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Bug 267225

Summary:	"Lock Controls" option to freeze componentes onto UI
Product:	ide	Reporter:	leorbarbosa
Component:	UI	Assignee:	issues@ide <issues>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P1
Version:	8.2
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description leorbarbosa 2016-07-20 12:15:30 UTC

I would like to suggest an IDE improvement  for NetBeans. When designing frames and components onto screen, there could be an option called "lock controls", which when clicked freeze the position of the components in the frame, thus avoiding poor positioning of those components.