I am using VS 2013 Professional. I am trying to make a website in ASP.net Web forms (C#). While using the web designer in visual studio, I cannot drag and drop elements vertically. In other words, no matter where I drop the element, it appears at the start of the line. I've done research and this appears to be a common problem. However, still no solution found. How do I enable FULL drag and drop control, not just vertically ?
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You can move Controls freely in VS 2013 by:
- Remove all current controls
- Go to Tools > Options > Html Designer > CSS Styling > Change positioning to absolute for controls added using Toolbox, paste or drag and drop.
- Now drag and drop a new control in page.
* 4. Click on the Label that appear above the control (asp:button#Button1 for instance) and move it any where you want.
A friendly piece of advice:
But it seems that you aren't familiar with web designing, this way is not recommended, it's not a WindowsForm, you deal with wide rang of browsers and resolutions.
In fact when you can move controls freely, you set style="position: absolute".
When your web page is finished, then open it and resize your browser, then you will completely understand what I'm saying.
If you want to design a real web page, you should go for CSS and do a little search about it.
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user3889649
THANKS A LOT, this was a great help
user3889649
Thanks for ur advice. I actually know css and html already, I am just new to the concept of asp.net and was thinking of using a different way. That is until I saw ur answer. Maybe a grid layout like Bootstrap would be better then ?
Moshtaf
Absolutely, you can create your own layout or use something like
Bootstrap as you say. Don't use this drag solution in a real project.