Posted by georgesbasement on Aug 08, 2017; 2:52pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/moving-a-rectangle-with-the-command-window-tp5715178p5715181.html

Hopefully you're not programming your drawings with FORTRAN ...

Here's my workaround for the jitters: Use your scroll wheel to squeeze the drawing into a small area, then use the vertical and horizontal sliders to center the portion of the drawing on which you are concentrating. After it's centered, again use your scroll wheel to expand that portion of the drawing; it should stay centered but grow bigger. Following dellus's advice, make sure you have activated "Free Snap" (the large + sign at upper left) which should highlight that button to appear grey inside its square. Now you can use the "Move" command from the menu list to select the entity to be moved, set a reference point not to far away, and then use the left mouse button to re-position the selected entity. If it disappears from view, start over and select a closer reference point or an entirely different place for that reference point (the positioning of the reference point works predictably once you have caught on to the method that LibreCAD had in mind ...)