How do you move items on the Desktop?

[pyr0sphere]

So I've seen a lot of desktop screenshots, where folders/files are on people's desktops are not vertically aligned toward the right side of the screen

A lot of people are able to move these icons to, say the left side of the screen, or even align them horizontally?

I can't seem to do any of this. Is third-party software required? Or am I just missing something?

Leopard 10.5.4 btw

 

[ColinEC]

You could right-click your desktop > Arrange By > and then choose one of the options.

After that straights and aligns your icons, just highlight them all and move them to whatever side of the screen you want.

You can also right-click and hit "Show View Options" to change the way the icons are labeled.

 

[TwinCities Dan]

What do you mean? Just grab it and drag it where you want it.

 

[pyr0sphere]

I can't drag the items to anywhere I want. They are stuck on the right side. I can drop the individual icons anywhere in that column ie I can move one underneath or on top of a specific icon

I can't however, move any icons outside of this column

 

[r.j.s]

Right click on the desktop, then Show View Options, under that choose Keep arranged by None.

 

[HLdan]

From the desktop choose "View" in the menu bar and then choose "Show View Options". On the bottom choose Arrange by none from the drop down. Now you can move item around.

 

[pyr0sphere]

Perfect. Never would've found that

Thanks guys

 

[r.j.s]

Arranging things by snap to grid might work as well, keeping things a little more organized than None.