The Window painter provides a grid to help you align controls at design time. You can use the grid options to:
Make controls snap to a grid position when you place them or move them in a window
Show or hide the grid when the workspace displays
Specify the height and width of the grid cells
To use the grid:
Choose Design>Options from the menu bar and select the General tab.
Do one or more of the following:
Select Snap to Grid to align controls with a horizontal and vertical grid when you place or move them
Select Show Grid to display the grid in the Layout view
Specify the width of each cell in the grid in pixels in the X text box
Specify the height of each cell in the grid in pixels in the Y text box