Desktop icons are put outside visible area on multi-display session

[Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen]

I cannot see all the icons on my Desktop.

I have a dual monitor setup where the upper left corner of the left monitor is physically lower than the upper left corner of the right monitor. Therefore I have configured the monitor layout accordingly (hopefully see attached screenshot).

To my understanding this is implemented by having a single very large rectangular display area where each monitor displays its own snippet, where the upper left corner of this rectangle is therefore not shown. It appears however that the automatic placement of icons on the desktop calculates from the invisible corner of the whole display area, and does not take in consideration that the monitor will not show this.

The icons are there, I can use Ctrl-A to mark all and move them with the mouse by grabbing one of the icons which are actually visible. I just cannot see them.

Please advise.

[Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen (thorbjoern)]

Upper left corner of my left monitor. please notice the folder x is only partly visible. There are two more folders "above" it.