Is it possible to position icons on the desktop as it was in 9?

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#1

Is it possible to position icons on the desktop, like line up my drive icons as I did in OS9?

#2

No.

#3

This is the long answer “No, it isn’t” :lol:
But we expect Apple will restore this feature sooner or later (perhaps later).

#4

now it’s possible:

position (point) : the position of the item within its parent window (can only be set for an item in a window viewed as icons or buttons)
desktop position (point) : the position of the item on the desktop

at last!

important:
position takes a point in window coordinates {0,0} is top left of window
desktop position takes point in global coordinates {0,0} is under the apple menu (screens to the left go minus)

also you might want to make sure to have enough border to the left. Finder seems to anticipate the sidebar even when it’s not there.

Edit:typos