Images won't snap to grid.

Hi forum, I need some help. I just created a new file in Illustrator and I have show grid as well as snap to grid. When I create a box, it works but when I move the box it doesn't snap. Any idea why?
Thanks,
David

David,
I am afraid you may have come across the Live Rectangle bug, sorry, feature where it refuses to align to the Pixel Grid.
To get round it in each case, it is possible to Expand the Live Rectangles to get normal old fashioned rectangles, or to Pathfinder>Unite, or to use the Scale Tool or the Free Transform Tool.
A more permanent way round that is to create normal old fashioned rectangles, after running the free script created by Pawel, see this thread with download link:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1587587

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