How to move controls freely in visual studio 2022, ASP.NET website

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I'm trying to move the controls (label, textbox, etc..) freely on the [Design] screen of an [ASP.NET Web Forms Site] template, using VS 2022.

What I have tried:

I know that to achieve it, I should ...

select the control I want to move around -->Format tab--> Set Position --> Select Absolute.

But, it doesn't seem to work? And the selected control does not move.

Posted 2-Apr-24 2:24am

Rama2F

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3 solutions

Solution 1

Check if
Tools > Options > Web Forms Designer
"Legacy Web Forms Designer"
is selected.

Posted 2-Apr-24 2:41am

Jo_vb.net

Solution 3

Tables/nested tables are the way to handle layout.

Posted 2-Apr-24 4:38am

kmoorevs

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Richard Deeming 3-Apr-24 4:42am

Nested tables were the way to handle layout, back in the 90s. With modern CSS, there's no need to use a table for anything other than tabular data any more. :)

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2024-04-02T03:42:00

You really don't want to use the designer to layout web pages. That's going to generate a ton of inflexible HTML that you're going to have to rip out and redo for a really flexible page layout when screen sizes change.

You typically just write and edit the HTML, and CSS along with it, directly in the editors.