administrator has given you permission to move objects •       the icon is protected •       you have the view property "Lock icon positions" selected on the Icons tab of the View Properties form. Top Locking icon positions To lock icons in position so that they can't be moved, select "Lock icon positions" on the Icons tab of the View Properties form. Top