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Bug 158935 - grid and auto alignment
Summary: grid and auto alignment
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 153653
Alias: None
Product: guibuilder
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Code (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@guibuilder
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Reported: 2009-02-21 19:17 UTC by johnrule
Modified: 2011-02-01 14:33 UTC (History)
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Description johnrule 2009-02-21 19:17:51 UTC 
This has been an issue for every version as far as I know. Neither the NULL LAYOUT nor the ABSOLUTE POSITION layout
allow you to lay out components on a form without constraint. In other words, the grid and/or the auto-alignment logic
is constantly trying to manipulate the positioning for you. I would like the option to turn ALL positioning logic off so
that there is REAL absolute positing. For an example of REAL absolute positioning without any constraints you can take a
look at my own IDE (www.rcsprogramming.com). The addition of alignment tools (like in my IDE) would also be welcome.
Comment 1 Jan Stola 2009-03-26 12:14:10 UTC 
There used to be 'Apply Grid to Position' and 'Apply Grid to Size' options that allowed you to switch of snapping to 
grid. Unfortunately, these options were removed in NetBeans 6.5 as a part of NetBeans options redesign. By now, it 
really isn't possible to do 'real' absolute positioning easily. You can, of course, specify exact location of the 
component in Layout section of Properties tab of Properties window, but that is tedious.
Comment 2 Tomas Pavek 2011-02-01 14:33:41 UTC 
Option for turning grid off is missing.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 153653 ***