"Norm" <normbelljr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know a fix to this problem? In the Windows
> Form Designer, I have set my snap-to grid setting to
> false. However, the controls on the form still snap to the
> grid. I have tried setting this and restarting VB.NET, but
> to no avail.

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>"Norm" <normbelljr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:04d401c35548$985aa730$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> Does anyone know a fix to this problem? In the Windows
>> Form Designer, I have set my snap-to grid setting to
>> false. However, the controls on the form still snap to
the
>> grid. I have tried setting this and restarting VB.NET,
but
>> to no avail.
>
>Did you set SnapToGrid false in a form's properties, or
did you navigate
>Tools->Options->Windows Forms Designer and set SnapToGrid
to false there? If
>you used the latter method, that will not affect
previously created forms,
>but will change the appearance and behavior of forms
created subsequent to
>the global settings change.
>Try setting the global SnapToGrid to false, then see if
your existing form's
>behavior changes.
>I just tried this and found it quite difficult to tell
with the grid set to
>8,8. I changed the global setting for GridSize to 24,24
and created a new
>form. It was than easy to tell that controls were not
snapping to grid. When
>I changed SnapToGrid to true in the form's properties,
behavior did change.
>BTW, what version of VB.Net are you using, 2002 or 2003?
The experiment
>described above was done in VS.NET 2002.
>
>--
>Peter - [MVP - Academic]
>
>
>.