Locking Widget Positions in Dashboard

Hi,
Is there a way for me to lock the positions of my widgets in the dashboard? I've arranged them in a particular manner and I don't want to accidentally move them. For instance, when clicking a post-it so that I may type on it, often times I'll accidentally move it. So I want to be able to lock them in place, so that they cannot be moved unless unlocked.
There was another post about this... but it was quickly side-tracked and never really discussed the issue.

I use two weather widgets. They kept moving down so this is what i did to fix it.
1. Open terminal app
2. type cd /Library/Widgets/Weather.wdgt and then hit enter
3. type sudo vi Weather.js and hit enter
4. type :set nu and enter. This will show the line numbers.
5. type 484G and no enter. This will move the cursor to line 484 which is
               var y = (window.screenY + lastTopOffset) - (isReloadedWidget ? 0 : topOffset);
6. hit i to start typing as currently it wont be typing and change the above line to
               var y = (window.screenY + lastTopOffset) - (isReloadedWidget ? topOffset : topOffset);
     that is change 0 to topOffset.
7. type :wq and enter.

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