I bought a Radio Shack 2 1/8 inch IC breadboard socket kit. It looks just like one in your picture.

I am confused on how to use it. I have some dtdp switches that are dual twelve pin packages. They snap into the breadboard just fine, but not over the channel. Hence (if I understand which pins are connected to which correctly) the opposite pins are shorted to each other.

I have a dual inline socket into which the dpdt switch fits fine. It fits bridging the channel of the breadboard. That is what I expected. However, the pins do not snap into place. They are not allowed to become fixed. Could they be too big? I thought everything was standardized.

Our Radio Shack stores are down in inventory and the sales folks know nothing about these pieces.

Ken