Comment 2 for bug 291203

I agree that a solution for this problem is needed. I'm not sure that a scrollbar is the best way either, but nevertheless, this *is* a problem.

In my opinion, this situation is not a "corner case" too small to consider. If you allow the user to create more files on the desktop than there is room for, you need to handle the situation as well. It's a low priority problem indeed, but still a valid one. Putting icons on top of each other seems like a workaround at best.

Random ideas for possible solutions:

1) Some kind of scrollbar (as mentioned)
2) Scroll arrows at the right/left side of the screen (like the Wii menu, see the arrow at the right edge of http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/wii_channels.jpg)
3) Automatic placement of a shortcut displaying the desktop in a normal nautilus window when the Desktop is full (and hiding the icons that can't fit into the desktop)