Help please, can't work out how to position items in my house

[CharlieCooper]

Hi Newbie question.

 

I've bought a few items of furniture in the store and now  an struggling to position them in my house. They have appeared in my inventory but I can't seem to actually place them on the floor in a room. I've found how to rotate and move up and down but not how to move back and forth. Any advice please? A like to a video tutorial would be handy. was hoping I could just grab them and drag into place. Some of them are animated items if that makes any difference

[Pamela Galli]

Choose Move from the edit window, to get arrows. Click on the red or green arrows to move back and forth or sideways. Blue is up and down.

[CharlieCooper]

yes thats what ive been doing. some items just wont play. im doing the right thing then so i'll keep trying. thank you

 

[Pamela Galli]

You can only move something in a straight line from the arrows, not diagonally. 

[ChinRey]

1 hour ago, CharlieCooper said:

yes thats what ive been doing. some items just wont play.

What happens when you try to move objects? Do they jump back to their old position once yu let go of them?

[Pamela Galli]

They could be  locked but then they could not be moved all.