Dropping items "in place" on Mountain Lion desktop

I run a multi-monitor setup at home with OS X ML as my main driver. Sometimes for a task I need to be able to drag-and-drop items from a folder to a particular spot on the desktop.

The problem here is that when I drag and drop an item on the desktop, it doesn't fall where the cursor is. It automatically gets moved over to the main monitor in the right column. And I have to drag it back where I want it on the desktop. This is annoying.

How can I get osx to let me drop files precisely where the cursor is on the desktop?

Solution 1:

Check that the option Snap to Grid is not enabled.

Right click on your desktop to activate the window displayed in the screenshot.

I'm not running OS X Mavericks by the way; I'm just using the background :)