Comment 29 for bug 360970
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| Michael B. Trausch (mtrausch) wrote Re: [Bug 360970] Re: Multi-monitor - When using two displays with different vertical resolution, icons get lost on the shorter display | #29 |
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.
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> 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.
>>
>> --
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>>
>> 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/
>> 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:/
>>
>> -------
>>
>> [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:/
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (408710).
> https:/
>
> 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/
> 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:/
>
> -------
>
> [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:/