Controls get displaced while ctrl+click drag

[P@Anand]

I found this behaviour of LabVIEW some months before and till now i didn't get the answer that why am posting here.

When i have some controls in the front panel if i press ctrl key and left mouse button and drag between the controls it gets displaced. Is that a short cut key for aligning the items? or does it has any functional use?... I am really puzzled with that behaviour and no body knows the answer (the person i met) for it. If it is a strange behaviour and do not have any proper use then in the next version the architects and champs of LabVIEW can try removing the behaviour.

[Marc Blumentritt]

It is a short cut to make space in your frontpanel and block diagramm. It is neither strange nor unwanted.

[smercurio_fc]

It is also documented. In the LabVIEW Help, Fundamentals -> Building the Front Panel -> Concepts -> Configuring the Front Panel. All the way at the bottom:

Adding Space to the Front Panel without Resizing the Window

You can add space to the front panel without resizing the window. To increase the space between crowded or tightly grouped objects, press the <Ctrl> key and use the Positioning tool to click the front panel workspace. While holding the key combination, drag out a region the size you want to insert.

Mac OS Press the <Option> key. Linux Press the <Alt> key.

A rectangle marked by a dashed border defines where space will be inserted. Release the mouse button and the key to add the space.

[G-Money]

Functionality already in LabVIEW