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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>> 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