I'm hopeful that someone will help with a fix for this because fixing these
issues is the only way that open source development becomes a standard.

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Michael B. Trausch <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Of a sort. All the required data structures for proper implementation is
> present to fix this bug. It's just a matter of knowing the size of N
> rectangles, where N is the number of displays.
>
> Chalk it up to upstreams desire to get away from a file-based desktop.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:49 AM, Zisu Andrei <email address hidden>
> wrote:
> >
> > I believe it's in the way multi-screen functionality is bolted on to X11
> >
> >> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, 08:26 Brad, <email address hidden> wrote:
> >>
> >> It would make sense to fix in a LTS release. If the issue is with Gnome
> >> then I don't see how Wayland/Mir will fix it.
> >>
> >> --
> >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> >> duplicate bug report (1159470).
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360970
> >>
> >> Title:
> >>  Multi-monitor - When using two displays with different vertical
> >>  resolution, icons get lost on the shorter display
> >>
> >> Status in Ayatana Design:
> >>  Fix Committed
> >> Status in Nautilus:
> >>  Confirmed
> >> Status in Unity:
> >>  Confirmed
> >> Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
> >>  Triaged
> >>
> >> Bug description:
> >>  On a Multi-Monitor setup, where the extended desktop is non-
> >>  rectangular in shape (ie. the displays are of a different resolution,
> >>  and their top/bottom/left/right edges are not aligned), desktop icons
> >>  are placed in non-accessible areas when arranged using the menu option
> >>  'View-Organise Desktop by Name' from the Desktop.
> >>
> >>  See the attached image. The top three desktop items are not
> >>  accessible, and can only be seen in the Workspace Switcher.
> >>
> >>  Please also refer to the 'Non-Rectangular Extended Desktops' section of
> >> the Multi-Monitor spec:
> >>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/1aHvJ-iIw-59bXTYBmIhQqEx0za2h9jpFE_RhZ2VOvJc/edit#bookmark=id.yph05n82oeff
> >>
> >>  --------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>  [Test Case]
> >>  1. Set up two monitors side by side
> >>  2. Set left monitor to a smaller vertical resolution than the right
> >> monitor
> >>  3. for i in $(seq 1 50) ; do touch file-${i} ; done
> >>  4. Right click on desktop to bring up context menu, then 'Organize
> >> Desktop by Name'
> >>  5. Should be: All icons from file-1 to file-50 (or as many fit on the
> >> screen) should be visible
> >>       Is: Icons for files at the top and/or bottom of the arranged
> >> columns are not visible on any display
> >>  6. xrandr --output LVDS1 --off
> >>  7. Verify icons are arranged properly on the external monitor
> >>  8. Set up monitors one over the other
> >>  9. Verify icons are displayed in long columns spanning both displays
> >> with all icons shown
> >>
> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/360970/+subscriptions
> >
> > --
> > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> > duplicate bug report (408710).
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360970
> >
> > Title:
> >  Multi-monitor - When using two displays with different vertical
> >  resolution, icons get lost on the shorter display
> >
> > Status in Ayatana Design:
> >  Fix Committed
> > Status in Nautilus:
> >  Confirmed
> > Status in Unity:
> >  Confirmed
> > Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
> >  Triaged
> >
> > Bug description:
> >  On a Multi-Monitor setup, where the extended desktop is non-
> >  rectangular in shape (ie. the displays are of a different resolution,
> >  and their top/bottom/left/right edges are not aligned), desktop icons
> >  are placed in non-accessible areas when arranged using the menu option
> >  'View-Organise Desktop by Name' from the Desktop.
> >
> >  See the attached image. The top three desktop items are not
> >  accessible, and can only be seen in the Workspace Switcher.
> >
> >  Please also refer to the 'Non-Rectangular Extended Desktops' section of
> the Multi-Monitor spec:
> >
> https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/1aHvJ-iIw-59bXTYBmIhQqEx0za2h9jpFE_RhZ2VOvJc/edit#bookmark=id.yph05n82oeff
> >
> >  --------------------------------------------------
> >
> >  [Test Case]
> >  1. Set up two monitors side by side
> >  2. Set left monitor to a smaller vertical resolution than the right
> monitor
> >  3. for i in $(seq 1 50) ; do touch file-${i} ; done
> >  4. Right click on desktop to bring up context menu, then 'Organize
> Desktop by Name'
> >  5. Should be: All icons from file-1 to file-50 (or as many fit on the
> screen) should be visible
> >       Is: Icons for files at the top and/or bottom of the arranged
> columns are not visible on any display
> >  6. xrandr --output LVDS1 --off
> >  7. Verify icons are arranged properly on the external monitor
> >  8. Set up monitors one over the other
> >  9. Verify icons are displayed in long columns spanning both displays
> with all icons shown
> >
> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/360970/+subscriptions
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360970
>
> Title:
>   Multi-monitor - When using two displays with different vertical
>   resolution, icons get lost on the shorter display
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in Nautilus:
>   Confirmed
> Status in Unity:
>   Confirmed
> Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
>   Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>   On a Multi-Monitor setup, where the extended desktop is non-
>   rectangular in shape (ie. the displays are of a different resolution,
>   and their top/bottom/left/right edges are not aligned), desktop icons
>   are placed in non-accessible areas when arranged using the menu option
>   'View-Organise Desktop by Name' from the Desktop.
>
>   See the attached image. The top three desktop items are not
>   accessible, and can only be seen in the Workspace Switcher.
>
>   Please also refer to the 'Non-Rectangular Extended Desktops' section of
> the Multi-Monitor spec:
>
> https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/1aHvJ-iIw-59bXTYBmIhQqEx0za2h9jpFE_RhZ2VOvJc/edit#bookmark=id.yph05n82oeff
>
>   --------------------------------------------------
>
>   [Test Case]
>   1. Set up two monitors side by side
>   2. Set left monitor to a smaller vertical resolution than the right
> monitor
>   3. for i in $(seq 1 50) ; do touch file-${i} ; done
>   4. Right click on desktop to bring up context menu, then 'Organize
> Desktop by Name'
>   5. Should be: All icons from file-1 to file-50 (or as many fit on the
> screen) should be visible
>        Is: Icons for files at the top and/or bottom of the arranged
> columns are not visible on any display
>   6. xrandr --output LVDS1 --off
>   7. Verify icons are arranged properly on the external monitor
>   8. Set up monitors one over the other
>   9. Verify icons are displayed in long columns spanning both displays
> with all icons shown
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/360970/+subscriptions
>