[smileLP]

let's say i have 5 docs on my desktop, laid out together in a nice orderly fashion, w/none overlapping the other, and i want to put them all into a new folder (on my desktop), and i want to retain their exact spacing, etc

i create the new folder and open it, so i have a big open folder

then i grab all the docs, changing nothing, and drag them into the folder

but then they lose their "spacing" (how much apart from each other they were) and clump together and i have to separate each one and re-space them out

anybody else experience this?

is there some command i don't know about that would retain the exact spacing as i move these things into a new folder?

thanks!

[nbn22385]

In the Finder view options, you can check the "All windows" button and set to snap to grid or arrange by name.

[smileLP]

i'm scared to do this. when i've tried these types of options before, it's rearranged all the MANY things i have on my desktop and it's taken 2 hrs to put em back where they belong

will what you're suggesting affect JUST the operation i'm currently trying to do (putting 5 things, say, into a folder)?

thanks either way