Moving icons 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 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 (only prevents you from moving the icon to a different container) •       you have the view property "Lock positions" selected on the Icons tab of the View Properties form •       you have "Arrange automatically" 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 positions" on the Icons tab of the View Properties form. Top