Controls on a web form

When I place controls(textbox,buttons,labels)on a web form I place them where I want them and ensure that GridLayout is chosen in properties, But when I build and view or run without debug the controls all go to the top left of the form and I can't move them. So is there a setting that I'm missing? Please help this is confusing

I apologize I should have posted this on the Visual Basics .net forum

This is only my suggestion: why don't you use HTML coding to create web control? then you can fully control their position.