How far does arrow key move form object (in design view)?

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  • tetsuo2030
    New Member
    • Apr 2010
    • 31

    How far does arrow key move form object (in design view)?

    Noticed something with my design view lately. In form design view, if I highlight an object and move it using the arrow key, it used to move the object in the smallest increment--not sure of the amount. Then, one day, it started moving the object considerably more:

    Left Start: 1.0625
    Arrow Right
    Left End: 1.0938

    One arrow key press moves object .0313.

    I can go into the object's properties, replace 1.0625 with 1.0275 (which Access auto-adjusts to 1.0279), so objects can exist within that .0313 increment.

    Also, same thing seems to be happening with my mouse movement; it only moves in large increments.

    Is this some sort of setting? I went into Access Options, Object Designers, but didn't see anything.
  • Hennepin
    New Member
    • Oct 2009
    • 25

    #2
    Yes there is a setting. Its in the form properties called GridX and GridY.
    The default for inches is 24 subdivisions per unit of measurement.
    Use access help on these properties to get more info on it.
    The smallest increment that an object can be located is 1/96 of an inch.
    So your object is moving 3/96 of an inch = .0313
    I did not check if units were metric what the division would be.
    This was in Access 2007.

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