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As you begin to drag a control from the Palette, you’ll see this 
icon, which means the control is not yet over a droppable area. When you reach an area on the canvas where dropping a control is allowed, the will change to this icon. You must drop controls into the body of the form; you can’t drop them into the toolbar nor can they be dropped below the Submit and Cancel buttons.
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You can drag/drop above, below, to the left and right of most controls. As you bring the control over the body of your form, the icon will change to one of the icons below:
- - This means your control will be placed above the control over which you are hovering. You’ll see this icon when you drag the control over the top half of a droppable area.
- - This means your control will be placed below the control over which you are hovering. You’ll see this icon when you drag the control over the bottom half of a droppable area.
- - This means your control will be placed to the right of the control over which you are hovering. You’ll see this icon when you drag the control over the right half of another control.
- - This means your control will be placed to the left of the control over which you are hovering. You’ll see this icon when you drag the control over the left half of another control.
- - If you are hovering over a group control--tab, panel, table, section or repeat--this means your control will be placed inside the group control if there are no other controls inside of it. (If other controls already are inside your group control, you’ll see the , , and icons as you hover over any controls inside your group control so you can govern exactly where inside the group control your new control will go.)
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If you are not dragging your control over a group control, this means your control will be placed at the top of your form. Anywhere to the right of the print icon is a droppable area.
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When dropping controls from the palette on an empty canvas or above or below an existing control, the newly dropped control is 12 columns wide. The trigger control is an exception. Image Removed
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If you drag a control from the palette and drop it to the left or right of a control, the newly dropped control will take the width of the control you dropped on. The width of a control that is already in your form must be adjusted manually by the designer if the position of the control is changed.
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This approach makes It very easy to create a form with a muti-column layout. There are two ways to accomplish this:
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Watch this video for a demonstration.
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Page Break controls have special rules for drag/drop. Click here for more information.