Lazarus resize label control

I wanted to write a simple Hello, World! GUI program. So I put a label on the form. And I tried to resize it by dragging the handles on the control. But it didn’t work. After some trial and error I found that you need to uncheck the Autosize True property on the left. I don’t remember having to do that in prior versions or MS-Visual Basic. If I’m not allowed to resize the control, then I feel there shouldn’t be resize handles on it!