Can't move controls in VB6

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I'm working on a small project in VB6, and am trying to fiddle with the positions and sizes of the controls in the Design View. But they won't move or resize; one grabs the little handles and nothing happens. Does anyone know why, and what to do about it?

Check to make sure the form is not locked. – Mark Hall Aug 09 '11 at 13:27 — Mark Hall, Aug 09 '11 at 13:27

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 09 '11 at 13:27

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Try right-clicking on your form (not any of the controls on it,) and unchecking Lock Controls.

The option can also be found at the end of the standard toolbar, and will look like this when locked: Lock toggled on

answered Aug 09 '11 at 13:27

dlras2

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 09 '11 at 13:28

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Is the form read-only? This might prevent you from resizing. You might want to check the overall options (might have snap to grid on, which would prevent very small changes.)

answered Aug 09 '11 at 13:28

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Thank you. It wasn't either of those things, but it might have been. – Brian Hooper Aug 09 '11 at 15:03

Can't move controls in VB6

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